Taxonomy / Random
these kingdoms of life contain prokaryotes
What are bacteria and archaea?
whip-like structures outside a cell that are used for movement
What are flagella?
Microscopic, single-celled living organisms with no nucleus; the cell walls contain peptidoglycan
What are bacteria?
this type of medicine targets and kills bacteria that are making someone sick
What are antibiotics?
this type of bacteria is rod shaped
What is bacillus?
these kingdoms of life contain eukaryotes
What are Protista, Animalia, Plantae, and Fungi?
a type of asexual reproduction where a cell divides into two identical cells
What is binary fission?
hair-like structures on the outside of some prokaryotic cells
this type of medicine is generally used to teach the body to recognize a virus and prepare the immune system to attack it if it appears in the body in the future
What is a vaccine?
What is coccus?
these are the 8 levels of taxonomy in order from largest to smallest
What are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species?
the place where a chromosome is found in a prokaryotic cell
What is the nucleoid?
this is a main difference between bacteria and archaea
What is bacteria cell walls contain peptidoglycan and archaea do not?
What is bacteria can can disease in humans and archaea cannot?
What is archaea live in more extreme environments than bacteria?
this pathogen is made only of protein and contains no genetic material
What is a prion?
this reproductive process helps bacteria by making them more genetically diverse; it involves the transfer of genetic material between bacteria
What is conjugation?
the difference between heterotrophs and autotrophs
What is heterotrophs must consume other organisms for food whereas autotrophs can make their own food?
an outer layer of a virus; made of proteins
What is a capsid?
this is the term for when bacteria decompose dead organisms and return nutrients to the environment
What is nutrient cycling?
this is a non-living strand of genetic material within a protein coat
What is a virus?
this is what happens when bacteria evolve or mutate to defend themselves against antibiotics
What is antibiotic resistance?
this is the process by which a virus's DNA is being replicated using a host cell's DNA
What is the lysogenic cycle?
the outer layer of some prokaryotic cells that keep them from drying out and allow them to stick to surfaces
What is a capsule?
the term for the good bacteria in your body that compete with harmful bacteria to keep you from getting diseases
What is the normal flora?
the process by which a virus tricks a host cell into making more viruses, then they usually destroy and exit the cell to infect other cells
What is the lytic cycle?
a dormant bacteria cell that can survive long periods of extreme conditions
What is an endospore?