Flashcards: MicroBio Word Stem 5

Amphi-

Both

-Ase

Enzyme

Buccal

Cheek

Calyx

Cup

Cortex

Bark

-Cyte

Cell

Diplo-

Double

Endo-

Inner

EPS

Extracellular Polymeric Substance

Extra-

Outside

Fimbrium ( Fimbria)

Finger

Flagellum (Flag-)

Beat , Whip

Glyc-

Sugar

-Gram

Picture

Histo-

Tissue or Story

HFR

High Frequency Recombinant

Hyper-

Above, Excess

Hypo-

Below, Inadequate

In-

Within

Karyo-

Nucleus

Lig-

Tie

Lip-

Fat

Lopho-

Tuft

LPS

Lipopolysaccharide

-Monas

Simple Organism

Mono-

Single

Muco-

Slime

Mur- (Mura-)

Wall

-Murium

Of the mouse

Myco- (Myc-)

Fungus

NAG

N Acetyl Glucosamine

-Nema

Thread

Noc-

Poison

Nox-

Poison

Osm-

Push

Peri-

Around

Phago-

Eat

Pilus

Hair

Pili ( Pilus)

Hair

Plast-

Form, Shape

Pleio

Many

Poly-

Many

Pro-

First

Pseudo-

False

RXN

Reaction

Sacchar-

Sugar

Sarcina

Bundle

Semi-

Half

-sis

Process, Condition

Sphero-

Round

Tonic

Strength

Tox-

Poison

Trepo- ( Trepan-/ -y)

Bore

-Trichous (Trich-)

Hair

Ubiquitous

Everywhere

Vibrio

Shake

Vulgaris

Common