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| the wavelength at which a substance demonstrates a peak of absorbance |
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| a plot of the amount of light absorbed by a substance at varying wavelengths |
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| Beer's law, defines a linear relationship between the absorption of a compound at a given wavelength and its concentration |
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| small test tube used in the spectrophotometer |
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| a method of plotting assay data that is used to determine the concentration of a substance, particularly proteins and DNA |
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| the ability to distinguish two structures at a given magnification |
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| intensifies the natural differences in the appearance of two structures |
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| property of a microscope that when an object is brought into focus at a magnification, it is in focus or close to it at a higher magnification |
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| a portion of the total amount of solution |
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| large numbers of hyphae developed into a jumbled mass |
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| long, threadlike filaments that most fungi grow in in a vegetative state |
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| A partition dividing filamentous hyphae into discrete cells in fungi |
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| an organism that feeds on living matter |
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| organisms that feed on dead matter and aid in its decomposition |
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| an organism that produces its own food |
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| an organism which does not produce its own food and must feed on other organisms |
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| a specialized, cup-like structure that develops on mummies that have fallen to the ground; produces spores by sexual reproduction |
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| microscopic sacs which produce ascospores |
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| the sexual spores of a fungus |
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| small asexual spores produced by conidiophores |
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| specialized hyphae that produce conidia |
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| When measuring volume, it is the lowest point of the liquid. |
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| absorption is directly related to concentration. A (absorption), E(coefficient of sample), b (path length through sample), C (concentration). |
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| a biological agent that causes disease in its host. |
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| the study of factors affecting the health of a large group of people. |
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| theory where the origin of life came from inanimate matter. |
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| microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. |
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| the layer that lies outside of the cell wall of bacteria. |
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| structured community of microorganisms adherent to a living surface. |
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| way that bacteria determine their gene expression according to the density of the group. |
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| a capsule that bacteria form just in case they are destroyed. |
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| a way to kill disease causing microorganisms without losing any taste of the product. |
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| the elimination of microorganisms. |
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| stains the background of the bacteria. |
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| stains only the bacteria with certain characteristics. |
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| disproved spontaneous generation. |
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| came up with Koch's postulates for disease identification. |
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| first person to do a sterilized surgery. |
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| proved that a fungus was the cause of a plant disease. |
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| Portion that divides the hyphae. |
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| process by which diploid cells split into two haploid cells. |
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| the product of two haploid cells merging into a diploid cell. |
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| Alternation of generations |
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| a process only seen in the plant life cycle where it alternates between haploid and diploid generations. |
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| produces spores during meiosis. |
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| end product of the spores produced by the sporophyte. |
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| structure that produces spores. |
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| is fertilized in the archegonium. |
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| fertilized in the antheridium. |
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| tissue in all plants where the majority of growth takes place. |
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| the signal plants send out to try to attract sperm donors. |
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| leafy appearance gametophyte. |
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| the root of a plant or fungus. |
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| a substance that prompts the creation of antibodies. |
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| disease fighting agents that bond to antigens. |
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| specific antibodies that are produced by a host parent and cannot attack anyone but that one type. |
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| cells that are used to produce antibodies in large amounts. |
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| the clumping of particles. |
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| biochemical test that measures the concentration of a subject in a liquid. |
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| attaching a poor antigen to a carrier protein to strengthen it. |
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| a molecule that is acted upon by an enzyme. |
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| naturally occurring mycotoxins that are produced by fungus. |
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| a nucleic acid strand that serves as a starting point for DNA replication. |
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| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) |
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| technique used to amplify specific strands of DNA. |
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| frequently used strand of DNA in PCR. |
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| enzyme only produced under certain conditions. |
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| enzyme produced all the time. |
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| organism that gets the reaction started. |
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| the act of a plant absorbing light energy and converting it into glucose. |
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| the area where light energy is absorbed. |
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| where the light reaction occurs. |
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| where the light independent reaction occurs. |
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| the pigment that attracts light energy to the plant. |
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| where the accessory pigments are located so the plant can absorb more light waves. |
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| conversion of water to NADPH and ATP. |
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| Light Independent reaction |
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| conversion of NADPH and ATP to glucose. |
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| the protein complexes involved in photosynthesis. |
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| a thylakoid stack inside of the chloroplasts. |
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