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| A culture grown from a single "parental cell". |
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| Distinct populations of bacteria, each grown from a distinct cell. |
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| The transmission of a disease |
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| The theory that many diseases are caused by microbes |
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| A genome is the total genetic information contained in an organisms chromosomal DNA. |
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1. Bacteria
2. Archaea
3. Eukaryotes |
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| Cells that have a nucleus. Algae, Fungi, and Protists fall into this category. |
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| Cells lacking a nucleus. Bacteria and Archaea |
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| A virus consits of a non cellular particle containing genetic material that takes over the metabolism of a cell to generate more virus particles. (Not considered to be living and not a microbe) |
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| Commonly Defined as a living organism that needs a microscope to be seen. |
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| A gelling agent that is used for materials that stay solid at a higher temperature (a polymer of the sugar galactose.) |
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| Using a weak or dead strain of a disease to lower the potency of the disease. |
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| The resistance to a specific disease. |
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| An organisms exceedingly complex cellular mechanisms of defense. |
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| The stimulation of an immune response by deliberate inoculation with an attenuated pathogen. |
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| A chemical that kills microbes |
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| a molecule that killed microbes alone, leaving their host unharmed. |
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| The use of selective growth media that support certain classes of microbial metabolism while excluding others. |
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A model wetland ecosystem containing regions of enrichment for microbes of diverse metabolism. The model constist of a glass tube containing mud mixed with shredded newsprint (an organic carbon source) and calcium salts of sulfate and carbonate. After exposure to light for several weeks, several zones of color develop, full of mineral metabolizing bacteria.
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| Using light energy to split water and produce molecular oxygen. |
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| Bacteria and Archaea fix nitrogen (N2) by reducing it to ammonia (NH3) the form of nitrogen is assimilated by plants. |
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| organisms living symbiotically inside a larger organism. |
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