| A | B |
|---|
| troph- | food |
| -phile | to love |
| -obe | to live |
| hetero- | other |
| auto- | self |
| photo- | light |
| chemo- | chemical |
| sapro- | rotten |
| halo- | salt |
| thermo- | heat |
| psychro- | cold |
| aero- | air (02) |
| saprobe | decomposes organic remains from dead organisms |
| parasite | lives on or within another organism |
| facultative | adaptable to variations in environmental conditions |
| obligate | without alternative |
| heterotroph | relies on organic compounds for nutrition |
| autotroph | requires only inorganic nutrients |
| trophozoite | feeding & reproducing form of protozoa |
| extremophile | capable of living in harsh conditions |
| microbe | to live small |
| phototroph | uses light as an energy source |
| chemotroph | uses chemical for energy |
| halophile | grows in high-salt environment |
| thermophile | grows best in high temperature |
| psychrophile | grows best in cold temperature |
| mesophil | grows at intermediate temperatures |
| aerobe | lives & grows in presence of oxygen |
| anaerobe | dies in the presence of oxygen |
| microaerophile | must have a smaller amount of oxygen than in normal atmosphere |
| aerotolerant | does not utilize oxygen but is not harmed by it |
| capnophile | need CO2 to grow |
| binary fission | one bacteria divides to produce two cells |
