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serological testing
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techniques for identifying a microorganism based on its reaction with antibodies
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RIBOSOMAL RNA (rRNA) SEQUENCING
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DETERMINATION OF THE ORDER OF NUCLEOTIDE BASES IN rRNA
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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
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THE SYSTEM OF HAVING TWO NAMES (GENUS AND SPECIFIC EPITHET) FOR EACH ORGANISM; ALSO CALLED SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE
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NOMENCLATURE
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THE SYSTEM OF NAMING THINGS
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BACTERIA
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KINGDOM OF PROKARYOTIC ORGANISMS, CHARACTERIZED BY PEPTIDOGLYCAN CELL WALLS; BACTERIUM (SINGULAR) WHEN REFERRING TO A SINGLE ORGANISM
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DOMAIN
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A TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION BASED ON rRNA SEQUENCES; ABOVE THE KINGDOM LEVEL
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PHAGE TYPING
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A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING BACTERIA USING SPECIFIC STRAINS OF BACTERIOPHAGES
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NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION
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THE PROCESS OF COMBINING SINGLE COMPLEMENTARY STRANDS OF DNA
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PROTIST
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THERM USED FOR UNICELLULAR AND SIMPLE MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES; USUALLY PROTOZOA AND ALGAE
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SLIDE AGGLUTINATION TEST
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A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AN ANTIGEN BY COMBINING IT WITH A SPECIFIC ANTIBODY ON A SLIDE
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DNA FINGERPRINTING
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ANALYSIS OF DNA BY ELECTROPHORESIS OF RESTRICTION ENZYME FRAGMENTS OF THE DNA
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FAMILY
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A TAXONOMIC GROUP BETWEEN ORDER AND GENUS
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FUNGUS (pl. FUNGI)
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AN ORGANISM THAT BELONGS TO THE KINGDOM FUNGI; A EUKARYOTIC ABSORPTIVE CHEMOHETEROTROPH
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ORDER
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A TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION BETWEEN CLASS AND FAMILY
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STRAIN
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A GENETICALLY IDENTICAL GROUP OF CELLS DERIVED FROM A SINGLE CELL
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KINGDOM
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A TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION BETWEEN DOMAIN AND PHYLUM
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GENUS (pl. GENERA)
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THE FIRST NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC NAME (BINOMIAL); THE TAXON BETWEEN FAMILY AND SPECIES
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ARCHAEA
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PROKARYOTIC CELLS LACKING PEPTIDOGLYCAN; ONE OF THE THREE DOMAINS
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PHYLOGENY
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THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF A GROUP OF ORGANISMS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS
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ANIMALIA
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THE KINGDOM COMPOSED OF MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES LACKING CELL WALLS
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DICHOTOMOUS KEY
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AN IDENTIFICATION SCHEME BASED ON SUCCESSIVE PAIRED QUESTIONS; ANSWERING ONE QUESTION LEADS TO ANOTHER PAIR OF QUESTIONS, UNTIL AN ORGANISM IS IDENTIFIES
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CLASS
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A TAXONOMIC GROUP BETWEEN PHYLUM AND ORDER
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TAXONOMY
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THE SCIENCE OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS
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BERGEY'S MANUAL
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BERGEY'S MANUAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, THE STANDARD TAXONOMIC REFERENCE ON BACTERIA; ALSO REFERS TO BERGEY'S MANUAL OF DETERMINATIVE BACTERIOLOGY
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SOUTHERN BLOTTING
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A TECHNIQUE THAT USES DNA PROBES TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF SPECIFIC DNA IN RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS SEPARATED BY ELECTROPHORESIS
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EUKARYA
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ALL EUKARYOTES (ANIMALS, PLANTS, FUNGI, AND PROTISTS); MEMBERS OF THE DOMAIN EUKARYA
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WESTERN BLOTTING
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A TECHNIQUE THAT USED ANTIBODIES TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF SPECIFIC PROTEINS SEPARATED BY ELECTROPHORESIS
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PLANTAE
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THE KINGDOM COMPOSED OF MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES WITH CELLULOSE CELL WALLS
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DNA BASE COMPOSITION
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THE MOLES-PERCENTAGE OF GUANINE PLUS CYTOSINE IN AN ORGANISM'S DNA
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EUKARYOTIC SPECIES
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A GROUP OF CLOSELY RELATED ORGANISMS THAT CAN INTERBREED
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PHYLUM
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A TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION BETWEEN KINGDOM AND CLASS
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ANTISERUM
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A BLOOD-DERIVED FLUID CONTAINING ANTIBODIES
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FLOW CYTOMETRY
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A METHOD OF COUNTING CELLS USING A FLOW CYTOMETER, WHICH DETECTS CELLS BY THE PRESENCE OF A FLUORESCENT TAG ON THE CELL SURFACE
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VIRAL SPECIES
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A GROUP OF VIRUSES SHARING THE SAME GENETIC INFORMATION AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE
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CLADOGRAM
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A DICHOTOMOUS PHYLOGENETIC TREE THAT BRANCHES REPEATEDLY, SUGGESTING THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS BASED ON THE TIME SEQUENCE IN WHICH EVOLUTIONARY BRANCHES AROSE
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DNA PROBE
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A SHORT, LABELED, SINGLE STRAND OF DNA OR RNA USED TO LOCATE ITS COMPLEMENTARY STRAND IN A QUANTITY OF DNA
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PROKARYOTIC SPECIES
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A POPULATION OF CELLS THAT SHARE CERTAIN rRNA SEQUENCES; IN CONVENTIONAL BIOCHEMICAL TESTING, IT IS A POPULATION OF CELLS WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS
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DIVISION
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A PHYLUM; USED IN BOTANY
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SEROLOGY
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THE BRANCH OF IMMUNOLOGY THAT STUDIES BLOOD SERUM AND ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS IN VITRO
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POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
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A TECHNIQUES USING DNA POLYMERASE TO MAKE MULTIPLE COPIES OF A DNA TEMPLATE IN VITRO
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SPECIFIC EPITHET
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THE SECOND OR SPECIES NAME IN A SCIENTIFIC BINOMIAL
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