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biology chapter 17 vocabulary wordss

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endosymbiont an organism having a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with a host organism while living in the host's body
endosymbiont hypothesis the hypothesis suggesting that eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotes living symbiotically inside other prokaryotes
heterotroph hypothesis the hypothesis suggesting that the first life-forms used the supply of naturally occurring organic compounds for food
hydrothermal referring to hot water, such as that produced in the hydrothermal volcanic vents in the sea floor
methanogens archaebacteria that live in anaerobic environments and produce methane as a by-product of their metabolic processes
ribozyme enzymatic RNA molecule, RNA that performs a catalytic function
stromatolites rocks formed from layers of sediments made up of the fossilized remains of photosynthetic organisms, such as algae, that once lived in shallow seas
symbiosis an ecological relationship between organisms of two species that live together in direct contact
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