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Virus |
An infectious particle made only of a strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat |
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Pathogen |
Any living organism or particle that can cause an infectious disease; infectious agent |
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Bacteriophages |
Viruses that infect bacteria |
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*Lytic infection |
Infection pathway in which the host cell bursts, regarding the new viral offspring into the host's system, where each then infects another cell |
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*Lysogenic infection |
a phage combined its DNA into the host cell's DNA |
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Epidemic |
Rapid outbreak of an infection that affects many people |
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Vaccine |
A substance that simulated the bodies own immune response against invasion by microbes |
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*Obligate anaerobe |
Prokaryotes that can't live in presence of oxygen//poisoned by oxygen |
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*Facultative aerobe |
Prokaryotes that can live with or without oxygen |
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*Obligate aerobes |
Organisms that need oxygen |
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Flagellum |
Long, whip-like structure outside of a cell that is used for movement |
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Conjugation |
Prokaryotes can exchange parts of their chromosomes through a hollow bridge of pili formed to connect to or more cells |
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Endospore |
A specialized cell with a thick protective wall |
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Toxin |
A poison released by an organism |
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Antibiotics |
Chemicals that kill or slow the growth of bacteria |
