Studied by 8 peopleprokaryote
Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
bacillus
rod shaped prokaryote type
coccus
spherical shaped prokaryote type
spirillium
spiral shaped prokaryote type
flagellum
structure used by protists for movement
photoautotroph
photosynthetic organism that utilizes energy from light to synthesize organic minerals
chemoautotroph
derives energy from oxidization of organic compounds
photoheterotroph
an organism that depends on light for most of its energy
binary fission
asexual reproduction replicates DNA and divides it in half
conjugation
a process in which paramecia and some prokaryotes exchange genetic information
endospore
a structure produced by prokaryote types in unfavorable conditions
nitrogen fixation
a process of converting nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb and use
pathogen
a disease causing agent
antibiotic
compound that blocks the growth and reproduction of bacteria
virus
particle made of proteins, nucleic acids and sometimes lipids that can replicate only by infecting cells
capsid
protein code that surrounds the virus
lytic infection
a virus enters a cell, makes copies of its cell and then bursts
lysogenic infection
infection where a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and replicates
retrovirus
RNA virus that contains RNA as its genetic information
prion
protein particles that cause disease
bacterialphage
a kind of virus that infects bacteria
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