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| Refers to the fact that all organisms share the same basic characteristics; DNA, composed of same basic cells, cellular structures, and organic molecules, homeostasis, metabolism, responsiveness. |
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| Refers to the diversity of types of organisms, biologist attribute this to organisms evolving in response to different environmental conditions. |
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| Characteristics of bacteria |
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| Prokaryotic, much smaller than eukaryotes, have three cell shapes [rod shaped (bacillus) round (coccus) and spiral (spirillum)], have cell walls and cell membranes, reproduce through binary fission, have high rates of mutation (causing high levels of diversity) |
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| The process of bacteria exchanging DNA with one another. Three different types, conjugation, transformation, and transduction. |
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| circular pieces of DNA that exist and replicate independently of bacterial chromosomes, plasmids may carry genes for a wide variety of functions; unlike chromosomal DNA they are usually dispensable. |
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| The direct tranfer of DNA from one bacterium to another. The donor grows a cytoplasmic bridge that connects to the recipient and then passes DNA through the cytoplasmic bridge to the recipient. |
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| tha assimilation (taking in) of bacterial DNA from another bacterium. If bacteria encounter a piece of bacterial DNA in their environment they have surface proteins that will allow the DNA into the cytoplasm. |
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| the accidental transfer of DNa from one bacterium to another via a phage (virus that attacks a bacteria). |
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| Two basic groups of bacteria |
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| Archaebacteria (ancient forms, evolved seprately from other forms), and Eubacteria. |
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| ability to cause diseases |
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| in the coldest, hottest, wettest, driest, deepedt, highest, most acidic, and most toxic regions of the planet. |
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| essential for human life, and are living on the surface and inside many of your bodies cells. |
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| make a living by breaking down and absorbing dead organic matter, fungi are saprophytic or |
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| organisms that make a living by taking nutrients from another organism that is harmed by the relationship |
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| Chitin, hyphae, mycelium, fruiting body. |
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| the main component of the cell walls in fungi. |
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| branching filamentous cell of fungi |
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| the body of an individual fungus, which is composed of hyphae. |
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| The four phyla of the kingdom of fungi |
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| Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Basidiomycota, Ascomycota. |
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| Watermolds, Allomycetes, etc. |
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| Bread molds, Rhizopus, etc. |
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| Mushrooms, rusts, smuts, mycorhizae, etc. |
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| yeast, penicillin, athlete's foot, ring worm, etc. |
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| important primary producers, use energy sources such as light to produce organic substrates from inorganic material such as CO2 (plant like protistans such as algae). |
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| an organism that uses organic carbon for growth. (protozoans) |
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| protozoans that use cilia to move. (Paramecium, Stentor, etc.) |
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| Protozoans that use flagella to move. (Euglena, Trypanosoma, Giardia, Trichamonas, etc.) |
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| protozoans that us the extensions of the cytoplasm to move. (psuedopodia is another term) (Ampeba, radiolarians, forminiferans, etc.) |
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| protozoans that have no locomotory extensions, but have specialized region at the apex of the cell for attachment. (Plasmodium, Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma, etc.) |
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| Phyla "plant like" of protistans |
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| Pyrrhophyta, Chrysophyta, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta, Chlorophyta |
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| dinoflaggelates, toxic shellfish poisoning, red tides, etc. |
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| diatoms, golden brown algae, etc. |
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| red algae, nori for wrapping sushi, etc. |
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| brown algae, kelp, rock weed, sargassum, macrocystis. |
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| Green algae, sea lettuce, spirogyra, etc. |
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| Symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi |
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| Fungis provides housing, water and mineral to the algae. The alga provides nutrition. |
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