Archaea
The subkingdom of bacteria that includes methane, salt and sulpholobus bacteria
Autotroph
an organism capable of sustaining itself through conversion of inorganic substances to organic material
Bacillus (bacilli pl.)
A general term for rod shaped bacteria
Bacteriophage
a virus whose host is a bacterium
Bioremediation
The use of living organism to remove pollutants and contaminants from the environment
Coccus (cocci pl.)
A general term for spherical bacteria
Conjugation
a process leading to the fusion of isogametes in algae, fungi, and protozoa; also the means by which certain bacteria exchange DNA
Cyanobacteria
Formerly known as the blue-green algae, they are photosynthetic bacteria
Disease
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Fission
the division of cells of bacteria and related organisms into two new cells
Heterotroph
incapable of synthesizing food and therefore dependent on other organisms for it
Koch's postulates
The rules used to determine whether a particular organism causes a specific disease
Methane bacteria
Group of anaerobic bacteria that produce swamp or marsh gas. Part of the kingdom archaea
Morphology
The study of an organism's form
Parasite
An organism that obtains its food directly from living organisms
Prokaryotic
having a cell or cells that lack a distinct nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles (ex. bacteria)
Salt bacteria
kingdom archaea
Saprophyte
an organism that lacks chlorophyll and obtains nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter
Spirillum (spirilli pl.)
spiral shape
Sulpholobus bacteria
kingdom archaea
Viruses
a tiny particle consisting of a core of nucleic acid, usually surrounded by a protein coat. viruses are incapable of growth alone and can reproduce only within, and at the expense of a living cell. A "parasitic" infectious macromolecule