Some of my Best Friends are Bacteria Vocabulary

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Antibiotic

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A chemical substance, produced by microorganisms and fungi that inhibit the growth of or destroy bacteria, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases

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Bacteria

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A member or a large group of one celled microorganisms lacking organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease

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Biodiversity

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

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Ecology

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The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organism to one another and to their physical surroundings

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Ecosystem

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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical surrounding

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Environment

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The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

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Genome

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The complete set of genetic material of an organism

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Microbe

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A microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation

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Microbial

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of or involving or caused by or being microbes

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Microbiome

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The totality of microbes, their genetic elements (genomes), and their environmental interactions in a defined environment

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Mutualism

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An association between organisms of two different species in which each member benefits

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Niche

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The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community

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Species

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A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

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Organism

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

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Pathogen

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A bacterium, virus or other microorganism that can cause disease

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Genes

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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

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Inextricable

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So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible

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Sterile

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Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms

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Predispose

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To give an inclination or tendency to beforehand

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Proliferation

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A rapid and often excessive spread or increase

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Correlation

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Mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

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Profligate

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Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

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Blithely

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Joyous, merry, or gay, in disposition; glad; cheerful

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Satiated

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Satisfied, as one’s appetite or desire, to the point of boredom

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Permeable

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Allowing liquids or gases to pass through it (of a material or membrane)

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Teeming

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Be full of or swarming with