bacteria Flashcards
binary fission
a form of asexaul reproduction in single-celled oragnisms by wich one cell divides into two cells of the same site
prokaryote
an organism that consist of a single call that does not have a nucleas
endospore
a thicked walled protective spore that forms in side a bacterial cell and resists harsh condition
biroemediation
the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms
antibiotic
medicine used to kill bacteria and other microrganisms
pathogenic bacteria
bacteria that cause desease
virus
a microscopic partilcle that gets inside a cell and often destroys the cell
host
an organism from wich a parasite takes food or shelter
cocci
any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.
. Bacilli
The term bacillus has been applied in a general sense to all cylindrical or rodlike bacteria.
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen
Spirilla
a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.