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- Acute bronchitis [r]: Inflammation of the large bronchi in the lungs that is usually caused by viruses or bacteria, and may last several days or weeks [e]
- 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]
- Bacteriophage [r]: A virus that infects bacteria; often called a phage. [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]
- Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. [e]
- Chiropractic education [r]: Prerequisites for entry into Chiropractic College, course requirements for matriculation and degrees available. [e]
- Chiropractic [r]: A complementary, alternative health-care profession that aims to heal using manual therapies on the spine and extremities. [e]
- Council on Chiropractic Education [r]: The agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for accrediting programs and institutions which lead to the degree of 'Doctor of Chiropractic'. [e]
- Earth [r]: The third planet from the Sun in our solar system; the only place in the universe known by humanity to harbor life. [e]
- Environmental engineering [r]: A field of engineering devoted to remediation of all forms of pollution. [e]
- Evolution [r]: A change over time in the proportions of individual organisms differing genetically. [e]
- Flavivirus [r]: A genus in the family Flaviviridae which includes Dengue, yellow fever, West Nile and other viruses. [e]
- Frederick Twort [r]: (1877 – 1950) - English bacteriologist who discovered that bacteriophages are viruses that attack and destroy bacteria. [e]
- French Third Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fungi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 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]
- Félix d'Hérelle [r]: (1873 – 1949) - A French-Canadian bacteriologist, and the discoverer of bacteriophages. [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]
- HIV test [r]: Tests used to detect the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus in serum, saliva, or urine, to detect HIV antibodies, antigens, or RNA. [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]
- Impact factor [r]: A widely used annual measure of how often the papers recently published in an academic journal have been cited in the academic literature. [e]
- Infectious disease [r]: Diseases caused by living organisms. [e]
- Irritable bowel syndrome [r]: A disorder with chronic or recurrent colonic symptoms without a clearcut etiology (National Library of Medicine). [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]
- Life [r]: Living systems, of which biologists seek the commonalities distinguishing them from nonliving systems. [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 cell and population biology [r]: The study of the cell biology of microorganisms, microbial interactions, signaling and evolutionary adaptations, multicellular-microorganisms and communities such as biofilms. [e]
- Microbial ecology [r]: Multidisciplinary study of interrelationships between microorganisms and their living and nonliving environments. [e]
- Microbial metabolism [r]: The means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and propagate. [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]
- Mycology [r]: The branch of microbiology concerned with the study and effects of fungi [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]
- Origin of life [r]: How did self-replicating biochemistry and cells arise from the prebiotic world approximately four billion years ago? Aka abiogenesis. [e]
- Phage ecology [r]: Study of the interaction of bacteriophages with their environments. [e]
- Planet [r]: A cosmic body orbiting a star. [e]
- Preventive medicine [r]: A medical specialty concerned with recognizing and reducing health hazards to populations and individuals, with specialties that include the emergency recognition of infectious or environmental hazards, and the treatment of adverse effects of high (undersea) and low (aerospace) medicine, social behavior (e.g., drug abuse) and poisoning [e]
- Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge about the physical world derived from the activities of observation and experimentation. [e]
- Solar system [r]: The sun and the planets orbiting it. [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]
- Theoretical biology [r]: The study of biological systems by theoretical means. [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]
- 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]
- Virology [r]: The study of viruses, sometimes included in the field of microbiology. [e]
