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Diversity Organisms
Diversity of Organisms CC
Term | Definition |
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Pathogen | A disease causing organism |
Antibiotic | Substances produced by bacteria or fungi or micro-organism] to treat infections or kill other bacteria or fungi |
Saprophytic | An organism that feeds on dead organisms e.g. fungi |
Parasitic | An organism that lives in or on another organism causing it harm. |
Asepsis | Methods used to prevent unwanted micro-organisms entering an area of an experiment |
Sterility | Free from all organisms |
Autotrophic bacteria | Bacteria capable of producing own food |
Heterotrophic organism | Organisms that are unable produce their own food i.e organism obtains food from other organisms |
Photosynthetic bacteria | Bacteria that use light to make food or to obtain energy |
Chemosynthetic bacteria | Bacteria that make food or obtain energy using a chemical reaction |
Prokaryotic bacteria | Bacteria which do not possess a nucleus or other membrane bound organelles. |
Batch Flow Food Processing | A Fixed amount of nutrients are added at the beginning of production or to a bioreactor and then emptied at the end of production or when organisms are in the 5 phase growth curve |