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27 Cards in this Set
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pisc-
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fish
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typh-
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stupor
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muri-
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mice
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strepto-
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chain of cells
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pyo-
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pus
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penicill-
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tuftlike
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chryso-
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yellow pigment
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trypano-
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borer, cork-like
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soma-
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body
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taxonomic hierarchy
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Domain
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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prokaryotic species
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a population of cells with similar characteristics
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culture
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grown in laboratory media
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clone
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population of cells derived from a single cell
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strain
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genetically different cells within a clone
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eukaryotic species
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a group of closely related organisms that breed among themselves
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animalia
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multicellular, no cell walls, chemoheterotrophic
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plantae
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multicellular, cellulose cell walls, usually photoautotrophic
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fungi
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chemoheterotrophic, uni or multicellular, chitin cell walls, develop from spores or hyphal fragments
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protista
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a catchall kingdom for eukaryotic organisms that do not fit into other kingdoms; grouped into clades based on rRNA
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viral species
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population of viruses with similar characteristics that occupies a particular ecological niche
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classification
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placing organisms in groups of related species
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identification
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matching characteristics of an "unknown" organism to lists of known organisms
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morpohological characteristics are useful for ..
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identifying eukaryotes
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differential staining
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ex. gram staining, acid fast staining
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biochemical tests determines
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presence of bacterial enzymes
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in a slide agglutination test you...
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combine known antiserum plus unknown bacterium
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in an ELISA test you have...
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know antibodies and unknown bacterium
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