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Biology
12th Grade
01/28/2009

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Term
Virus
Definition
a piece of DNA or RNA wrapped in a protein coat.
"Obligate Intracellular Parasite"
Term
Capsid
Definition
Protein coat
Term
Stanley
Definition
Tried to isolate Tobacco Mosaic virus but came up with nothing and called it a poison
Term
Human Papilloma Virus
Definition
Causes warts and cervical cancer in women
Term
Herpes
Definition
Infects nerve cells
Term
Varicella Zoster Virus
Definition
Chicken Pox; infects nerve cells
Term
SARS
Definition
mutated cold virus that kills
Term
Epstein-Barr Virus
Definition
causes:
-Mononucleosis
-chronic fatigue syndrome
-Burketts Lymphoma
Term
Ebola
Definition
"bleeding out"
Term
Rabies
Definition
Rabdovirus-
--causes hydrophobia
--neurotoxin that causes paralysis
Term
Vaccinations
Definition
tricks your immune system into thinking you are sick
Term
Oncovirus
Definition
causes cancer
Term
Thermoacidophiles
Definition
Love hot weird places
Term
Halophiles
Definition
Salt lovers
Term
Methanogens
Definition
produce methane
Term
Cyanobacteria
Definition
created oxidizing atmosphere
Term
Rhizobrium
Definition
species of bacteria that fix nitrogen
Term
Coccus
Definition
Round
Term
Bacillus
Definition
Rod
Term
Spirilla
Definition
spiral
Term
staphylo
Definition
clusters
Term
Strepto
Definition
chain
Term
Genophore
Definition
Bacteria's DNA
Term
Ribosomes
Definition
manufacture proteins
Term
Pilli
Definition
attatchment and transfering
Term
tetracycline
Definition
targets protein synthesis--broad spectrum antibiotic
Term
Photoautotrophy
Definition
Energy from light-feed themselves
Term
Chemoautotrophy
Definition
energy from chemicals--feeds itself
Term
Chemoheterotrophy
Definition
Energy from chemicals--food from others
Term
Photoheterotrophy
Definition
Energy from light-food from others
Term
Pathogenic
Definition
sickness generated; disease causing
Term
Normal flora
Definition
normally found somewhere
Term
Penicillin
Definition
antibiotic for gram positive purple
Term
Tetracycline
Definition
antibiotic for gram - pink
Term
Gram neg.
Definition
no cell wall
sticky capsule of lipopolysaccharides
capsule freq. makes Exotoxins
Term
Paracites
Definition
eats living things
Term
Saprobes
Definition
eats dead things
Term
hypertonic
Definition
kills bacteria
Term
hypotonic
Definition
bacteria thrive
Term
Conjugation
Definition
swap plasmids through pili
Term
Transformation
Definition
picking up and dropping plasmids
Term
Transduction
Definition
infected by viruses
Term
Meniges
Definition
Blood/brain barrier that keeps bacteria out of you CNS.
Term
mutation
Definition
most important source of evolution in bacteria
Term
Obligate anaerobes
Definition
only live w/o O2
Term
Facultative aerobes
Definition
can live w/ or w/o O2
Term
Obligate aerobes
Definition
only live w/ O2
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