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- Alcohol [r]: A chemical compound that contains a hydroxy group (OH). [e]
- Antiviral drug [r]: A chemical that interfers with the replication cycle of viruses. [e]
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek [r]: (1632 - 1723) Dutch scientist who discovered single-celled organisms. [e]
- Archaea [r]: A major group of numerous microorganisms fundamentally different from the bacteria and including many chemolithotrophs and extremophiles. [e]
- Bacterial cell structure [r]: Morphological and genetic features of unicellular prokaryotic organisms characterized by the lack of a membrane-bound nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. [e]
- Bacteria [r]: A major group of single-celled microorganisms. [e]
- Bacteriology [r]: The branch of microbiology concerned with the study, use, and control of bacteria [e]
- Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. [e]
- Borrelia burgdorferi [r]: Gram-negative, helically shaped bacterium that is the causative agent of Lyme disease. [e]
- Botany [r]: The study of plants, algae and fungi (mycology). [e]
- Cell (biology) [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. [e]
- Flavivirus [r]: A genus in the family Flaviviridae which includes Dengue, yellow fever, West Nile and other viruses. [e]
- Fungus [r]: A eukaryotic organism, classified into the kingdom Fungi, that is heterotrophic and digest their food externally, and may be a yeast, mold, or mushroom. [e]
- Gene therapy [r]: Treatment of certain disorders, especially those caused by genetic anomalies or deficiencies, by introducing specific engineered genes into a patient's cells. [e]
- Geomicrobiology [r]: Study of microbes within inorganic environments, such as sedimentary rocks and aquifers. [e]
- Geophysics [r]: The study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods, namely seismic, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, thermal and radioactivity methods. [e]
- Germ theory of disease [r]: A theory that proposes that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. [e]
- Halobacterium NRC-1 [r]: A microorganism from the Archaea kingdom perfectly suited for life in highly saline environments giving biologists an ideal specimen for genetic studies. [e]
- Infectious disease [r]: Diseases caused by living organisms. [e]
- Koch's postulates [r]: A set of principles, first published in 1890, which have proved to be useful, even when used with techniques never imagined by Koch, to establish causality between an organism and an infectious disease [e]
- Lactococcus lactis [r]: Gram-positive bacteria used extensively in the production of buttermilk and cheese. [e]
- Legionella pneumophila [r]: Gram-negative, pleomorphic bacterium of the genus Legionella, and the primary human pathogenic agent of legionellosis or Legionnaires' disease. [e]
- Luc Montagnier [r]: (b. 18 August 1932) French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). [e]
- Magnaporthe grisea [r]: Plant-pathogenic ascomycete fungus that causes blast disease or blight disease, in cereal crops including wheat, rye, barley, pearl millet, and rice. [e]
- Measles [r]: Highly contagious infection of the respiratory system, and maculopapular skin rash, caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. [e]
- Microbial ecology [r]: Multidisciplinary study of interrelationships between microorganisms and their living and nonliving environments. [e]
- Microbiology [r]: The study of microorganisms (overlapping with areas of virology, bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology). [e]
- Microorganism [r]: A 'germ', an organism that is too small to be seen individually with the naked eye. [e]
- Molluscum contagiosum [r]: Viral infection of the skin or occasionally of the mucous membranes, characterized by one or more discrete, waxy, dome-shaped nodules with frequent umbilication. [e]
- Naegleria fowleri [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Noctiluca scintillans [r]: Free-living, heterotrophic, non-parasitic marine-dwelling species of dinoflagellate that exhibits bioluminescence. [e]
- Pathology [r]: The medical specialty that is expert in the use of laboratory methods to support clinicians in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis [e]
- Smallpox [r]: A contagious infectious disease, caused by Variola major, which has been eradicated from the wild; its reappearance would almost certainly be biological warfare and a worldwide crisis [e]
- Staphylococcus epidermis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Taxonomy of Archaea domain [r]: Is a taxonomic list of Archaea domain based on Garrity et al. (2007) and Euzeby (2008). [e]
- Taxonomy [r]: The principles underlying classification, often in a hierarchy. [e]
- Toxoplasma gondii [r]: Species of parasitic protozoa in the genus Toxoplasma, acts as a causative agent for toxoplasmosis, which can have serious or even fatal effects on a fetus whose mother first contracts the disease during pregnancy or on an immunocompromised human. [e]
- Treponema pallidum [r]: The pathogen, a spirochete, which causes the infectious disease, syphilis. [e]
- Vaccination [r]: A preventative health measure that can confer immunity to an infectious disease, without requiring that the vaccinated individual actually contract the disease. [e]
- Vaccine [r]: "suspensions of killed or attenuated microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, or rickettsiae), antigenic proteins derived from them, or synthetic constructs, administered for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of infectious and other diseases."(National Library of Medicine) [e]
- Vibrio (genus) [r]: Gram-negative bacteria possessing a curved rod shape, typically found in saltwater, with some species causing serious diseases in humans and other animals such as cholera. [e]
- Vibrio cholerae [r]: Motile, gram negative curved-rod shaped bacterium, with a polar flagellum that causes cholera in humans. [e]
- Vibrio fischeri [r]: Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium, found globally in the marine environments in symbiosis with certain deep sea marine life with their bioluminescent organs. [e]
- Vibrio harveyi [r]: Gram-negative, rod-shaped bioluminescent marine bacteria, responsible for luminous vibriosis, a disease that affects commercially-farmed penaeid prawns. [e]
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus [r]: Curved, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium found in brackish saltwater, which, when ingested, causes gastrointestinal illness in humans. [e]
- Vibrionaceae [r]: A family of facultatively anaerobic bacteria, containing the genera Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Photobacterium [e]
- Virus (biology) [r]: A microscopic particle that can infect the cells of a biological organism and cannot reproduce without the assistance of the cells it infects. [e]
- World Health Organization [r]: United Nations' agency for health, focussing on the control and prevention of diseases, and the support for international health programs. [e]
