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Pathology
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Scientifc study of disease
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Etiology
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Cause of the disease
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Pathogenesis
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Manner in which the disease develops
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Infection
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The invasion or colonization of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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Disease
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When an infection results in any change from a state of health. An abnormal state in which part or all of the body is not properly adjusted or incapable of performing its normal functions.
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Human Microbiome Project
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This began in 2007 to analyze microbial communities called microbiomes that live in and on the human body. its goal is to determine the relationship between changes in the human microbiome and human health and disease
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Normal Microbiota (Or Normal Flora)
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The microogranisms that establish more or less permanent residence (colonize) but that do not produce disease under normal conditions are members of the body's ....................
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Transient microbiota
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May be present for several days, weeks, or months and then disappear
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Microbial Antagonism (Or Competitive Exclusion)
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Normal microbiota can benefit the host by preventing the overgrowth of harmful microorganisms
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Bacteriocins
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E. Coli cells produce what?
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Proteins that inhibit the growth of other bacteria ofthe same or closely related species
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What are bacteriocins?
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C. difficile
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This microbe is responsible for nearly all gastrointestinal infections that follow antibiotic therapy, from mild diarrhea to severe or even fatal colitis.
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Symbiosis
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The relationship between the normal microbiota and the host is called ....
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Symbiosis
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A relationship between two organisms in which at least one organism is dependent on the other
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Commensalism
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In this symbiotic relationship, one of the organisms benefits, and the other is unaffected.
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