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| technique or practice traditionally used to classify prokaryotic cells by comparing traits of an unidentified cell with those of a known bacterial group with the greater total # of traits that the cell has in common with the known group, the closer the inferred relatedness |
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| term for organisms or cells that lack a nucleus |
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| archaebacteria called "methane makers" thriving in swamps, sewage, stockyards, and the animal gut and other oxygen-free habitats |
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| archaebacteria called "salt lovers" living in brackish ponds, in salt lakes, near hypothermal vents, and other salt enviornments |
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| archaebacteria called "heat lovers" in habiting places such as acidic soils, hot springs, and coal mine wastes. |
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| modified cells in Anabaena, a blue-green bacteria which make a nitrogen fixing enzyme which allows for the conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia which can then be used for biosynthesis |
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| resting and resistant structure formed by some bacteria that encloses a duplicate of the bacterial chromosome and a portion of the cytoplasm. |
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| cell division mechanism by which prokaryotic cells reproduce asexually |
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| term for infectious disease-causing agentsthat invade target organisms and multiply inside them or on them |
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| term for single-celled organisms which are too small to be seen w/ out the aid of a microscope |
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| the most common of the procaryotic cells; the true bacteria |
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| bacteria that most resemble the first living cells on the earth; the extreme or ancient bacteria. |
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| term for rod-shaped bacteria |
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| term ffor spiral-shaped bacteria |
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| term for spherical bacteria |
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| most commonly used stain in bacteriology that divides bacteria into those that are positive (purple) and negative (pink) |
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| outer structure of bacterial cells that contain peptidoglycan |
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| group of bacteria that are photoautotrophs that are commonly called the blue green algae or the blue green bacteria |
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| bacteria infection spread by bite of a tick |
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| short filamentous protein that projects above the cell wall and help the bacteria adhere to surfaces and 1 another |
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| sticky mesh or slimy layer surrounding the cell wall of some bacteria |
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| arrangement of bacterial cells in a chain |
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| arrangement of bacterial cells in a grape-like cluster |
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| region in the bacterial cell that contains the bacterial chromosome |
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| primitive form of sexual reproduction with exchange of genetic material in bacteria |
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| scientist who proposed the theory of disease |
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| series of steps that prove the causitive agent of a specific disease is a specific microorganism |
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