Bacteria
This is the whip-like structure that helps bacteria move.
What is flagellum?
A tiny infectious agent that can only replicate inside a living host cell.
What is a virus?
The process by which bacteria break down dead organic matter.
What is decomposition?
Bacteria fit on the point of a needle.
What is 100?
3 common places bacteria live.
What are Body, animals, air, water, food etc.?
The process by which bacteria reproduce by splitting in two.
What is fission?
The protein that helps the immune system recognize and fight against viruses.
What is an antibody?
The process that converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants, often carried out by bacteria.
What is nitrogen fixation?
Ratio of bacteria to human body cells.
What is 10 to 1
3 uncommon places bacteria live.
Where are the Dead sea, Deep sea vents, places with little or no oxygen?
The term for the transfer of DNA between bacteria through direct contact.
What is conjunction?
A substance that stimulates the immune system to produce immunity to a specific virus.
What is a vaccine?
The use of microorganisms to clean up environmental pollutants.
What is bioremediation?
Unit to measure bacteria size.
What is a micrometer?
Glow in the dark.
What do chemical reactions in some bacteria cause their host do do?
The tough, protective structure that some bacteria form to survive harsh conditions.
What is an endospore
The process of heating a liquid to kill harmful bacteria and viruses.
What is pasteurization?
The role do bacteria play in nutrient cycling in ecosystems.
What is decomposition and nutrient recycling?
Micrometers in a meter.
What is 1,000,000?
Vitamin K
What do some intestinal bacteria produce?
Substances that kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
What is an antibiotic?
The term for a disease-causing virus or microorganism.
What is a pathogen?
How bacteria contribute to the health of soil and plants.
What is through nitrogen fixation and decomposition?
Typical bacteria width.
1-5 Micrometers.
Viruses can have these 3 shapes
What is cylinder, crystal, sphere and bacteriaphage?