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an organism that is difficult to isolate and grow due to its complex nutritional needs for special exotic compounds.
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fastidious
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these type of organisms use glycerol and tween-80 to grow
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fastidious
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bacteria capable to degrade cellulose
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cellulolytic
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cellulose lysis
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cellulolytic
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organisms like bacteria, fungi, bacteria, and protozoa that can degrade cellulose are called
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cellulolytic
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what higher organisms to cellulose have nutritive values for
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ruminants
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what is a major plant cell wall structural component in plants
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cellulose
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what are cotton balls made of
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cellulose
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bacteria capable of degrading agar
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agarolytic
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agar lysis
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agarolytic
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a complex polysaccharide compound extracted from seaweed and is used as the solidifying agent in bacteriological media
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agar
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salt loving
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halophilic
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bacteria capable of growing optimally in high salt concentrations (10-15%)
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halophilic
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what higher organisms are capable of growing in halophilic environments
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brine shrimp
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an unusual halophile that is a faculative phototrophic bacterium
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halobacterium halobium
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blood loving
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hemophilic
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organisms growing and degrading blood
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hemophilic
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organisms that require hemoglobin or other nutrients found in red blood cells for growth
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hemophilic
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organisms that are capable of lysing red blood cells when they grow on blood agar
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hemolytic
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organisms capable of growing optimally in high sugar concetrations
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saccharophilic
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organisms that are saccharophilic are capable of growing in products such as
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honey and condensed milk
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organisms that can grow in honey and condense milk are
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saccharophilic
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organisms that can grow in honey are both saccharophilic and?
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osmophilic
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bacteria capable of hydrolyzing proteins during growth
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proteolytic
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these are bacterial media that contrain protein
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gelatin, nutrient agar, nutrient broth
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lipid lyssi
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lipolytic
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bacteria capable of hydrolyzing or digesting lipids or fats
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lipolytic
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these are the lipids/fats that bacteria cab digest
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phospholipid, triglycerides, or phosphatids
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energy obtained from lipid hydrolysis is used for?
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bacterial growth
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bacteria capable of degrading the ultrastuctural exoskeletan of insects and shelfish
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chitinolytic
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energy obtained from protein hydrolysis is used for
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bacterial growth
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