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20 Cards in this Set
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Cocci |
Sphere shaped bacteria
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Bacilli |
Rod shaped bacteria |
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Spirilla |
Spiral shaped bacteria |
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Three basic shapes of Bacteria and their names |
Cocci Bacilli Spirilla |
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Capsule |
Special feature that bacteria may posses, gelatin coating around cell wall |
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Aerobe |
an organism that uses oxygen for respiration |
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Respiration |
a process organisms use to breakdown food for energy |
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Anaerobe |
an organism that does not need oxygen |
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Bioremediation |
Using organisms (bacteria) to help clean up or remove environmental pollutants |
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Saprophyte |
an organism that uses dead organisms for food and energy |
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Cyanobacteria |
Producer eubacteria that make their own food using carbon dioxide, water and energy from sunlight. they produce oxygen as waste. Contain chlorophyll. Usually blue-green in color |
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Eubacteria |
The larger of the two kingdoms of bacteria |
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Archaebacteria |
Bacteria found in extreme conditions such as hot springs, muddy swamps or intestines. They are anaerobic. Use carbon dioxide as energy. Release methane gas as waste. Used in sewage treatment plants |
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Antibiotics |
bacteria that limit the growth of other bacteria |
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Pathogen |
any organism that causes disease |
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Prokaryotic Cells |
Does not contain membrane-bound organelles such as a nucleus, lysosomes or endoplasmic reticulum. Bacteria |
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Eukaryotic Cells |
Contains membrane bound organelles. Animal and plant cells |
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Producer bacteria |
Produces its own food |
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Consumer bacteria |
Does not produce its own food |
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Vaccine |
Made from damaged bacterial cell walls or from killed bacteria. Used to prevent disease |
