Bacteria and Viruses

Question 1

prokaryote

Answer 1

an organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleaus.

Question 2

binary fission

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Endospore

Answer 3

a thick walled protective spore that forms inside a bacterial cell.

Question 4

Bioremenation

Answer 4

The biological treatment of a hazardous waste by living organisms

Question 5

Antibiotic

Answer 5

medicine used to kill bacteria

Question 6

pathogentic bacteria

Answer 6

bacteria that cause disease

Question 7

a microscopic bacteria that gets into a cell and often destroys the cell

Answer 7

bacteria

Question 8

an organism from which a parasite takes food,

Answer 8

host

Question 9

any spherical or roughly spherical bacteriun

Answer 9

cocci

Question 10

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

Answer 10

sprillia

Question 11

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

Answer 11

nitrogen fixation

Question 12

a rod-shaped bacterium.

Answer 12

bacilli