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prokaryote
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unicellular organisms, such as bacteria, each of which is enclosed in a prokaryotic cell
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retrovirus
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cause infected cells to make enzyme RNA. Type of viral replication where a virus uses reverse transcriptase to make DNA from viral RNA
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cocci
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spherical shaped bacteria
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pathogenic
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disease producing agents such as bacteria
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lysogenic cycle
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viral replication in which the virus' nucleic acid is integrated into the host cells chromosomes; a provirus is formed + replicated each time host cell reproduces
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leucocytes
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a white blood cell
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Viral disease:
heptatitis |
a lysogenic provirus that causes hepatitis B
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Viral disease:
cold/flu |
caused by the Influenza virus
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Viral disease:
measles |
a lysogenic provirus
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polio
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a retrovirus caused by RNA
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Viral disease:
polio |
a retrovirus caused by RNA
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Viral disease:
herpes |
a lysogenic provirus that is caused by the herpes simplex II
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Viral disease:
chicken pox |
also lysogenic provirus that can cause shingles
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bacteriophage
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is a virus that infects a bacterium
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obligate intracellular parasite
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virus needs host cell to survive
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nitrogen fixation
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by bacteria converts (N2) nitrogen in soil into usable fertilizer
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leucocyte
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a white blood cell
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decomposers
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break down organic material + recycle the basic organic compounds
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methanogen
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methane-producing bacteria
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binary fission
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is a split in the bacteria + creates a daughter cell. Bacteria reproduce by this
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stephyl
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cluster of cocci
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strepto
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chain and can cause strep throat
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diplo
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2 cocci
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plasmid
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small ring of DNA found in a bacterial cell that is used as a biological vector
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coccus
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another shape of bacteria, spherical shaped
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bacillus
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one of the three shapes of bacteria, Rod-shaped
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spirillum
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another form of bacteria, spiral shaped, their chromosomes through a pilus
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conjugation
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bacteria can reproduce by this
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food poisoning
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bacteria growth on foods being digested
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E. coli
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Ischericha coli
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Costridum tetani
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tetanus
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Clostridium botulinum
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bacteria growth in an improperly sterilized canned foods
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MRSA
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infection resistant to antibiotics
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macrophage
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engulfs damaged cells or pathogens that have entered the body's tissues against foreign agents
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antibody
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proteins in the blood plasma produced to fight off antigens
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antigen
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foreign substances that simulate an immune response in the body
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vaccine
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substance that contains weakened pathogens or antigens that produce an immune response when injected to the body
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plasmid
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a DNA molecule which is able to self-replicate + carries the gene for antibiotic resistance proteins + cloned genes such as GFP
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pGLO
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plasmid contain the GFP sequence & ampicillin resistance genes which codes for beta-lactamase
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nonpahtogenic
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a non-affecting virus or bacteria
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GFP
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green fluorescent protein
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bla
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resistance to ampicillin
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arabinose
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a carb isolated from plants that is used as sources of food by bacteria
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heat shock
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going from a cold temp, to a warm temp, to cold temp,
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agar
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provides a solid matrix to supplement bacterial growth
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clone
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the provirus of creating endless copies of clones or an organism or segment of DNA
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inoculating loop
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used to streak across an agar plate in order to pick up bacteria
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Aequorea victoria
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bioluminescent jellyfish
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Escherichia coli
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E. coli
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Sula nebouxii
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the blue footed boobie
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