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Extracellular digestion
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Digestion of food that is carried out by secreting enzymes onto food, then breaking down into smaller particles followed by absorption of those particles. This occurs in bacteria and fungi.
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Virus
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The causative agent of an infectious disease.
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Saprophyte
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A plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter.
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Bacteria
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Very small organisms made up of one cell.
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Inoculate
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To give (a person or animal) a weakened form of a disease in order to prevent infection by the disease.
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Binary Fission
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Reproduction of a cell by division in to two approximately equal parts.
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Pathogen
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a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
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Yeast
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A microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding used in bread and beer.
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Fungi
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An organism that feeds on organic matter and reproduces through spores.
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Budding
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Being in an early stage of development.
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Sporangium
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A receptacle in which asexual spores are formed.
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Spore
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A small single-celled reproductive body that is capable of growing into a new organism, produced especially by certain bacteria, fungi, algae, and nonflowering plants.
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Viral DNA
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A virus containting DNA as it's genetic material.
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Flagellum
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A long tapering process that process the projects singly or in groups from a cell and is the primary organ of motion of many microorganisms.
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Capsid
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The protein coat or shell of a virus particle surrounding the nucleic acid or nucleoprotein core.
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Bacterial Chromosome
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The part of a bacterium or virus that contains nucleic acid.
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Anaerobic respiration
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The form of respiration with oxygen absent.
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Aerobic respiration
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The form of respiration with oxygen present.
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Carbon Dioxide
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A gas that is produced when people and animals breathe out or when certain fuels are burned and that is used by plants for energy.
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Ethanol
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Alcohol used in beer making.
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Rennet
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Rennet is an extract from the stomach of certain animals. It is used in cheesemaking.
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Penicillin
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An antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue moulds, now usually prepared synthetically. It is a medicine that is used to kill harmful bacteria.
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Microbes
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An extremely small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope.
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Agar plate
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(typically agar plus nutrients) used to culture microorganisms or small plants.
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Hyphae
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Each of the branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus.
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Host cell
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A cell that harbours foreign molecules, viruses or micro-organisms.
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