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703 Bacteria
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prokaryotes - | have no nucleus the simplest cells includes bacteria |
| unicellular - | Made of a single cell All bacteria are unicellular |
| Asexual - | reproduction by one parent all the offspring are identical to the parent and to each other bacteria reproduce asexually |
| bacteria evolution - | evolve very quickly this is because the reproduce very quickly |
| use in labs - | the fact that they reproduce so quickly makes them useful to scientists studying things like genetics |
| cell walls - | they have cells walls the cell wall is outside the cell membrane |
| antibiotics - | Drugs that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria they do not work on viruses |
| binary fission - | A form of asexual reproduction used by bacteria in which one cell divides into two cells of the same size |