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Bacteria
Bacteria Vocabulary
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6th Grade
02/22/2011

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Aerobe
Definition
organisms that uses oxygen for
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Anaerobe
Definition
organisms that CAN live without oxygen
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Endospore
Definition
Sleeping form created within thick wall of the bacterium
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Antibiotic
Definition
medicine that kills bacteria infection
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Pathogen
Definition
any organism that causes disease
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Vaccine
Definition
dose of a specific dead bacteria used to make your body immune to the other living bacteria
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Pasteurization
Definition
process used to kill harmful bacteria in food
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Saprophyte
Definition
organisms that use dead material for food and energy
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Protists
Definition
one or many-celled organisms that live in moist areas and also have a eukaryotic,nucleus,and other structures in the cytoplasm
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Protozoans
Definition
one celled animal-like protists
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Psuedopods
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the temporary extension of a protozoans for movement
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Algae
Definition
plantlike protists
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Hyphae
Definition
many-celled threadlike tubes that are found in the body of fungi(not "fun guy", the plural of fungus).
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Sporangia
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reproductive structures grow from zygospores form on the tips of upright hyphae
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Lichen
Definition
formed when fungus and green algae or cyanobacterium live together
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Bacteria
Definition
The smallest organisms on Earth
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Mycorrhizae
Definition
an intricate web formed by fungi
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