Bacteria Flashcards
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| 3735755466 | prokaryotic | unicellular organism that doesn't have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles |  | 0 |
| 3735757745 | unicellular | Made of a single cell |  | 1 |
| 3735759229 | autotroph | An organism that makes its own food |  | 2 |
| 3735760558 | heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things. |  | 3 |
| 3735767168 | archaebacteria | bacteria that lives in harsh environments |  | 4 |
| 3735770396 | coccus | A spherical bacterium. |  | 5 |
| 3735773652 | streptococcus | spherical bacterium that is in a chain, causes diseases in people |  | 6 |
| 3735779442 | Bacillus | Rod shaped bacteria |  | 7 |
| 3735781044 | Spirillum | A spiral-shaped bacterium. |  | 8 |
| 3735783515 | chemosynthetic | use chemicals to supply energy |  | 9 |
| 3735787513 | binary fission | A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size |  | 10 |
| 3735789339 | conjugation | In bacteria, the direct transfer of DNA between two cells that are temporarily joined. Sexual reproduction in bacteria |  | 11 |
| 3735794368 | flagella | Whip-like structures that help with cell movement |  | 12 |
| 3735795543 | cilia | Tiny hairlike extensions that move together in a sweeping motion |  | 13 |
| 3735800497 | plasmid | Small, circular piece of DNA located in the cytoplasm of many bacteria |  | 14 |