Microbiology Jeopardy aka: Help, they’re all over me!!

Stops bacteria growth by removing water.

What is dehydration?

Bacteria-like organisms that are photoautotrophs and perform much of the photosynthesis in the ocean.

What are blue green algae?

Killing all bacteria using very high heat.

What is sterilization?

Flash heating under boiling point of water, kills most harmful bacteria.

What is pasteurization?

One celled organism lacking a nucleus.

What is a Prokaryote?

Chemical that helps extend “shelf life” of food.

What are preservatives?

Difference between Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.

What is peptidoglycan?

Two conditions that increase bacteria growth.

What are warmer temperature and moisture?

Name of a microbe ( small organism) that causes disease.

What is a pathogen?

Bacterium shaped like a sphere.

What is cocci?

Bacterium shaped like a “cocktail weenie”.

What is Bacilli?

A common bacterially caused disease.

What is ……?

Lytic and Lysogenic

What are 2 ways viruses make other cells reproduce themselves?

Toxins and eat your tissue.

What are the 2 ways bacteria hurt you?

Plants that have a synergistic relationship with nitrogen producing bacteria.

What are legumes?

Name for injecting a weakened virus into an animal to trigger antibody production.

What is vaccination?

Final Jeopardy 4 steps of bacterial binary fission.

What are 1) DNA replication, 2) DNA attachment to cell membrane, 3) water uptake/ cell elongation, 4) cell splits