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18 Cards in this Set
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Archaea that can live in the presence of high salt concentration
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halophilic
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Diplomonad that causes an intestinal disease in humans
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Giardia
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Arm-like structures in amoebae that function in phagocytosis
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pseudopodia
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Branched bacteria, cause of tuberculosis and source of antibiotics
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Actinomycetes
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Genus that is the cause of malaria.
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Plasmodium
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Group of prokaryotes that live in deep sea hydrothermal vents, using HS as an energy source
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Archaea
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Group that contains Sporozoans, dinoflagellates, and cliliates
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Alveolates
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Group with chlorophyll a & c, starch, cell walls in thecae, and 2 flagella in grooves
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dinoflagellates
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Group that causes the "red tide."
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dinoflagellates
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Lipopolysaccharide toxin produced by bursting (lysis) of bacterial cells.
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endotoxin
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Nitrogen-fixing bateria found in legume root nodules.
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Rhizobium
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Nitrogen-fixing cell of some Cyanobacteria
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heterocyst
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Organisms with anterior flagella, eyespot, paramylon, and proteinaceous pellicle.
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Euglenoids
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Process of converting nitrogen gas to ammonia.
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nitrogen-fixation
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Protective resting phase of some bacteria, heat and dessication resistant.
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endospore
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Structure that functions in expelling excess water.
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contractile vacuole
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Tiny bacteria that lack cell walls, can cause disease
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Mycoplasmas
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Very tiny bacteria, cause of pneumonia and sexually transmitted diseases
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chlamydia
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