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MICROORGANISM OR MICROBE |
is the individual living animal or plant that is so small it can be seen only with the aid of a microscope. |
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MICROORNANISM ARE FOUND |
literali everywhere inthe enviroment. Most of these do not cause disease under normal condition |
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MOCROBIOLOGY |
the specific study of microorganism |
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ENDEMIC |
organism that are present or most of the time in and on the body |
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PATHOGENS |
harmfull microorganism |
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MICROORGANISM POSSES |
many characteristic of large cells |
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METABOLISM |
the ability to utilize nutrients |
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REPRODUCCTION |
the ability to group together to form colonies or ability to individual cells to become larger |
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IRRITABILITY |
response to the enviroment |
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MOTION |
the ability to move from place to place |
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PROTECCTION |
such a spores, malnutrition and development of drugs-resistant strains |
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pH |
A substance's pH (hidrogen ion concentration: acidity or alkalinity) also affects grown. Generally micriorganism survive only enviroments with a pH that is neither to acid or too alkaline |