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| classification | grouping together of objects or information based on similarities |
| taxonomy | science of naming organisms and assigning them to groups |
| binomial nomenclature | classification system in which each organism is given a two-part scientific name |
| phylogeny | evolution history |
| Monera | prokaryotics with a wide variety of structures |
| Protista | eukaryotic, plant-like and lives in moist environment |
| fungi | heterotrophic, eukaryotic, decomposer |
| Plantae | autotrophic, eukaryotic, mulitcellular |
| animalia | hetertrophic, can move |
| dichonomous key | away of classifying by physical appearance |
| kingdom | group of closely related phyla |
| species | a group of organisms that share similar characteristics |
| virus | disease causing, nonliving particle composed of an inner core of nucleic acid |
| bacteriophage | virus that effect bacteris |
| provirus | virus integrated into a host cell's chromosomes |
| retrovirus | viruses containing a unique enzyme |
| saprobe | heterotrophic, eubacteria, and feeds on wastes |
| obligated aerobe | bacteria that cannot survive without oxygen |
| obligated anaerobes | bacteria that cannot use oxygen and are killed by it |
| bianary fission | asexual reproduction in which the cell dicides into two equal parts |
| host cell | a cell which a virus reproduces |
| nitrogen fixation | metabolic process in which bacteria use enzymes to convert atmosphereic nitrogen gas into ammonia |
