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| Circle of double–stranded DNA that resides in the bacterial cytoplasm. |
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| Virus that infects bacteria. |
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| Method of asexual reproduction that divides one bacterial or archaean cell into two identical descendant cells. |
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| Tiny round bacteria that are intracellular parasites of eukaryotic cells. |
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| Mechanism of gene exchange in which one bacterial or archaean cell passes a plasmid to another. |
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| Photosynthetic, oxygen–producing bacteria. |
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| A disease that was previously unknown or has recently begun spreading to a new region. |
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| Disease that persists at a low level in a region or population. |
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| Resistant resting stage of some soil bacteria. |
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| Disease outbreak limited to one region. |
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| Organism adapted to life in a highly salty environment. |
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| Organism adapted to life in a very high–temperature environment. |
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| Process used to prepare bacterial cells for microscopy, and to distinguish groups based on cell wall structure. |
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| Transfer of genetic material among existing individuals. |
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| Bacteriophage replication path in which viral DNA becomes integrated into the host’s chromosome and is passed to the host’s descendants. |
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| Bacteriophage replication pathway in which a virus immediately replicates in its host and kills it. |
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| Organism that produces methane gas as a metabolic by–product. |
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| Incorporation of nitrogen gas into ammonia. |
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| Normally harmless or beneficial microorganisms that typically live in or on a host body. |
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| Region of cytoplasm where the DNA is concentrated in a bacterium or archaean. |
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| Outbreak of disease that affects many separate regions and poses a serious threat to human health. |
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| Protein filament that projects from the surface of some bacterial cells. |
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| Of many bacteria and archaeans, a small ring of nonchromosomal DNA replicated independently of the chromosome. |
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| Largest bacterial lineage. |
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| Bacteria that resemble a stretchedout spring. |
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| Animal that carries a pathogen from one host to the next. |
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| Small noncoding RNA that can infect and cause disease in plants. |
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| Noncellular, infectious particle of protein and nucleic acid; replicates only in a host cell. |
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