Vocabulary for Module 2 Exploring Creation with Biology
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| Pathogen (path' uh jen) | An organism that causes disease(37)
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| Saprophyte (sap' roh fyte) | An organism that feeds on dead matter (41)
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| Parasite (pehr' uh syte) | An organism that feeds on a living host (42)
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| Aerobic (ehr oh' bik) organism | An organism that requires oxygen (42)
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| Anaerobic (an uh ro' bik) organism | An organism that does not require oxygen (43)
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| Steady state | A state in which members of a population die as quickly as new members are born (46)
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| Exponential growth | Population growth that is unhindered because of the abundance of resources for an ever-increasing population. (47)
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| Logistic growth | Population growth that is controlled by limited resources. (47)
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| Conjugation | A temporary union of two organisms for the purpose of DNA transfer (48)
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| Plasmid | A small, circular section of extra DNA that confers one or more traits to a bacterium and can be reproduced separately from the main bacterial genetic code. (48)
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| Transformation | The transfer of a DNA segment from a nonfunctional donor cell to that of a functional recipient cell (49)
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| Transduction | The process in which infection by a virus results in DNA being transferred from one bacterium to another (50)
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| Endospore | The DNA and other essential parts of a bacterium coated with several hard layers (50)
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| Strains | Organisms from the same species that have markedly different traits (58)
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