Chapter 16 Vocab Flashcards

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archaea

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domain of prokaryotic organisms that are biochemically and genetically distinct from bacteria

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bacteria

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domain of prokaryotic organisms that are biochemically and genetically distinct from archaea

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coccus

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a spherical bacterium

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bacillus

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a rod-shaped bacterium

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spirochete

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member of a group of large spiral-shaped bacteria

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binary fission

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mode of prokaryote asexual reproduction in which each daughter cell receives an identical copy of the parent cell’s chromosome

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endospore

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dormant cell formed by certain bacteria that can survive very harsh conditions

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Cyanobacteria

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groups of prokaryotes that generate oxygen as a waste product of their photosynthesis

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Stromatolite

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some-shaped rock composed of thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together

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