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Aerobe |
Any organism that uses oxygen for respiration |
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Anaerobe |
Any organism that is able to live without oxygen |
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Antibiotic |
Chemical produced by some bacteria that are used to limit the growth of other bacteria |
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Endospore |
Thick walled protective structure produced by some bacteria when conditions are unfavorable for survival |
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Fission |
Simplest form of asexual reproduction in which two new cells are produced with genetic material identical to each other and identical to the previous cell |
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Flagellum |
Long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings |
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Host cell |
Living cell in which a virus can actively multiply in which a virus can hide until activated by environmental stimuli |
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Nitrogen fixing Bacteria |
Bacteria that converts nitrogen in the air into forms that can be used by plants and animals |
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Parasitism |
A type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed |
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Pathogen |
Disease producing organism |
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Saprophyte |
Organisms that can use dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms |
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Toxin |
Poisonous substance produced by some pathogen |
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Vaccine |
Preparation made from killed bacteria or damage particles from bacteria cell walls or viruses that can prevent some bacterial and viral diseases |
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Virus |
A strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating that can infect and multiply in a host cell |