Chapter 4 Flashcards
Where are prokaryotes found?
Everywhere
Amensalism
Type of symbiosis in which one population harms the other but remains unaffected itself
Mutualism
Both species are mutually benefitted
Commensalism
One benefits and the other is neither benefitted or harmed
What is the microbiome?
The collection of all microbes that naturally live on our bodies and inside of us.
Acellular
not consisting of cells
Pathogens
microbes that cause disease
Parasitism
A type of symbiotic relationship that hurts the host. One benefit
Normal microbiota
bacteria, viruses archaea, and eukaryotic microbes that live in or on the human
Biofilms
Sticky microbial communities made up of single or diverse species; they allow microbes to
coordinate responses within an environment
Prions
Infectious misfolded proteins that can cause a disease such as transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies; prions are transmitted by transplant or ingestion; some prion diseases are inherited