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| tiny, non-living particle that invades and multiplies in a living cell |
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| living thing that provides a source of energy for an organism |
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| organism that lives in a host and causes it harm |
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| organism that breaks down large chemicals |
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| a close relationship in which at least one species benefits |
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| eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi |
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| sarcodines that live in water or soil |
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| ciliates that live in fresh water |
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| unicellular protists with a glassy cell wall |
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| eukaryotes that have cell walls, are heterotrophs, absorb thir food, and use spores for reproduction |
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| tiny reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism |
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| fungus; used to make bread rise |
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| fungus; grows on spoiled foods |
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| fungus and algae that live together in a mutual relationship |
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| a virus that infects bacteria. In fact, its name means “bacteria eater.” |
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| a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific disease-causing viruses and organisms. |
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| Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes. |
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| a long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move. |
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| A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells. |
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| a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
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| A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents. |
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| one bacterium transfers some genetic material to another bacterium through a threadlike bridge |
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| a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell |
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| 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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| A “false foot” or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans. |
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| a structure that collects the extra water and then expels it from the cell |
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| hairlike projections from cells that move with a wavelike motion |
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| A type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from living together. |
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| branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
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| The reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores. |
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| A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent. |
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