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| an auothroph, an organism that carries out primary production |
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| consist of only a short chain of nucleic acid containing relatively few genes and protected by an outer protein coat, or capsid |
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| photosynthetic component of plankton consisting primarily of single-celled algae and bacteria |
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| dissolved organic matter (DOM) |
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| organic matter that is dissolved in water rather than being in particles |
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| the heterotrophic animal and protozoan component of plankton |
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| an organism, such as bacteria, simplest type of cell, lacks nucleus |
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| prokaryotic, unicellular microorganisms, distant from archaea and eukaryotes |
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| a group of photosynthetic bacteria |
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| massive calcareous skeletons formed by cyanobacteria |
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prokaryotic, unicellular microorganisms
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| an organism that manufactures its own organic matter by using energy from the sun or other sources |
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| an organism that obtains energy from organic matter by respiration |
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| the conversion of gaseous nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that can be utilized by auototrophs |
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| any of several groups of eukaryotic, autotrophic protists that lack the structural features of plants |
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| unicellular and eukoryotic autotrophs with a siliceous frustule; mostly planktonic |
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| a mineral similar to glass that is the major component of the cell wall, shell, or skeleton of many marine organisms |
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| the siliceous, box-like cell wall of diatoms |
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| the type of reproduction that takes place without the formation of gametes |
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| a biogenous sediment that consists mostly of the siliceous frustules of diatoms |
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| unicellular, eukaryotic, mostly autotrophic protists with two unequal flagella |
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| a complex carbohydrate that is the main component of fibers and other support structures in plants, cell wall |
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| dinoflagellates that live within the tissues of reef corals and other marine animals |
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| animal-like protists, the various groups of unicellular, eukaryotic protists that are mostly heterotrophic |
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| protozoans with a calcareous shell, or test, and pseudopodia |
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| a mineral that is the major component of the shell, skeleton, and other parts of many organisms |
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| a thin or blunt extension of the cytoplasm |
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| a biogenous sediment that consists mostly of the calcareous shells of foraminiferans |
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| protozoans with a silica shell and pseudopodia |
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| a type of biogeneous sediment that consists mostly of the silica shells of radiolarians |
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| a group of protozoans that have cilia |
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| plant-like but non-photosynthetic organisms; members of th kingdon |
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| the organism that results from the symbiosis of a fungus and an autotroph such as a green alga |
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