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Aerobic

organism that needs oxygen to survive

Anaerobic

organism that lives without oxygen

Binary Fission

non-sexual reproduction...single cell divides into 2 separate cells (method of bacteria reproduction)

Biology

study of life

enzyme

protein that accelerates a reaction by amount of energy required to initiate a reaction (also called biological catalyst)

Facultative anaerobe

microorganism that can live with or without oxygen

heterotrophic

ability to reproduce asxeually

microbial

microorganism that cannot be seen without a microscope

microbiology

study of microscopic organism

morpholgy

appearance of organisms (shape, size,structure, gram stain characteristic) study of the structure of organism only

peptidoglycan

polymer substance that comprises bacteria walls

Species

Latin for "kind". describes basic rank in taxonomic classification

taxonomy

science of classification.( hierarchical structure for naming ad classifying organisms)

Vector

entity by which infections are transferred

Virology

study of viruses

Virus

microscopic organism that replicated exclusively inside host cell