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Aerobic |
organism that needs oxygen to survive |
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Anaerobic |
organism that lives without oxygen |
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Binary Fission |
non-sexual reproduction...single cell divides into 2 separate cells (method of bacteria reproduction) |
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Biology |
study of life |
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enzyme |
protein that accelerates a reaction by amount of energy required to initiate a reaction (also called biological catalyst) |
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Facultative anaerobe |
microorganism that can live with or without oxygen |
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heterotrophic |
ability to reproduce asxeually |
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microbial |
microorganism that cannot be seen without a microscope |
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microbiology |
study of microscopic organism |
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morpholgy |
appearance of organisms (shape, size,structure, gram stain characteristic) study of the structure of organism only |
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peptidoglycan |
polymer substance that comprises bacteria walls |
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Species |
Latin for "kind". describes basic rank in taxonomic classification |
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taxonomy |
science of classification.( hierarchical structure for naming ad classifying organisms) |
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Vector |
entity by which infections are transferred |
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Virology |
study of viruses |
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Virus |
microscopic organism that replicated exclusively inside host cell |