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15 Cards in this Set
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Stromatolite
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Dome-shaped rock composed of thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together
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Archaea
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Domain of prokaryotic organisms that are biochemically and genetically distinct from bacteria
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Bacteria
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Domain of prokaryotic organisms that are biochemically and genetically distinct from archaea
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Coccus
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A spherical bacterium
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Bacillus
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A rod-shaped bacterium
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Spirochete
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Member of a group of large spiral-shaped bacteria
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Binary fission
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Mode of prokaryote asexual reproduction in which each daughter cell receives an identical copy of the parent cell's chromosome
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Endospore
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Dormant cell formed by certain bacteria that can survive very harsh conditions
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Cyanobacteria
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Group of prokaryotes that generate oxygen as a waste product of their 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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Pathogen
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A disease-causing organism or virus
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Lytic cycle
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A viral reproductive cycle in which copies of a virus are made within a host cell, which then bursts open, releasing new viruses
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Lysogenic cycle
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A viral reproductive cycle in which the viral DNA is added to the host cell's DNA and is copied along with the host cell's DNA
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Retrovirus
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Member of a group of viruses such as HIV that carry reverse transcriptase, which catalyzes the synthesis of DNA from an RNA template
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Vaccine
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Dose of a disabled or destroyed pathogen (or part of a pathogen) used to stimulate a long-term immune defense against the pathogen
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