Micro Vocab Chap 1

A living organism to small to be seen with the naked eyea living organism to small to be seen with the naked eye

Disease producing

The first name of the scientific name (binomial)

The most specific level in the taxonomic heirarchy (specific epithet)

Domain or prokaryotic organisms, characterized by peptidoglycan cell walls

A cell whose genetic material is not enclosed in a nuclear envelope

Domain of prokaryotic cells lacking peptidoglycan

Eukaryotic organisms distinguished by the presence of chitin in their cell walls

Unicellular eukaryotic organisms most of which have some means of moving (flagella, cillia, psuedopods)

A submicroscopic, parasitic, filterable agent consisting of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat

A cell having DNA inside a distinct membrane-enclosed nucleus