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What is the basic shape of Spiralla?
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| Describe the environment of an obligate anaerobe. |
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| They live in the absence of oxygen. |
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| What are key cellular differences that defines a cell as prokaryotic vs. a eukaryote. |
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| A prokaryotic cell doesn't have a nucleus and a Eukaryotic cell does have a nucleus. |
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| Viruses are prevented from spreading when a ______ is developed for them. |
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| A type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing 2 identical daughter cell. |
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| Bacteria create/form _____ to help them survive harsh conditions. |
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| PArticles of nucleic acid, protein, and in some cases, lipids. |
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| Define nitrogen fixation. |
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| The process of converting nitrogen gas into a form plants can use. |
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| What type of viral infections cause the host cell to burst? |
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| What is the capsid on a virus? |
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| Bacteria act as tiny recyclers by adding things back to the environment in the process of... |
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| Archeabacteria that live in an oxygen free environment include... |
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| Explain what happens with bacteria during the process of conjugation. |
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| A hollow bridge forms 2 bacterial cells. |
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| Bacteria that contain chlorophyll a belong in this group... |
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| what were the methods of sterilization? |
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| A virus that contains RNA as its genetic information. |
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| An infectious particle made up of protein rather than RNA or DNA |
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| A virus that infects bacteria is called a _______. |
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| A single-stranded RNA molecule that has no surrounding capsids. |
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| What are human uses of bacteria? |
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| To digest petroleum, remove waste products and poison from water, mine minerals from the ground, and synthesize drugs. |
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| How do doctors treat bacterial infections? |
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