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test 2
protists, vascular and non vascular plants
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2008

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peptidoglycan
Definition
a network of sugar polymers cross-linked by polypeptides
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Plastid
Definition
any specialized organ of the cell other than the nucleus and centrosome, such as chloroplast, mitochondria or amyloplast.
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Fimbriae
Definition
Hairs on a prokaryote that help it attach to eachother in a colony
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Plasmids
Definition
Smaller Rings of DNA in bacteria
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Obligate
Anaerobes 
Definition
are poisoned by O2 and use fermentation or anaerobic respiration
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Nitrogen Fixation
Definition
•In nitrogen fixation, some prokaryotes convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3)
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Proteobacteria
Definition
These gram-negative bacteria include photoautotrophs, chemoautotrophs, and heterotrophs
Some are anaerobic, and others aerobic
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bioremediation
Definition
the use of organisms to remove pollutants from the environment
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Kinetoplastids  
Definition
have a single mitochondrion with an organized mass of DNA called a kinetoplast
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