Bacteria
true bacteria
What is eubacteria?
Eubacteria that require an outside source for their energy.
What is heterotrophic?
A salt-loving microorganism
What is halophile?
A virus that has a membrane that surrounds the protein coat.
What is an enveloped virus?
An organism with eukaryotic cells that is not a plant, animal, or fungus
What is a protist?
A group of bacteria-like organisms that can withstand extreme environments
What is archaea?
A protective protein coat that bacteria can form when conditions become harsh.
What is an endospore?
A cold-loving microorganism
What is psychrophile?
A cycle that a virus uses to destroy the host cell to reproduce the virus
What is the lytic cycle?
Protists that are animal-like.
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What are protozoans?
A special type of bacteria that performs photosynthesis.
What is cyanobacteria?
Microscopic algae that comprise the bottom of the
food chain.
What is phytoplankton?
A heat-loving microorganism
What is a thermophile?
A cycle that some viruses use to insert the viral DNA into the host cell DNA before it enters a lytic cycle.
What is lysogenic cycle?
Several short, hair-like appendages that move from side to side and enable organisms to move
What are protist's cilia?
a type of sexual reproduction in which two bacteria join together and exchange genetic information.
What is conjugation?
The process that some bacteria use to convert nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form usable to other forms of life.
What is nitrogen fixation?
Were once considered to be prokaryotic bacteria but are not true bacteria.
What is Archaea?
An organism that requires another organism to function and reproduce, most often to the harm of the host organism.
What is a parasite?
An extension of cytoplasm that help sarcodines move; also known as fake feet.
What are pseudopodia?
Asexual reproduction in which one bacteria replicates its genetic information and then divides, resulting in two daughter bacteria
What is binary fission?
The conversion of one or two carbon molecules and nutrients into organic matter through the oxidation of inorganic molecules, such as hydrogen gas and hydrogen sulfide.
What is chemosynthesis?
These Archaea from ancient times are today’s source of natural gas.
What are Methanogens?
An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
What is a virus?
An organism that can carry a parasite, and is responsible for infecting other organisms with that parasite.
What is a vector protist?