bacteria and virus

Question 1

prokaryote

Answer 1

an organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus

Question 2

binary fission

Answer 2

a form of asexual reproduction in single celled organism by witch one cell divides into two cells of the same size

Question 3

endospore

Answer 3

a thick wall protective spore that forms inside a bacterial cell and resists harsh conditions

Question 4

Bioremediation

Answer 4

the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms

Question 5

antibiotic

Answer 5

medicine used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms

Question 6

pathogenic bacteria

Answer 6

bacteria that cause disease

Question 7

virus

Answer 7

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

Question 8

host

Answer 8

an organism form which a parasite takes food or shelter

Question 9

Nitrogen fixation

Answer 9

Nitrogen fixation bacteria take in nitrogen from the air and change it to a form that plants can use

Question 10

Spirilla

Answer 10

a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure found in stagnate

water

Question 11

Cocci

Answer 11

any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.

Question 12

Bacilli

Answer 12

a rod shaped bacterium.