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Basic Microbiology Terminology The best place to find a very thorough listing of terms that are important to the field of microbiology would be the Glossary of your textbook (Prescott, 11th Ed). Web sites from many different sources also provide lists of microbiological terms. Some examples follow. The Biology Notes: https://thebiologynotes.com/terminology-used-in-basic-microbiology/ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

Aerobe = organisms that grow in the presence of atmospheric oxygen Anaerobe = grows in absence of free oxygen aerotolerant anaerobes = microbes that grow equally well whether or not oxygen is present facultative anaerobes = microbes that don’t require oxygen for growth but do grow better in its presence microaerophile= requires a low level of oxygen for growth around 2 to 10% but is damaged by normal atmospheric oxygen level monotrichous = having a single flagellum amphitrichous = having single flagellum at each end lophotrichous = cluster of flagella at one or both ends peritrichous = flagella all over the surface attenuation = reduced virulence but can provoke the immune system pathogen = any virus, bacteria or other agents that cause disease pathogenicity = ability to cause disease virulence = degree or intensity of pathogenicity of an organism disinfection = killing, inhibition or removal of microorganisms that may cause disease. it usually refers to the treatment of inanimate objects sterilization = process by which all living cells, viable spores, viruses, and viroids are either destroyed or removed from an object or habitat sanitization = reduction of the microbial population on an inanimate object to levels judged safe by public health standards bacteremia= presence of viable bacteria in the blood septicemia = severe condition of bacteremia which includes rapid multiplication of bacteria and toxins in the blood viremia = presence of the virus in the blood pyrogenic = inducing fever antipyretic = which reduces temperature, given in case of fever hemolysis = disruption of red blood cells and release of their haemoglobin α-hemolysis = partial hemolysis, the greenish zone of incomplete hemolysis forms around the colony β-hemolysis = clear zone of complete hemolysis γ-hemolysis = no hemolysis antibiotic = substance of microbial origin or its derivative that kills susceptible microorganism or inhibits their growth antibody = also known as immunoglobin, a glycoprotein produced in response to the antigen

28. antigen = substance, when introduced into the body, stimulates the production of antibodies 29. bacteriostatic = inhibiting the growth of bacteria without killing them 30. bactericide = an agent that kills bacteria Additional Sites Providing Lists of Microbiology Terms: Easy Notecards: https://www.easynotecards.com/notecard_set/302 Quia: https://www.quia.com/jg/373614list.html ARTIS MICROPIA, Microbiology from A to Z: https://www.micropia.nl/en/discover/microbiology/...