Library A to Z
Reference cards, A to B
47 of the 341 cards in the library. Titles that start with a number are listed here too.
16S rRNA sequencing Lab method · Bacterial gene sequencing ID concept
Acanthamoeba species Parasite · Contact-lens keratitis free-living amoeba
Acid-fast stain Lab method · Mycolic-acid wall staining concept
Acinetobacter baumannii Bacterium · Healthcare-associated nonfermenting coccobacillus
Actinomyces israelii Bacterium · Sulfur-granule filamentous anaerobe
Adenovirus Virus · Nonenveloped double-stranded DNA virus
Aeromonas hydrophila Bacterium · Freshwater rod, wound and gut infection
AIDS Disease · Advanced HIV: CD4 <200 and opportunistic infections
Amebiasis Disease · Bloody dysentery plus liver abscess
Aminoglycosides Antimicrobial · 30S protein-synthesis class concept
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Bacterium · Intracellular tick-borne bacterium of granulocytes
Antibody isotypes Concept · IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE, IgD and their roles
Antigen test concept Lab method · Detects microbial protein or polysaccharide target
Antigenic drift vs shift Concept · Gradual mutation vs abrupt reassortment
Antimalarial mechanism concepts Antimicrobial · How antimalarials hit the parasite (concepts only)
Antimicrobial stewardship Concept · Coordinated effort to optimize antimicrobial use
Ascaris lumbricoides Parasite · Large intestinal nematode
Aseptic technique Concept · Practices that prevent contamination
Aspergillus fumigatus Fungus · Septate hyphae with acute-angle branching
Autoclave and moist heat Concept · Pressurized steam sterilization
Azoles Antimicrobial · Ergosterol-synthesis antifungal concept
Babesia microti Parasite · Tick-borne intraerythrocytic piroplasm
Bacillus anthracis Bacterium · Spore-forming aerobic Gram-positive rod
Bacillus cereus Bacterium · Reheated-rice food poisoning rod
Bacitracin (A disk) test Lab method · A-disk: Group A strep sensitive, Group B resistant
Bacterial conjugation Concept · Gene transfer through cell-to-cell contact
Bacterial flagella Concept · Rotary appendages for motility
Bacterial growth curve Concept · Four phases of a batch culture
Bacterial meningitis Disease · Inflammation of meninges with rapid onset
Bacteriophage Concept · Virus that infects bacteria
Bacteroides fragilis Bacterium · Anaerobic Gram-negative rod with capsule clue
Balantidium coli Parasite · Only ciliated protozoan that infects humans
Bartonella henselae Bacterium · Cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis
Benzimidazole antiparasitics Antimicrobial · Bind parasite beta-tubulin
Beta-lactamase Concept · Enzyme that breaks the beta-lactam ring
Beta-lactams Antimicrobial · Cell-wall synthesis drug class concept
Bile solubility test Lab method · Pneumococcus dissolves in bile; viridans does not
Biofilm Concept · Surface-attached microbial community
BK virus Virus · Transplant nephropathy and cystitis
Blastomyces dermatitidis Fungus · Dimorphic fungus with broad-based budding
Blood agar hemolysis Lab method · Alpha, beta, and gamma hemolysis vocabulary
Bordetella pertussis Bacterium · Small respiratory coccobacillus with toxin vocabulary
Borrelia burgdorferi Bacterium · Tick-borne spirochete
Botulism Disease · Toxin-driven descending flaccid paralysis
Brucella species Bacterium · Undulant fever, unpasteurized dairy zoonosis
Burkholderia cepacia complex Bacterium · Non-fermenter, cystic fibrosis lung pathogen
Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacterium · Soil non-fermenter causing melioidosis