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32 Cards in this Set
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Bacteria
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Prokaryotic, single celled organism
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Binary Fission
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Reproduction by dicision of an individual that produces two diplicates of the origiinal - occurs in bacteria and some parasites
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Capnophil
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an organism requiring CO2 at a level higher than error for growth
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Colirorm
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rod shaped gram negative nonspore forming organisns - indicators of sanitary food and h2o
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Endotoxin
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the lipopolysaccharide component of the other membrane of a gram negative bacteria that is harmful to animals and humans
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Enterotoxin
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Components that are harmful to the tpithelial cells lining the intestinal tract
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Eukaryote
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Organisms composed of a membreane bound nuclues
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Exotoxin
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Highly destructive protein produced by some gram positive and gram negative bacteria
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Cacultative
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Capable of adapting to different conditions
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Microaerophil
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an aerobic bacteria that survives in environments haveing a lower concentration of 02 that is present in ait
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Nomenclature
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system of names or terms or rules used for forming the nabes
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Obligate
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a parasite that cannot survive without its host
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Prokaryote
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organisms that do not have a membrane bound nucleus; bacteria
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Taxonomy
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Science of classifying organisms
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Thermophil
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Organism that grows at high temperatures
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Xenodiagnosis
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a diagnostic technique in which arthropods are allowed to feed on a suspect individual and then examined in an attempt to recover the parasite
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Capitulum
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the cranial portion containing mouth parts
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Checlicerae
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pointed appendages which are used to grasp food and found in place of chewing mandibles most other arthropods have
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festoons
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long strings of bacteria
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Horizontal transmission
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transmission of a vacterial fungal or viral infection between members of the same species
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Hypostome
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a calcified harpoon like structure near the mouth of certain parasitic arthropods including ticks and mites that allows them to anchor themselves firmly in place on a host mammal while sucking blood
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idiosoma
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the protion of the body on which the legs are inserted (the podosoma) is broadly joined to the protion of the body behind the leffs(the opisthosoma)to form the idiosoma
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Larva
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is a young (juvenile) form of animal with indirect development going through or undergioing metamorphosis
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Molting
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signigfies the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body
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Nymph
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is the immature form of some invertebretes particularly insects which undergoes a gradual metamorphosis before reaching its adult stage
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Idiosoma
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the protion of the body on which the legs are inserted (the podosomaP is broadly joined to the protion of the body behind the legs(the opisthosoma) to form the idiosoma
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Larva
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is the juvenile form of animal iwth indirect development going through or undergonoing metamorphosis(insects, amphibians or cnidarians
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Molting
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signifies the manner in which an animal casts off part of its body
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Nymph
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is the immature form of some invertebrates, particularly insects which indergoes in gradual metamorphosis before reaching its adult stage
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Pedipalps
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are the second pair of appendages of the prosoma in the subphylum chelicerata thought to be mandibles in crustacea and insects
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Questing
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hunt for a specific outcome
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Scutum
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hard thickened plate
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