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1
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It must invade a host cell and take control of the cell’s activity

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Virus

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2
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Any cell attacked by a virus

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Host Cell

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Classification of viruses according to their host organism

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Bacterial viruses, plant viruses, human and animal viruses

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4
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Complex type of virus and looks a bit like tadpoles

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Bacteriophages

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The coat of a phage is made up of what?

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Protein

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A virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.

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Bacteriophages

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Most common form of life

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Bacteria

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First form of life

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Bacteria

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Shapes of bacteria

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Coccus, bacillus, spirillum

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Sphere-shaped cells

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Coccus

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Rod-shaped cells

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Bacillus

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Cells shaped like bent rods or corkscrews

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Spirillum

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It protects the bacteria against the natural defenses of the victim’s body

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Capsule

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14
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Movement of bacteria

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Flagella

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They do not have to remain active in order to survive

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Bacteria

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Conditions most important to bacteria for normal activity

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Temperature, Moisture, Darkness, Food

17
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It reproduces through binary fission

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Bacteria

18
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It reproduces by invading a host cell

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Virus

19
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Organisms that are able to make their own food from inorganic matter

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Autotrophs

20
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Energy is obtained by breaking down inorganic compounds of iron, sulfur or nitrogen

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Chemosynthesis

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Organisms that depend upon other living things for food

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Heterotrophs

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They use nonliving or dead organic matter for food

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Saprophytes

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Invade the bodies of plants and animals and take their food directly from living tissue

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Parasites

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A single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms

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Protozoan

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False feet

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Pseudopodia

26
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Hairlike threads of cytoplasm

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Cilia

27
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It lacks chlorophyll

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Fungi

28
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Multicellular but never form roots, stems or leaves

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Fungi

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