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17 Cards in this Set
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Live |
thrive almost everywhere, hot springs, acidic, saline |
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size |
1-5 micrometers, tiny mostly unicellular |
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Thermophiles |
live at high temos |
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Halophiles |
high saline environments |
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Horizontal transfer |
tree of life is complicated, species interact with each others |
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Features |
-variety of shapes and sizes -unicellular -move -cell wall -lack complex compartmentalization -reproduction and adaptation -lack membrane bound nucleus/organelles and cytoskeleton |
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Metabolic cooperation |
allows them to use environmental resources they could not use individually |
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motility |
some have flagellum |
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Reproduction |
-circular ring of DNA, single chromosome -binary fission/bacterial conjugation |
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plasmids |
smaller rings of DNA, not vital to normal functioning but transfer antibotic resistance |
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chemical recycling |
continual recycling of chemical elements between the living and nonliving components of the environment in ecosystems |
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chemoheterotrophic prokaryotes |
function as decomposers |
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symbiotic relationships |
live with other organisms in symbiotic relationships such as mutualism and commensalism |
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endonucleases |
cut DNA in specific places |
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PCR |
make many copies of a piece of DNA |
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Ti plasmid |
most commonly used vector for introducing new genes into plant cells |
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bioremediation |
use of organisms to remove pollutants from the environment |
