biology vocab 2
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| chitin | polymer made of modified sugars that is also found in the exoskeleton of insects
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| hypha | One of many long, slender filaments that makes up the body of a fungus
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| fruiting body | reproductive structure of a fungus that grows from the mycelium
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| mycelium | densely branched network of the hyphae of a fungus
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| lichen | symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism
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| mycorrhiza | symbiotic association of plant roots and fungi
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| virus | nonliving particle made of proteins, nucleic acids, and sometimes lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells
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| capsid | protein coat surrounding a virus
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| bacteriophage | kind of virus that infects bacteria
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| lytic infection | type of infection in which a virus enters a cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to burst
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| lysogenic infection | type of infection in which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the
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| prophage | bacteriophage DNA that is embedded in the bacterial hosts DNA
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| retrovirus | RNA virus that contains RNA as its genetic info
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| prokaryote | unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
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| bacillus | rod shaped prokaryote
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| coccus | spherical prokaryote
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| spirillum | spiral or corkscrew shaped prokaryote
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| binary fission | type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells
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| endospore | structure produced by prokaryotes in unfavorable conditions; a thick internal wall that encloses DNA and a portion of the cytoplasm
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| conjugation | process in which paramecia and some prokaryotes exchange genetic info
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| pathogen | disease-causing agent
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| vaccine | preparation of weakened or killed pathogens used to produce immunity to a disease
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| antibiotic | group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogens
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| emerging disease | disease that appears in the population for the first time, or a well known disease that suddenly becomes harder to control
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| prion | protein particles that cause disease
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