Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Where are prokaryotes found?

A

Everywhere

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Amensalism

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Type of symbiosis in which one population harms the other but remains unaffected itself

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Mutualism

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Both species are mutually benefitted

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Commensalism

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One benefits and the other is neither benefitted or harmed

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What is the microbiome?

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The collection of all microbes that naturally live on our bodies and inside of us.

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Acellular

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not consisting of cells

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Pathogens

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microbes that cause disease

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Parasitism

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A type of symbiotic relationship that hurts the host. One benefit

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Normal microbiota

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bacteria, viruses archaea, and eukaryotic microbes that live in or on the human

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Biofilms

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Sticky microbial communities made up of single or diverse species; they allow microbes to
coordinate responses within an environment

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Prions

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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

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