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Life Forms/Viruses

Biology: Today and Tomorrow, Chapter 13

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Hydrothermal Vent Submerged opening where hot, mineral-rich water streams out.
Protocells Membraneous sacs that contain interacting organic molecules
Endosymbiosis One species lives inside another.
Eukaryote Organism that encloses its DNA in a nucleous; a protist, plant, fungus, or animal.
Ozone Layer Atmospheric layer with a high concentration of ozone that prevents much UV radiation from reaching Earth's surface.
Prokaryote Single-celled organism in which the DNA resides in the cytoplasm; a bacterium or archaean.
stromolites Dome-shaped structures composed of layers of prokaryotic cells and sediments; form in shallow areas.
Prokaryotic Conjugation One Prokaryotic cell transfers a plasmid to another.
Prokaryotic Fission Method of asexual reproduction in which one prokaryotic cell divides and forms two identical descendant cells.
Decomposer Organism that breaks organic material down into its inorganic subunits.
Extreme Halophile Organism that lives where the salt concentration is high.
Extreme Thermophile Organism that lives where the temperature is very high.
Methanogens Organism that produces methane gas as a metabolic by-product.
Normal Flora Collection of microorganisms that normally live in or on a healthy animal or person.
Pathogen Organism that infects another organism and causes disease.
Vector Animal that transmits a pathogen between it's hosts.
Contractile Vacuole
Flagellated Protozoan
Plankton
Protist
Algal Bloom
Bioluminescent
Ciliate
Dinoflagellates
Water Mold
Brown Alga
Diatom
Green Alga
Red Alga
Amoeba
Cellular Slime Mold
Plasmodial Slime Mold
Bacteriophage
Virus
Lysogenic Pathway
Lysis
Lytic Pathway
Disease
Endemic Disease
Epidemic
Pandemic
Sporadic Disease
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