Cultures of a bacterial strain were incubated in a refrigerator (5°C), on a lab bench (22°C), in a 37°C incubator, and in a 50°C incubator. After incubation, there was no growth at 37°C and 50°C, slight growth in the refrigerator, and abundant growth on the lab bench top. Which term best describes this organism?

Some microbial control agents are able to _________blank cell proteins by breaking bonds that maintain the native state, the three-dimensional configuration of the proteins.

What structures are used by bacteriophages to attach to host cell receptors?  

The shortest length of time required to kill all test microbes at a specified temperature is the thermal death point.

_________blank is a control method that removes microorganisms rather than inhibiting or killing them.

The lowest temperature required to kill all microbes in a sample within 10 minutes is the thermal death ________.

Which of the following properties is likely to be found in a pioneer colonizer of a biofilm on an artificial joint implant?

Which of the following is/are type(s) of cytopathic effects?  

Choose the method used to sterilize an inoculation loop used in lab for culturing bacteria.  

A naked virus has a/an  ______.