Vocabulary Chapter 16 Flashcards
A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form, the sporophyte, and a multicellular haploid form
Alternation of generations
A protist that produces it’s food by photosynthesis
Alga
A protist that moves and feeds by means of pseudopodia
Amoeba
A member of a clade of protests that includes amoebas and slime molds and is characterized by lobe shaped pseudopodia
Amoebozoan
One of two prokaryotic domains of life
Archaea
An organism that makes it’s own food
Autotroph
Rod shaped prokaryotic cell
Bacillus/Bacilli
One of two prokaryotic domains of life
Bacteria
A surface coating colony of prokaryotes that engage in metabolic cooperation
Biofilm
The use of living organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and degraded ecosystems
Bioremediation
One group of marine multicellular autotrophic protists belonging to the stramenopile clade
Brown algae
A type of protist that has unicellular amoeboid cells and aggregated reproductive bodies and its lifecycle
cellular slime mold
An organism that obtains both energy and carbon from inorganic chemicals
Chemoautotroph
A group of bacteria that live inside eukaryotic host cells
Chlamydia
A type of protist that moves and feeds by means of cilia
Ciliate
A spherical prokaryotic cell
Coccus / cocci
Photoautotrophic prokaryotes with plantlike oxygen-generating photosynthesis
Cyanobacteria
Unicellular autotrophic protist that belongs to the stramenopile clade
Diatom
A member of a group of protests belonging to the alveolate clade
Dinoflagellate
A thick coated protective cell produced with a bacterial cell
Endospore
A poisonous competent of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria that is released only when the bacteria die
Endotoxin
A microorganism that lives in a highly saline environment
Extreme halophile
A microorganism that thrives in a hot environment
often 60-80 degrees c
Extreme thermophile
A protist that moves and feeds by means of threadlike pseudopodia and has porous cells composed of calcium carbonate
Foraminiferan (foram)
