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14 Cards in this Set
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The long axis of a spirillium shaped bacteria is rigid or bends?
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Rigid
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The long axis of a Spirochete shaped bacteria is rigid or bends?
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Bends
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The long axis of a spirillium or spirochete shaped bacteria is used for what?
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Movement
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Bacteria reproduce by what process?
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Binary Fission
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Type Strain
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1 strain of a species that is most fully studied but may not be the most represented. Used for comparison of other organisms
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Def. of Species in higher organisms
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group of interbreeding natural populations capable of sexual reproduction
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Def. of species is bacterial organisms
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Collection of strains that share many stable properties
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Strain
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population of organisms that descends from a single organism
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Can a strain within a species differ from each other in many ways?
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Yes
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Biovar
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strains that differ biochemically or physiologically
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Morphovar
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strains that differ in shape
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Serovar
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strains that differ antigenically
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Taxonomy
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science of biological classification
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The 3 branches of taxonomy are ____, ____ and ____.
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Classification, Nomenclature and Identification
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