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Biology Ch 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pathogen | an organism that causes disease |
| Saprophyte | an organism that feeds on dead matter |
| parasite | an organism that feeds on living hosts |
| aerobicorganism | an organism that requires oxygen |
| steady state | a state in which members of a population die as quickly as new members are born |
| exponential growth | population growth that is unhindred because of the abundance of recorces for an ever increasing population |
| logistic growth | population growth that is controlled by limited recources |
| plasmid | a small circular section of extra DNA that confers one or more traits to a bacterium can be reproduced seporately from the main bacterial genetic code |
| transformation | the transfer of DNA segment from a non funtional dover cell to that of a functional recipient cell |
| Transduction | the process in which infection by a virus results in DNA being transferred from one bacterium to another |
| endospore | the DNA and other essential parts of a bacterium coated with several hard layers |
| strains | organisms from the same species that have markedly different traits |