Microbiology Chapter 1

Some diseases, called ______ infections, are caused not by one particular microbe, but by the combined effects of two or more different microbes.

Examples of synergistic infections include ______ necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG; also known as “trench mouth”) and bacterial vaginosis.

It is very difficult to reproduce such synergistic infections in the ______.

Another difficulty that is sometimes encountered while attempting to fulfill ______'s Postulates is that certain pathogens become altered when grown in vitro.

Not all diseases are caused by ______.

All ______ diseases are caused by microbes, as are all microbial intoxications.

The study of algae is called ______.

Microbes that live on dead and decaying organic material are known as ______.

Rudolf Virchow is given credit for proposing the ______ theory of disease.

Chlamydias, rickettsias, M.leprae, and T.pallidum are considered ______ intracellular pathogens.

Prions and viroids are even smaller than ______.

The microbes that usually live on or in a person are collectively referred to as the ______ microflora.

Your mother taught you the fundamentals of __________ like handwashing.

Microbiology is the study of the __________ and their interactions with the environment and hosts.

___________ is a rare cause of infections, and can also result in intoxications through ingestion of toxins.

Fungi can cause diseases such as __________ and cryptococcosis.

Viruses can cause diseases such as acquired __________ deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and influenza.

Escherichia coli, commonly abbreviated as E. coli, is a type of __________.