Bacteria Chapter 1
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jgunnink on October 31, 2011
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These are the flash cards for Chapter 1 Bacteria sections 1 and 2
Classes:
patient care technician, 6A, 6B
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Flagella | Long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings |
| Fission | Simplest form of asexual reproduction in which two new cells are produced with genetic material identical to each other and identical to the previous cell |
| Aerobe | Any organism that uses oxygen for respiration |
| Anaerobe | Any organism that is able to live without oxygen |
| Antibiotics | Chemicals produced by some bacteria that are used to limit the growth of other bacteria |
| Saprophyte | An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium |
| Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria | Bacteria that can use nitrogen in soil to make nitrogen compounds |
| Pathogen | Disease-producing organism |
| Toxin | Poisonous substance produced by some pathogens |
| Endospore | Thick-walled, protective structure produced by some bacteria when conditions are unfavorable for survival |
| Vaccine | Preparation made from killed bacteria or damaged particles from bacterial cell walls or viruses that can prevent some bacterial and viral diseases. |
| Bioremediation | the use of bacteria and other microorganisms to change pollutants in soil and water into harmless chemicals |
| archaebacteria | a type of bacteria that is able to survive in extreme conditions |
| 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 |
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