FLasH cARDs
1
Q
Prokaryote
A
An organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus.
2
Q
binary fission
A
a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organism by which one cell divides into two cells at the same time.
3
Q
Bacilli
A
a disease-causing bacterium.
“the bacillus was thought to have proliferated in water polluted by sewage”
4
Q
cucci
A
An infections that causes strep throat, pneumonia, otitis media, meningitis, food poisoning, various skin diseases and severe types of septic shock.
5
Q
spirilla
A
a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.
6
Q
Endospore
A
a thick-walled protective spore that forms inside
