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14 Cards in this Set
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Stromatolites
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Thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together
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Archaea
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Prokaryotes, many of which that live in some of the most extreme environments on Earth
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Bacteria
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Prokaryotes that differ from archaea in sever features
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Bacilli
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Rod-shaped bacteria
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Spirochetes
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Sprialpshaped bacteria
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Binary Fission
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Simple cell division in prokaryotes
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Endospores
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Resting cells
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Cyanobacteria
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Group of bacteria that generates oxygen as a waste porduct of photosynthesis
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Bioremediation
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Use of organisms to remove pollutants from water, air, and soil
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Pathogens
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Bacter and other micro organsisms that cause disease
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Lytic Cycle
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A phage attaches to the host cell and injects its DNA into the host
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Lysogenic Cycle
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A phage injects its genes into the host, and the viral DNA adds itself directly tot he host cell's DNA
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Retrovirus
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Virus that reverses the usual DNA-to-RNA flow of genetic flow of information
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Vaccine
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Deactivated variety or small piece of a pathogen that causes the immune system to defend against the actual pathogen
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