medical intervention - ANS ✔✔any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of
disease
quantitative results - ANS ✔✔can indicate the concentration of the infectious agent
bioinformatics - ANS ✔✔a career that combines molecular biology with the use of computers to share
information
computer in DNA sequencing - ANS ✔✔records the colors of fluorescent markers
isolating the DNA of the pathogen - ANS ✔✔the most accurate way to determine the identity of a
pathogen
medical interventions - ANS ✔✔diagnose diseases
medical interventions - ANS ✔✔alter the course of diseases
medical interventions - ANS ✔✔prevent diseases
goal of PCR - ANS ✔✔amplify or copy a specific DNA sequence
purpose of antibodies in ELISA - ANS ✔✔to attach to the specific target antigen
potential pathogen - ANS ✔✔bacteria
potential pathogen - ANS ✔✔virus
potential pathogen - ANS ✔✔fungus
, goal of ELISA - ANS ✔✔to identify the presence of an antigen or antibody
meningitis - ANS ✔✔a serious disease that affects the brain, coverings around the brain, and spinal
cord
Sample Prep - ANS ✔✔copy the bacterial DNA
PCR Amplification - ANS ✔✔extract DNA from the bacteria by dissolving cell wall with buffer
PCR Purification - ANS ✔✔production of variable lengths of DNA tagged with fluorescent markers
Sequencing Prep - ANS ✔✔remove contaminants from DNA
DNA Sequencing - ANS ✔✔computer builds DNA sequence using the tagged fluorescent markers
Sequence Analysis - ANS ✔✔compare unknown DNA sequence to a database of known DNA sequence
bioinformatics - ANS ✔✔the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and
biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and genomics
plasma membrane - ANS ✔✔the third line from the very outside of the cell; second lightest line
cytoplasm - ANS ✔✔where everything that lives inside the cell sits
pili - ANS ✔✔hairlike "appendage" on the surface of the bacteria
nucleoid - ANS ✔✔the "shrivled up" dark part on the inside of a cell