A | B |
flagellum | whip like tail that helps bacteria move in a liquid environment |
fission | asexual reproduction of bacteria |
aerobe | organism that uses oxygen for respiration |
anaerobe | organisms that live without oxygen |
cyanobacteria | has chlorophyll and a blue pigment or a red, yellow, or black pigment... make their food |
Eubacteria | Members are prokaryotic single cell organisms that live almost everywhere. |
Archaebacteria | Members live in extreme conditions. |
methanogens | Archaebacteria that use carbon dioxide for energy and produce methane gas. |
halophiles | Archaebacteria that live in salty environments. |
thermophiles | Archaebacteria that live in extremely hot areas. |
saprophyte | organisms that use dead material as a food and energy source |
nitrogen-fixing bacteria | change nitrogen in the air to a form that plants and animals can use |
pathogen | organism that produces disease |
antibiotic | substance produced by one organism that inhibits or kills another organism |
vaccine | made form damaged particles for bacteria or killed bacteria |
toxins | poisons produced by bacterial pathogens |
endospores | bacteria that have thick walls to make them resistant ot heat or drying |
antibiotic resistance | when bacteria mutate into strains that are not killed by a specific drug treatment |
TB ( tuberculosis ) | disease caused by a bacteria that attacks the lungs |
tetanus ( lockjaw ) | disease caused by bacteria in a wound and causes muscle spasms |