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| The variety of species inhabiting a particular enviornment |
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| The degrading of enviornmental pollutants by living organisms |
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| The highest level in classification above the level of Kingdom. (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eucarya) |
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| Diseases that have increased in incidence in the past 20 years |
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| Organism composed of one or more eukaryotic cells; Members of the Domain Eucarya |
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| Cell type characterized by a membrane-bound nucleus |
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| The population of microorganisms that normally grow on the healthy human body or other specified enviornment |
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| Obligate Intracellular Parasite |
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| An organism or other agent that can only multiply inside living cells |
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| An organism or virus able to cause disease |
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| Single-celled organism consisting of a prokaryotic cell; members of the domain Bacteria and Archaea |
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| Cell type characterized by the lack of membrane-bound nucleus |
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| Living organisms arising from non-living material |
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