FSS 3.3 Vocabulary

Organism that lives and feeds on a host.

Filaments or tubes made from elongated cells or chains that absorb nutrients. 

Kingdom of organisms in which most biologists classify bacteria.

Branched network of lengthened and intertwined hypae.

Substance released by a microbe that is harmful to humans.

Living organism only visable through a microscope.

Extremely small single-celled organisms that multiply through cell division.

Foodborne illness that occurs when microbes release digestive enzymes that damage body tissue and cause illness.

Bacteria that must have oxygen to function.

Microscopic disease-causing agent made up of genetic material surrounded by a protein coating.

Fungi that form a mycelium structure with a fuzzy appearance.

Spherical-shaped bacteria.

Process of identifying the type of bacteria by staining the cell with a crystal violet dye

Bacteria that function best in an oxygen-free environment.

The period between the infection of an individual by a pathogen and the manifestation of the illness

Bacteria that can function with or without oxygen.

Animal or plant from which a parasite receives nutrients.

Kingdom of organisms that includes yeast and molds.

Living organism only visable through a microscope.

Foodborne illness caused by eating food that contains bacteria that release a toxin into the host’s intestines.

Change in food that makes it unfit or undesirable for consumption.

Fungi with a single-celled structure.

Foodborne illness caused by a toxin released by microbes.

Reproductive cell of fungi.

Two species that compete for the same resources cannot stably coexist.

Rod shaped bacteria.

A subset of individuals the pathogen’s illness or disease affects most severely.

Spiral-shaped bacteria.