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| a differential stain that classifies bacteria into two groups, gram-positive and gram-negative |
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| a substance added to staining solution to make fit stain more intensely |
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| a second stain applied to a smear, provide contrast to the primary stain |
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| a differential stain used to identify bacteria that are not colorized by acid-alcohol |
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| an outer, vicious covering on some bacteria composed of a polysaccharide or polypeptide |
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| a protein produced by the body in respond to an antigen, and capsule of combining specifically with that antigen |
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| a salty which the color is in the positive ion; used for bacterial stains |
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| the classification of red blood cells based on the presence or absence of A and B carbohydrate antigens |
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| a resting structure formed inside some bacteria |
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| a thin appendage from the surface of a cell; used for cellular locomotion; composed of flagellan in prokaryotic cells, composed of nine pairs plus two microtubules in eukaryotic cells |
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| the structure that carries hereditary information, chromosomes contain genes |
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| a selectively permeable membrane that encloses the cytoplasm of a cell. Synonymous with the terms cytoplasmic membrane and plasma membrane |
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| the outer covering of most bacterial, fungal, algal, and plant cells; in bacteria, it consists of peptidoglycan |
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| in a prokaryotic cell, everything inside the plasma membrane; in a eukaryotic cell, everything inside the plasma membrane and external to the nucleus |
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| in prokaryotic cell, everything inside the plasma membrane; in a eukaryotic cell, everything inside the plasma membrane and external to the nucleus |
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| an organism that harbors the adult; sexually mature form of a parasite |
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| cocci that divide and remain attached in pairs |
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| rods that divide and remain attached in pairs |
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| the process by which material is moved into a eukaryotic cell |
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| region in a eukaryotic cell consisting of a pericentriolar area (protein fibers) and a pair of centrioles; involved in formation of the mitotic spindle |
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