Chapter 15 Flashcards
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A protist with great structural flexibility and the presence of pseudopodia
Amoeba
A term that describes a great Friday protest, most of which are unicellular or colonial photosynthetic autotroph’s with chloroplasts
Algae
A type of parasitic protozoan that causes disease in humans
Apicomplexan
Ancient bacteria- one of the three domains
Archaea
A rod shaped prokaryotic organism
Bacilli
An organism that is part of the domain Bacteria
Bacteria
A form of asexual reproduction where one cell divides into two daughter cells
Binary fission
The principle that all life arises from other life
Biogenesis
The use of living organisms to restore polluted ecosystems
Bioremediation
A type of protist that has both unicellular and multicellular life forms
Cellular slime mold
A type of protozoan that moves and eats by using cilia
Ciliate
A spherical prokaryotic cell
Coccus
A unicellular photosynthetic algae with a unique glassy cell wall
Diatom
A unicellular photosynthetic algae with two flagella in perpendicular grooves
Dinoflagellates
A protective cell present in prokaryotic cells in harsh environments
Endospore
A symbiotic relationship where one organism resided inside another
Endosymbiosis
A poisonous component of the outer membrane of bacteria
Endotoxins
An organism characterized by eukaryotic cells
Eukaryotes
A poisonous protein secreted by bacteria
Exotoxin
A protist that moves by use of flagella
Flagellate
Photosynthetic, colonial protist most closely related to plants
Green algae
A disease-causing virus or organism
Pathogen
Communities of organisms that drift in lakes, oceans, and ponds
Plankton
A type of protist named for its ameboid plasmodial feeding stage in its life cycle
Plasmodial slime mold
