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Bioremediation |
The degradation of environmental pollutants by living organisms |
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Biodiversity |
The variety of species inhabiting A particular environment |
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Domain |
The highest level in classification above the level of Kingdom. All organisms can be assigned to one of three domains: bacteria archaea and eucuryal |
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Emerging diseases |
Diseases that have increased an incident in the past 20 years |
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Eukrayote |
Organisms composed of one or more eukaryotic cells calling members of of the domain Eukarya are eukaryotes |
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Eukaryotic cell |
Cell type characterized by a membrane-bound nucleus |
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Normal microbiota |
The population of microorganisms that normally grow on the human healthy body or other specified environments |
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Obligate intracellular parasite |
An organism or older agent that can only multiply inside living cells |
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Pathogen |
An organism or virus able to cause disease |
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Prokaryote |
Single-celled organisms consisting of prokaryotic cells: members of the domains bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes |
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Prokaryotic cell |
Cell type characterized by the lack of membrane bound nucleus |
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Spontaneous generation |
Living organisms arising from nonliving material |
