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  1. nonliving microscopic particles made up of either a dna or rna core covered by a protien coat.
    viruses
  2. somthing that may harm the thing on which it depends for life
    parasite
  3. organisms that enters a cell, becoming part of the cell's dna without immediatly destroying the cell
    latent virus
  4. solution made of damaged virus particles
    vaccine
  5. chemical produced by the body in a viral-infected cell that prevents other cells from being infected
    interferon
  6. deadly virus disease affecting the human immune system
    aids
  7. whiplike tail that helps bacteria to move
    flaggelum
  8. organisms that use oxygenfor respiraton
    aerobes
  9. organisms that die when exposed to oxygen
    anaerobes
  10. producer monerans that produce blooms in ponds
    cyanobacteria
  11. any organism that feeds on dead material
    saprophyte
  12. type of bacteria in pea plant roots that benefits the plant
    nitrogen fixing
  13. any organism that can cause disease
    pathogen
  14. substance used to kill bacteria
    antibiotic
  15. poison produced by pathogens
    toxin
  16. heat resistant structures in bacteria
    endospores
  17. asezxual form of bacterial repro.
    fission
  18. rod shaped bacteria
    bacilli
  19. organism used for gene therapy
    viruses
  20. organism used for fish food
    cyanobacteria
  21. organism used to produce cheese
    bacteria
  22. organism used for decomposing other materials
    bacteria
  23. organism used for fertilizer
    nitrogen fixing bacteria
  24. organism used for cleaning up oil spills
    nitrogen fixing bacteria
  25. how is aids related to diseases such as pnuemonia and TB?
    pnuemonia and TB are 2ndary diseases and when you get aids it weakens your immune system so when the 2ndary diseases come along your immune sytem cant fight it and you kick the bucket!
  26. what is botulism? what causes it?
    food poisining that can paralize you, toxins from bacteria
  27. repro cell in fungi
    spores
  28. animal like protists
    protozoan
  29. relationship in which both organisms benifit
    mutualistic
  30. a strong flexible carb found in the cell walls of hyphae
    chitin
  31. structure in club fungi holding repro. cells
    basidium
  32. sacs of repro. cells in yeasts and other sac fungi
    ascus
  33. threadlike tubes composing the body of the fungi
    hyphae
  34. kingdom of eukaryotic cels in yeasts and other sac fungi
    protists
  35. footlike cytoplasmic extention
    psuedopod
  36. plant like protists
    algae
  37. phylum of algae that appear golden brown
    chryso- golden brown
  38. phylum called the fire algae
    pyrro- fire
  39. the green algae phylum
    chloro- green
  40. algae phylum composed of red algae
    rhodo- red
  41. phylum of algae that are brown in color
    phaeo- brown
  42. name one drug that is made from fungi
    pennicillin
  43. bacilli
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  44. cocci
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  45. spirilli
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