bacteria and virus

Question 1

prokaryote

Answer 1

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

Question 2

bacilli

Answer 2

a rod-shaped bacterium

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 organism 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 resist harsh conditions

Question 7

nitrogen fixation

Answer 7

the chemical process by which atmospherics nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds especially by certain microorganism as part of nitrogen cycle

Question 8

bioremediation

Answer 8

the biological treatments of hazardous waste by living organisms

Question 9

antibiotic

Answer 9

medicine used to kill bacteria and other microorganism

Question 10

pathogenic bacteria

Answer 10

bacteria that cause disease

Question 11

virus

Answer 11

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

Question 12

host

Answer 12

an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter