Microorganisms

What is microbiology?

What are the beneficial properties of microorganisms?

What is the difference between microbiology, immunology and infection control?

How are microorganisms classified?

How are bacteria classified?

What is gram positive bacteria?

What is the structure and function of flagella?

What is the structure and function of pilli

What is the structure and function of the capsule?

What is the structure and function of bacterial cytoplasm?

What is the structure and function of the cell wall?

What are technoic acids?

What are lipopolysaccharides?

What are acid fast bacteria?

What is gram staining?

What is gram negative bacteria?

Is gram positive or negative more sensitive to penicillin?

Does alcohol affect gram positive or negative more?

What is the structure and function of the cell membrane?

What are fungi?

What are yeasts?

What are protozoa?

What are parasites?

What is a virus?

What are the requirements for bacterial growth?

What are the effects of temperature on bacteria?

What are the effects of water and osmotic pressure on bacteria?

What are the effects of oxygen on bacteria?

What is conjugation?

What is the structure and replication of an endospore?

What is pathogenicity?

What is virulence?

What is an infectious disease?

What is a pathogen?

How can bacteria cause disease?

What is the difference between exogenous and endogenous infections?

What is the infective dose?

What is adherence?

What are pili?

What are slime layers?

What is biofilm?

What are toxins?

What are the two types of toxins?

What is bacterial haemolysis?

What happens when toxins act as super antigens?

What are toxoids?

What are antitoxins?