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Virus that infects bacteria. |
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Bacteriophage replication path in which viral DNA becomes integrated into the host's chromosome and is passed to the host's descendants |
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Bacteriophage replication pathway in which a virus immediately replicates in its host and kills it. |
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Noncellular, infectious particle of protein and nucleic acid; replicates only in a host cell. |
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A disease that was previously unknown or has recently begun spreading to a new region. |
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Disease that persists at a low level in a region or population. |
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Disease outbreak limited to one region. |
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Out break of disease that affects many separate regions and poses a serious threat to human health. |
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Animal that carries a pathogen from one host to the next |
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Circle of double-stranded DNA that resides in the bacterial cytoplasm. |
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Cytoplasmic region where prokaryotic chromosome lies |
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Hairlike extension from the cell wall of some bacteria |
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Method of asexual reproduction that divides one bacterial or archaean cell into two identical descendant cells. |
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Mechanism of gene exchange in which one bacterial or archaean cell passes a plasmid to another. |
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Transfer of genetic material |
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Of many bacteria and archaeans, a small ring of nonchromosomal DNA replicated independently of the chromosome |
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Tiny round bacteria that are intracellular parasites of eukaryotic cells |
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Photosynthetic, oxygen-producing bacteria |
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Resistant resting stage of some soil bacteria. |
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Process used to prepare bacterial cells for microscopy, and to distinguish groups based on cell wall structure. |
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Incorporation of nitrogen gas into ammonia |
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Normally harmless or beneficial microorganisms that typically live in or on a body |
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Largest bacterial lineage |
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Bacteria that resemble a stretched-out spring |
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Organism adapted to life in a highly salty environment |
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Organism adapted to life in a very high-temperature environment. |
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Organism that produces methane gas as a metabolic by-product |
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