LS-Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi
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mwintermute on April 13, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 virus | a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell |
| host | the organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on |
| parasite | the organism that benefits by living on or in a host in a parasitism interaction |
| bacteriophage | a virus that infects bacteria |
| vaccine | a substance used in a vaccination that consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the immune system into action |
| bacteria | single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes |
| flagellum | a long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move |
| binary fission | a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells |
| asexual reproduction | a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
| sexual reproduction | a reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents |
| conjugation | the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism |
| endospore | A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell |
| pasteurization | a process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food |
| decomposer | an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water |
| protist | a eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus |
| protozoan | an animal-like protist |
| pseudopod | a "false foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans |
| contractile vacuole | The cell structure that collects extra water from the cytoplasm and then expels it from the cell |
| cilia | The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner |
| symbiosis | a close relationship between two organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms benefits |
| mutualism | a close relationship between organisms of two species in which both organisms benefit |
| algae | plantlike protists |
| spore | a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
| fungus | a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food |
| hyphae | branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| fruiting bodies | the reproduction structure of a fungus that contains many hyphea and produces spores |
| budding | A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent. |
| lichen | The combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship |
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