Unit 5/6 Vocab

Communicable by direct or indirect contact.

An infectious agent that is likely to cause disease upon entering a host.

The way a microbial organism moves from one host to another.

Single-celled, prokaryotic, microorganisms that are often aggregated into colonies or motile by means of flagella, typically live in soil, w

Any of a large group of non-living, submicroscopic infective agents that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of

Saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, an

Any eukaryotic protist of the phylum or subkingdom Protozoa.

A large, eukaryotic, multi-cellular worm (as a tapeworm, liver fluke, ascarid, or leech).

Any of various infectious proteins that are abnormal forms of normal cellular proteins. They proliferate by inducing normal proteins to conv

A branch of biology dealing with microscopic forms of life (such as archaea, bacteria, protozoans, fungi) and with non-living viruses and pr

A procedure performed under sterile conditions.

A process by which the cell wall structure of bacteria is determined using a series of reagents. This is considered a differential stain as

A cylindrical or rod-shaped bacterium.

A spherical bacterium.

A spiral-shaped bacterium.

An antigen-binding immunoglobulin, produced by B cells, that functions as the effector in an immune response.

A cell (as a white blood cell) that engulfs and consumes foreign material (as microorganisms) and debris.

A collection of components organized to accomplish a specific function or set of functions.

Collection of tissues which performs a particular function or set of functions in an animal's body. The heart, brain, and skin are three org