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1
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__________________ were the first forms of life on earth. all organisms can trace their ancestry back to these organisms

A

prokaryotes

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prokaryotes are ____________________ everywhere

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incredibly abundant

-there are more organisms in ones mouth than have ever lived

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3
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all prokaryotes are ___________________________

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unicellular, though they aggregate in colonies

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4
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_____________ is an assemblage of unicellular organisms that do exist (permenately or temporarily) as a multicellular unit, though there is no division of labor and each organisms could live independently

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colonies

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5
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_______________ are colonies of prokaryotes held together by a sticky extracellular matrix. They can adhere to many surfaces

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biofilms

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6
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cell size of a prokaryotic cells

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1-5 picometers in diameter where as eukaryotic cells are 10-100 picometers in diameter

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7
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the shapes of prokaryotic cells

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  • coccus
  • bacillus
  • spiral
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spherical shaped cells

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coccus

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rod shaped cells

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bacillus

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10
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strepto means

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a colony in a chain

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11
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staphylo means

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a colony in a cluster

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12
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______________ is an external to the plasma membrane

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cell wall

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13
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bacteria cell walls are made of

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the polysaccharide peptidoglycan

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14
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bacteria have cell walls with many layers of peptidoglycan

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gram positive

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15
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bacteria have cell walls with fewer layers of peptidoglycan but with an outer phospholipid membrane

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gram negative

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16
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____________________ are made of a variety of polysaccharides and polypeptides but no peptidoglycan

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archaea cell walls

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17
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is external to the cell walls in some prokaryotes

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capsule

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18
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certain prokaryotes possess flagella for

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locomotion

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19
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prokaryotic flagella are different in composition than

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eukaryotic flagella

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20
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___________ is embedded in the cell wall and plasma membrane in a prokaryotic flagella

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basal apparatus

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_______________ acts as a motor that rotates the flagellum propels the cell

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basal apparatus

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22
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a single circular DNA molecule called the prokaryotic chromosome is dispersed throughout

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the nucleic region of the cell

-no membrane or nucleus

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23
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______________ proteins are not associated with a bacterium’s chromosomes but they are present in archaea

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histone

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24
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____________________ are small separate rings of DNA

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plasmids

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25
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Plasmids consist of ______________ genes

plasmid genes are often not necessary for survival but can provide survival advantages

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only a few genes

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26
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____________________ in the cytoplasm function for protein synthesis

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ribosomes

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27
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infolding of the ________________ functions in the photosynthesis and or cellular respiration

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plasma membrane

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28
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prokaryotes reproduce asexually by __________

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binary fission

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29
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the prokaryotic chromosome replicates, followed by division of the cell

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each new cells receives a copy of the chromosomes

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30
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prokaryotes can divide by binary fission at extremely fast rates

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-a typical generation time is 2 hours/ Some generation time can be as short as 20 minutes

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31
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_____________ are responsible for most of the genetic variation in prokaryotes

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mutations

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32
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three forms of genetic recombination

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  • transformation
  • transduction
  • conjugation
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33
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dead decaying prokaryotes release DNA segments (genes into the eviroment which, can then be taken up by prokaryotes

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transformation

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34
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viruses that infect prokaryotes can transfer DNA segments (genes) from one prokaryote to another

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transduction

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35
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a prokaryote can directly transfer DNA (a plasmid) to another prokaryote

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conjugation

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36
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_________________ is a hesitant structure that surrounds the prokaryotic chromosome during harsh environmental conditions

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endospore

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37
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During harsh environmental conditions, the endospore causes the

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metabolism halts and rest of cell disintegrates

38
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prokaryotes can live dormant for year as

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endospores, they reactivate when conditions improve

39
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many prokaryotes are ________________ similar to animal and fungi, however some are _________________ like plants

A

heterotrophic

autotrophic

40
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earths first photosynthesizing autotroph

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cyanobacteria

41
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other prokaryotic autotroph that obtain energy from chemicals

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chemotrophs

42
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_____________ acquiring oxygen for cellular respiration

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obligate aerobes

43
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____________________ do not require oxygen for fermentation and they are poisoned by oxygen

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obligate anaerobes

44
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________________________ they use oxygen for cellular respiration if its present and fermentation if not

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facultative anaerobes

45
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_____________________________They convert atmosphere nitrogen gas to ammonia and other usable forms that allow the nitrogen to be incorporated into proteins and nucleic acids. Larger animals are dependent upon this

