Some of my Best Friends are Bacteria Reverse Vocabulary Flashcards
A chemical substance, produced by microorganisms and fungi that inhibit the growth of or destroy bacteria, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases
Antibiotic
A member or a large group of one celled microorganisms lacking organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease
Bacteria
The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
Biodiversity
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organism to one another and to their physical surroundings
Ecology
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical surrounding
Ecosystem
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
Environment
The complete set of genetic material of an organism
Genome
A microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation
Microbe
of or involving or caused by or being microbes
Microbial
The totality of microbes, their genetic elements (genomes), and their environmental interactions in a defined environment
Microbiome
An association between organisms of two different species in which each member benefits
Mutualism
The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community
Niche
A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
Species
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
Organism
A bacterium, virus or other microorganism that can cause disease
Pathogen
A hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism
Genes
So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible
Inextricable
Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms
Sterile
To give an inclination or tendency to beforehand
Predispose
A rapid and often excessive spread or increase
Proliferation
Mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
Correlation
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources
Profligate
Joyous, merry, or gay, in disposition; glad; cheerful
Blithely
Satisfied, as one’s appetite or desire, to the point of boredom
Satiated
Allowing liquids or gases to pass through it (of a material or membrane)
Permeable
Be full of or swarming with
Teeming
