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Diversity Organisms
Diversity of Organisms CC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |