Biodiversity and classification Flashcards
ART
It’s treatment given to people who are already infected with HIV
PEP
Is treatment for people that are not yet infected with HIV
Bacteriophage
It is a virus that attacks a bacterial cell
Aerobic bacteria
Live in the presence of oxygen
Anaerobic bacteria
Can live in the absence of oxygen
Flagella
Long whip like structures that are used for locomotion
Nucleoid
The area with in the bacteria that contains a nuclear material
Aquatic organisms
Organisms that live in water
Terrestrial organisms
Organisms that live on land
Phagocytosis
Is the process during which food is engulfed by the pseudopodia together with droplet of water to form a food vacuole
Mycelium
Is a tangled mass of thread like structures
Hyphae
Is each thread like structure in a mycelium
Thallus
It’s an organism that does not have true roots stems and leaves
Rhizoids
These are root like hyphae that penetrates the bread
Stolons
These creep over the surface of the bread
Sporangiaphores
These are up right hyphae and they end in sporangium that carries spores
Agar
A jelly-like substance that comes from certain marine algae
Agar plate
Is a petri dish that has agar on it, then other nutrients are added to it
Host specific
Can only infect a specific living cell
Kingdom Monera
Consist of all those organisms that are prokaryotes
Kingdom protista
These are eukaryotes that are unicellular
Plantae
Eukaryotes that are multi cellular and are autotrophic
Kingdom Fungi
These are eukaryotic, multi cellular, heterotrophic organisms that digests their food before taking them in
