WORDSTEMS FOR MICROBIOLOGY 281, 

Second Half of the Course

©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
University of Cincinnati Clermont College,
Batavia OH 45103.

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These are grouped according to lecture topic.  Be certain to add new word stems as given in class and compile them at the back of your notebook.  Here is a page with meanings for these and other wordstems relevant to Microbiology.

ANTISEPTICS GROWTH CONTROL Ag -cide cuvette dessicate EMB hal- Hg HTST lact- lys- -ol thio- BACTERIAL GENETICS cis- ex- gen lig- muta- -script -trophic ultra-

BACTERIAL DISEASES -algia arthro- aureus axillary campylo- chlamyd- clappoir coli dys- edema -emia enter- eu- GI GU Hemophilus inguinal inter- intra- -itis lepto- media meninx -monas my- -nema nephri- NGU -nomy ornitho- oto- pharynx pneumo- PPNG pruritis pseudo- psittaci purul- rhizo- STD trachoma -tussis typhi- venereal Vibrio vulgaris zoo-

VIRUSES agglutin- AIDS arborvirus cephalo- corona ECHO -gnomic herpes HIV mnem- mumps myxo- ortho- para- pico- rhabdo- retro- rhino- Rubella toga TORCH FUNGI actin- asco- basidio- capitis conidia cruris dermato- -drome erythro- fil- gono- hemo- hypha myc- necro- nigri- pedis -phtheria -phytic ptom- pus rheum- sapro- tinea tubercle zygo-

PARASITES adeno- dina- flu mastigo- phore pleio- sarco- schiz- -tomes trich- virus PATHOGENICITY coll- CPE homeo- LD50 megaly parenteral per-

EPIDEMIOLOGY -drome  spect- kerat- MMWR morbidity mort- placebo portal spect- sym- IMMUNITY attenuate glob- glut- hapt- HCG -kine -phylaxis serum ANTIBIOTICS allo- analog blast- cyst- hepat- poie- terato-