bacteria and virus

Question 1

prokayote

Answer 1

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

Question 2

bacili

Answer 2

bacteria

Question 3

cocci

Answer 3

any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium

Question 4

spirilla

Answer 4

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

Question 5

binary fission

Answer 5

a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

Question 6

endospore

Answer 6

a thick-walled protective spore that forms inside a bacterial cell and resists harsh condition

Question 7

nitrogen fixation

Answer 7

the chemical processes by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds, especially by certain microorganisms as part of the nitrogen cycle.

Question 8

bioremediation

Answer 8

the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms

Question 9

antibiotic

Answer 9

medicine used to kill bacteria and other mictoorganisms

Question 10

pathogenic bacteria

Answer 10

bacteria that cause disease

Question 11

virus

Answer 11

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

Question 12

host