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| these substances were produced in the famous Stanley Miller experiment. they are also know as the building blocks of protien |
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| in this process,two bacterial cells temporarily join and directly transfer genetic material between them |
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| "berries" or spherical shaped |
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| the largest spiral shaped bacteria |
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| the use of organisms to remove pollutants from water air and soil |
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| the only prokaryotic organisms on the entire planet |
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| when prokaryotic cells copy their DNA almost continuously and divide repeatedly |
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| some bacteria form this when they need to survive extended periods of very harsh conditions |
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| a method used to distinguish the two different types of bacteria |
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| some bacteria take up pieces of DNA from the environment. this is called |
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| these dome shaped ancient fossils re composed of thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together, resembling the layers of an onion |
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| photoautotrophic bacteria that generates oxygen as a waste product of their photosynthesis |
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| comes from the Greek word meaning "ancient" |
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| this method of bacteria receiving new genetic material involves viruses that infect bacteria that carry gene from one cell and inject them into another |
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