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
9
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Stromatolite
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some-shaped rock composed of thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together
