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| considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae |
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| All bacteria apart from the archaebacteria. |
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| concerns the origins of mitochondria and plastids (e.g. chloroplasts), which are organelles of eukaryotic cells |
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| A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls |
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| a staining technique used to classify bacteria |
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| bacteria that stains purple or blue |
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| An integral part of the outer cell membrane of certain types of bacteria |
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| A type of asexual reproduction in which a prokaryotic cell divides into two identical cells. |
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| a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis (AKA blue algae) |
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| bacteria that take the natural form of nitrogen and convert it into nitrogen containing compounds |
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| A differentiated cyanobacterial cell which carries out nitrogen fixation. |
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| a thick-walled dormant cell derived from the enlargement of a vegetative cell |
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| Cells involved in growth, nutrition, and asexual reproduction, but not sexual reproduction |
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| Bacteria which are spherically shaped |
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| aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil |
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| spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water |
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