Microorganisms Flashcards

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1
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Microorganisms are diverse in

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Form/Function

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Microorganisms inhabit every environment

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that supports life

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3
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Microorganisms can be ____ and some are ____

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Single Celled, Multicellular

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4
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Microorganisms are the youngest or oldest form of life

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Oldest

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5
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Microorganisms affect human life such as

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Health and Water Supply

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6
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Microorganisms grow

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Extremely rapidly

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7
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Most Microbes are

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Prokaryotes

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8
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What are the cells that Microorganisms consist of

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cell membrane, Cytoplasm , Ribosomes, and Genome (DNA)

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9
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Microorganisms

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are life forms too small to be seen by the human eye

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10
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Microbiome

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the collection of all microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and their genes, that naturally live on our bodies and inside us.

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Microscopy

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Allows for the visualization of microbes

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12
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Culture

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Cells Grown in/on nutrient medium

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Medium

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Liquid/Solid mixture containing all required nutrients

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Growth

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Increase in Cell Division

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Colony

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Visible contains millions or billions of cells

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Cells

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A living compartment that interact with the environment and other cells

17
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Cytoplasmic membrane

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Barrier that separates the inside of the cell

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Cytoplasm

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An aqueous mixture of macromolecules, small organic ions, and ribosomes

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Ribosomes

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protein synthesizing structures (no membrane bound)

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Genome

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DNA, a cells full set of genes

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Enzymes

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Protein catalyst

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Transcription

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RNA used by ribosomes to synthesis protein

23
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DNA replication

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copying genome