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chapter 12, section 2
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Biology
10th Grade
02/09/2021

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microbes are transferred from person to person
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communicable diseases
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caused by microorganisms that are not transferred from person to person
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noncommunicable
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microscopic, unicellular creatures
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bacteria
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small dna circles
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plasmids
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spherical bacteria
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cocci
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rod shaped bacteria
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bacilli
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spiral shaped bacteria
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spirilla
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self feeder
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autotrophic
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unable to make their own food
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heterotrophic
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process by which bacteria reproduce
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binary fission
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the external life support capsule of bacteria
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endospore
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bacteria that live where air is present
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aerobic
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bacteria that live in the absence of oxygen
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anaerobic
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scientist that developed the idea of the germ
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Louis Pasteur
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causes infectious diseases
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germ
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guidelines for determining if a particular bacterium is the cause of a specific disease
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Koch's postulates
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a molecule of genetic material enclosed in a geometric protein structure
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virus
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single celled animals
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protozoa
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a person who displays no symptoms of a disease but harbors the pathogens in thier body and can spread them
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carrier
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the period of development pathogens require before their presence produces signs or symptoms
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incubation period
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