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some prokaryotes fix oxygen

46
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cyanobacteria that nitrogen fix and posses heterocytes the most self sufficient organisms on earth

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heterocytes

47
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_________ of all human disease are caused by bacteria

48
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___________________ results in 1.5 million deaths a year. Example of disease caused by bacteria

A

tuberculosis

49
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the most common ___________________ in the us is bacterial

A

vector borne disease

50
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vector borne disease transmitted by ticks

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lime disease

51
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bacteria are pathogen due to _________________

A

poisons in their cell walls

52
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______________________ are secreted by living bacteria

53
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_____________________ are released when a bacterium dies and its cell wall breaks down

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endotoxins

54
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______________ attack bacteria cell walls or the ribosomes that make the bacteria cell wall

A

antibiotics

55
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bacteria ____________ fix for other organisms

56
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__________ produce oxygen and serve as base of food chain

A

cyanobacteria

57
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prokaryotes are the main ____________________ in all ecosystems

A

decomposers

58
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only a small fraction of prokaryotes species are __________________

A

pathogenic

59
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trillions of prokaryotes reside in ________________

A

human intestine and digestive tract, they digest food that we would otherwise be unable to digest

60
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_______________________________ by prokaryotes produce cheese yogurt pickles and salami

A

lactic acid fermentation

61
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__________________ is the use of organisms to degrade environmental pollutants

A

biomediation

62
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examples of prokaryotes being used for biomediation

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  • sewage treatment

- oil clean up

63
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an efficient way to produce large quantities of human, other animal, or plant proteins by inserting genes into prokaryotic plasmid DNA to rapidly replicate

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recumbent DNA biotechnology

64
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the traditional classification of prokaryotes was based on the _____________________

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morphological characteristics

ex- shape, cell wall, mode

65
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modern classification shows that tradition classification does not produce try

66
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the current classification is based on ____________

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molecular characteristic

67
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__________________ have been replaced by groups that now more accurately represent phylogeny

A

tradition groups

68
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there are more similarities between archaea and ______________ than between archaea and ______________

A

eukarya

bacteria

69
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____________ are gram negative spiral shaped bacteria. Certain spirochetes are parasitic.
What two disease do they cause

A

Spirochetes

Lyme disease and Syphalsis

70
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______________ the smallest bacteria group. they are gram-negative and cocci. They are entirely parasitic and is the cause of the common bacterial sexual transmitted disease _______________.

A

chlamydias

chlamydia

71
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important decomposers in the oil. Mycobacterium cause tuberculosis and commonly acne

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bacilli high GC gram positives

72
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unicellular or colonial, gram negative, aquatic, photosynthetic anabaena fixes nitrogen

A

cyanobacteria

73
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type of cyanobacteria that fixes nitrogen

74
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mounds of cyanobacteria within densely packed sediment, found in warm shallow bays
found in warm shallow bays
abundant in fossil record

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stromatolites

75
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___________________ cause staff infections, sepsis, and

A

staphylococcus

76
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causes strep throte

A

streptococcus

77
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ferments in milk and yogurt, cause staff infections and strep infections

A

Low GC gram positives

78
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______________ is the cause of botulism and tennisunlike bacillus anthraces is the cause of anthrax

A

clostridium

79
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clostridium and anthraces are examples of

A

endospore forming

80
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gram negative, epsilon proteobacteria. helicon pylori causes ulcers. is the most common nitrogen fixers bacterium within root nodules. closely related to eukaryotic mitochondria

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proteobacteria

81
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important for nitrogen fixing.bortella purtusis causes whooping cough and neisseria gonorrhoeae causes sexually transmitted disease gonorea. Can also cause cholera, salmonella, and influenza pneumonia

A

proteobacteria

82
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types of protea bacteria

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  • epsilon
  • alpha proteobacteria
  • beta proteobacteria
  • gamma proteobacteria
83
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originally believed to be restricted to extreme habitats, extremophile. They are also known to inhabit almost all environments on earth they are not known to be parasitic

84
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________ they are not known to be parasitic

85
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word for archaea

A

extremophiles

86
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two types of archaea

A
  • crenarchaeota

- euryarchaeota

87
Q

__________ have two extreme thermophiles in _________________

A

crenarchaeota
hot springs- hot acidic environments
hydrovents- hot and high pressure environments

88
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extreme halophiles and methanogens

A

euryarcheota

89
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high salty environments, salty seas and lakes.

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extreme halophiles

90
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obligate anaerobes in swamy marshes and cattle

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methanogens

91
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cattle produce __________ by metabolic process to release waste

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