Biodiversity And Micro Organism Flashcards
1
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Biodiversity
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The great diversity of organisms
2
Q
Pathogenic
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Disease causing
3
Q
Obligate intercellular
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Forced inside a cell
4
Q
Virus description
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V small Not really living Obligate intracellular Reprod in cell Can dominant Shapes
5
Q
Virus structure
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Protein coat Sheath
Nuclei can acid base plate
Tail core Tail fibre
Collar
6
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Bacteria description
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Diverse Unicellular Extremophiles Some use chemicals Shapes diff Binary fission
7
Q
Protista characteristics
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Single celled
Moist enviro
Asexual reproduction
8
Q
Fungi
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Free living Multi cellular Heterotrophic Feed on decaying matter Symbiotic relationships Asexual or sexual
9
Q
Balance in enviro is achieved how?? Plant degraders
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Cellulose degrading fungi =clean dead plant matter
10
Q
Micro regulation of nutrients
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Nutrients like carbonates,phosphates can remain stuck in dead org matter but micro orgs decompose them and leave things behind
11
Q
Regeneration of o2
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Blue green algae + phytoplankton =releases o2
