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| Dome-shaped rock composed of thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together |
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| Domain of prokaryotic organisms that are biochemically and genetically destinct from bacteria |
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| Domain of prokaryotic organisms that are biochemically and genetically distinct from archaea |
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| Member of a group of a group of large spiral-shaped bacteria |
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| Mode of prokaryote asexual reproduction in which each daughter cell receives an identical copy of the parent cell's chromosome |
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| Dormant cell formed by certain bacteria that can survive very harsh conditions |
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| Group of prokayotes that generate oxygen as a waste product of their photosynthesis |
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| Use of organisms to remove pollutants from air, water, and soil |
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| A disease-causing organism or virus |
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| A viral reproductive cycle in which copies of a virus are made within a host cell, which then bursts open, releasing nex viruses |
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| A viral reproductive cycle in which the viral DNA is added to the host cell's DNA and is copied along with the rest of the host cell's DNA |
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| Member of a group of viruses such as HIV that carry reverse transcriptase, which catalyzes the synthesis of DNA from and RNA template |
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| Dose of a disabled or destroyed pathogen (or part of a pathogen) used to simulate a long-term immune defensse against the pathogen |
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