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| Discredited theory that organisms can arise from non-living matter |
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| Process of heating food or other substances under controlled condtions of time and temperature to kill pathogens and reduce the total number of microorganisms without damaging the substance. |
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A kind of resting cell, characteristic of a limited number of baterial species Highly resistant to heat, radiation, and disinfectants |
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| Outer layer of protection that allows endospores to be more resistant to destruction |
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Dry area of the endospore Inbetween spore coat and core wall |
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Endospore Core Wall (Just Core?) |
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| The next inner layer of the endospore after the cortex. |
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| Single-celled orgranisms that do not contain a membrane-bound nucleus nor any other membrane-bound organelles |
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| One of the two domains of prokaryotes; all medically important prokaryotes are in the domain Bacteria |
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| Macromolecule only found in bacteria that provides rigidity to to the bacterial cell wall. |
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| One of the two domains of prokaryotes; most, but not all, archaea grow in extreme environments |
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Name of the domain comprising eukaryotic organisms Cells have a nuclear membrane "True Nucleus" |
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In eukaryotes Organelles are completely surrounded by plasma membrane |
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Eukaryote Has chloroplasts for photosynthesis Can have cilia |
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Eukaryote Two life forms (yeasts and molds) Saprophyte: lives on decay Non-photosynthetic |
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Endocytosis w/pseudopods (Bacteria can't do this) Can have cilia Single-celled eukarotic organisms |
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Dynamic filamentous network that provides structure and shape to eukarotic cells (and bacteria and probably archaea) |
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Not living (no metabolism) Nucleic acid + Protein coat (some also have lipid envelope) Acellular or non-living agent composed of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat |
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| A virus that infects bacteria; often abbreviated to phage |
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| Kingdom-specific infection |
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| When a virus infects only one kind of Kingdom |
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Infectious RNA (no protein) Prevents RNA from turning into proteins Piece of RNA that does not have a protein coat but does replicate within living cells |
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Infectious protein (no nucleic acid) Acts as folding template to cause normal proteins to misfold |
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