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Science stack 2
Question | Answer |
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bacilli | rod shaped bacteria that have a large surface area wichich helps them take in nutrients but they dry out easily |
cocci | spherical bacteria that do not dry out as quickly as bacilli |
sprillia | long and spiral shaped bacteria that have flagellum to help them move |
prokaryote | an organism that consist 0of a single cell that does not have a nucleus |
Binary fission | A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size |
endospore | a thick-walled protective spore that forms inside a bacterial cello and resists harsh conditions |
cyanobacteria | bacteria that are producers; usually live in water and contain chlorophyll |
three types of archae | heat lovers, salt lovers, methane makers |
nitrogen fixation | bacteria take in nitrogen from the air and change it into a form that plants can use |
bioremediation | the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms |
lactose | breaking down sugar in milk |
antibiotic | medicine used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms |
genetic engineering | when scientists change the genes of bacteria or other living things |
escherichia coli | the first bacteria to be genetically engineered to replicate frog genes |
pathogenic bacteria | bacteria that cause disease |
virus | a microscopic particle that gets inside a cell and often destroys the cell |
host | an organism from which parasite takes food or shelter |
crystals | a crystal shaped virus |
spheres | a sphere shaped virus; influenza's |
cylinders | tobacco mosaic virus, shaped like a cylinder |
spacecraft | looks like a spacecraft, attacks mainly bacteria |
lytic cycle | viruses attack a host cell and turns it into a virus factory; leaves and kills it |
lysogenic cycle | same as lytic cycle but it waits until the cell spilts |