Lab Test 2

Punctiform

Description of the whole colony if the colony are tiny.

Circular

Description of the whole colony if the colony is rounded.

Irregular

Description of the whole colony if the colony does not have a regular circular shape.

Rhizoid

Description of the whole colony if it has root-like patterns on the surface.

Filamentous

Description of the whole colony if there is a thread like pattern on the surface.

Wrinkled

Besides smooth, glistening, and rough what type of colony surface folds up on its self.

Convexed

Colony looks like a dome.

Umbonate

Kind of colony elevation that gives a fried-egg appearance.

Non-Water-Soluble Pigmentation

Pigment only colors the bacteria, not the agar.

Water-Soluable Pigmentation

Pigment stains the agar as well as the bacteria.

Normal Microbiota

The microorganisms that normally reside on or in the body.

Resident Microbiota

Microbiota that lives on the body long term.

Transient Microbiota

Microbiota that come and go.

Microbiome Project

Name of Project which seeks to identify and understand the impact of our normal microbiota.

Symbiosis

A close relationship between two organisms which is usually by one or both members.

Mutualism

Type of symbiosis that benefits both members, such as E. Coli living in our intestines and producing vitamins.

Commensalism

Type of symbiosis that involves one member benefitting while another is mostly unaffected, such as Staphylococcus epidermis growing on our skin.

Parasitism

Type of symbiosis that involves one member who acts as a host and is typically harmed by the altercation, such as a tapeworm living in a human host and stealing nutrients.

Opportunistic Pathogen

A member of your normal microbiota that takes advantage of a situation and causes infection.

UTI, Sinus infection

Two Examples of an Opportunistic Pathogen

Ubiquitous

Bacteria are found nearly everywhere, this means they are_________.

Neutral pH, 20-45 Degrees Celcius

Conditions (temp, pH) that microbes prefer.