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| The time it takes a cell to travel through one complete round of division |
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| The number of generation per unit of time |
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| Organisms that grow between 0-20 degrees C |
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| Organisms that grow at 20-45 degrees C |
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| Organisms that grow at an optimum temperature of greater than 50 degrees C |
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| Organisms that require oxygen to live |
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| Organism that do not require oxygen to live and may be killed by the prescence of it. |
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| Do not require oxygen, but can use oxygen if it's present. |
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| Need a high concentration of NaCl to live |
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| Two copies of chromosomes |
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| One copy of each chromosome |
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| What pathogens secrete to obtain Iron |
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| Cloudyiness. A way of measuring bacterial growth |
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| All organisms in a given area and environment |
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| Light emission by resident bacteria that contain luciferase that help attach other prey fish. |
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| Get their energy from the sun, and carbon from atmospheric CO2 |
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| gain their energy and carbon from eating plants or animals |
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| Plant that root nodules grow on that help in fixing nitrogen |
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| recycling of chemical elements through living and nonliving things |
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| Provides energy to fix CO2 and use carbon for cell growth |
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| A relationship between two organisms where one or neither organism is harmed or destroyed, both benefit |
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| Exposes milk and other beverages to high temperatures (71 degrees C/15 seconds is flash pasteurization). It kills pathogenic bacteria, however it is not sterile |
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| The use of microbes to detoxify or degrade pollutants |
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| They make spores. Will grow in anaerobic, themphile environments (such as canned goods) |
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| Yeast that is used in baking. They ferment the sugar in bread dough. |
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| Streptococcus and Lactobacillus |
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| Part of lactic acid fermentation in dairy products |
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| Makes holes in swiss cheese. They produce carbon dioxide gas which bubbles. |
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| Clostridium acetobutylicum |
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| Extract acetone from acetone-butanol-ethanol |
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| Protein produced by the body in response to an antigen, capable of combining with the specific antigen |
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| Any substance that causes an antibody formation; also called immunogen |
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| The ability to fight off infection |
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| Break down peptidoglycan of pathogenic bacteria. Found in tears, nasal secretions, urine, tissue fluids. |
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| Cell that encounter infections as part of the second line of defense. They are involved in clearing away debris such as dead body cells and denatured proteins. |
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| The process where microorganisms are readily phagocytized when they are first coated with certain serum protein |
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| The way phagocytes recognize invaders. They are membrane proteins on white blood cells. They bind to bacterial components and active signal pathways. |
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| Pathogen associated molecular pattern. Adherence is facilited by the attachment of PAMP |
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| Secreted by activated fixed macrophages which bring about vasodilation and increased permeability |
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| movement of phagocytes out of the bloodstream |
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| The natural programmed death of a cell; the residual fragments are disposed of by phagocytosis |
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| A disturbance in the state of health that involves disruption of normal body function |
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| Invasion of the body by a pathogenic agent that multiplies and produces injurious effects |
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| Agent capable of causing disease in a host |
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| Relative ability of how a pathogen will effect something |
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| dissolves fibring clot (dissolves blood clots) |
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| promotes fibring clots (causes blood clots) |
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| Toxin secreted outside of cell |
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