bacteria Flashcards

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binary fission

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a form of asexaul reproduction in single-celled oragnisms by wich one cell divides into two cells of the same site

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prokaryote

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an organism that consist of a single call that does not have a nucleas

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endospore

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a thicked walled protective spore that forms in side a bacterial cell and resists harsh condition

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biroemediation

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the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms

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antibiotic

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medicine used to kill bacteria and other microrganisms

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pathogenic bacteria

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bacteria that cause desease

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virus

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a microscopic partilcle that gets inside a cell and often destroys the cell

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host

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an organism from wich a parasite takes food or shelter

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cocci

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any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.

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. Bacilli

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The term bacillus has been applied in a general sense to all cylindrical or rodlike bacteria.

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Nitrogen fixation

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Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen

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Spirilla

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a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.

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