life science vocab cp 6 Flashcards
1
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a small, often circular strand of DNA that is separate from the main cromosomesin some bactira
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plasmid
2
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a form of bacterial reproduction in which the DNA is replicated and the cell memebrane pinches together to form two identical bacteria
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binary fission
3
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a bacterium’s DNA and ribosomes enclosed in a tough case that can survive unfavorable conditions
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endospore
4
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a process in which one bacterium shares a plasmid with another
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conjuation
5
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a nucleic acid sourrened by a protein coat that uses other cells to reproduce
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virus
6
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the protein coat that surrounded a nueleic acids of a virus
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capsid
7
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a living organism that a parasite obtains food from or that a virus infects in order to reproduce
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host
