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Aerobe

Any organism that uses oxygen for respiration

Anaerobe

Any organism that is able to live without oxygen

Antibiotic

Chemical produced by some bacteria that are used to limit the growth of other bacteria

Endospore

Thick walled protective structure produced by some bacteria when conditions are unfavorable for survival

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

Flagellum

Long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings

Host cell

Living cell in which a virus can actively multiply in which a virus can hide until activated by environmental stimuli

Nitrogen fixing Bacteria

Bacteria that converts nitrogen in the air into forms that can be used by plants and animals

Parasitism

A type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed

Pathogen

Disease producing organism

Saprophyte

Organisms that can use dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms

Toxin

Poisonous substance produced by some pathogen

Vaccine

Preparation made from killed bacteria or damage particles from bacteria cell walls or viruses that can prevent some bacterial and viral diseases

Virus

A strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating that can infect and multiply in a host cell