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Microorganism
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A living thing ordinarly too small to be seen w/o magnification; an organism of microscopic size
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Bioremediation
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The use of microbes to reduce or degrade pollutants, industrial waste, and houshold garbage
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Pathogen
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Any agent, usually a virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoan, or heminth, that causes disease
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Parasite
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An organism that lives on in w/in another organism (the host), from which it obtains nutrients and enjoys protection. Produces some degree of harm in the host.
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Host
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organism in which smaller organisms or viruses live, feed, and reproduce
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Infectious Disease
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The state of danger or toxicity in the body caused by an infectious agent
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Taxonony
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The formal system for organizing, classifying, and naming living things
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Morphology
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The study of organismic structure
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Biogenesis
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The belief that living tings can only arise from others of the same kind
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Abiogenesis
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The belief in spontaneous generation as a source of life
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