Thursday, March 5, 2015

Journal#4

1. Saproves: Fungus that absorbs nutrients from dead organisms.

2. Schizont: Multinucleate body that undergoes cytokinesis to release several cells.

3. Snapping division: A variation f binary fission in Gram-positive prokaryotes in which the parent cell's outer wall tears apart with a snapping movement to create the daughter cells.

4. Symptoms: Subjective characteristics of a disease that can be felt by the patient alone.

5. Quaternary ammonium compound (quat): Detergent antimicrobial that is harmless to humans. 

6. Pandemic: In epidemiology, the occurence of an epidemic on on more than one continent simultaneously.

7. Uncoating: In animal viruses, the removal of a viral capsid within a host cell.

8. Pinocytosis: Type of endocytosis in which liquids are moved into the cell.

9. Phagocytosis: Type of endocytosis in which solids are moved into the cell.

10. Mycology: The scientific study of fungi.