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| Taxonomic Kingdom whose organisms are heterotrophic, multicellular, able to digest food. No cell walls or chlorophyll |
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| Taxonomic kingdom containing prokaryotic organisms that were first discovered in extreme environments None of these are known to cause diseases in other organisms, and protein synthesis in them is similar to that in eukaryotes. |
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| A tree-like diagram showing evolutionary relationships among organisms. |
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| A primary grouping of living systems that ranks above a kingdom in taxonomic systems. There are three of these: eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea. |
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| The name of the domain that contains the "true bacteria." These organisms are microscopic prokaryotic cells. |
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| A virus that attacks and destroys bacteria. |
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