| A | B |
|---|
| BACTERIA | PROKARYOTES THAT DO NOT CONTAIN A NUCLEUS OR ORGANELLES |
| BACILLUS | ROD SHAPED BACTERIA |
| COCCUS | SPHERE SHAPED BACTERIA |
| SPIRILLA | SPIRAL SHAPED BACTERIA |
| STREPTO | LONG CHAINS OF BACTERIA |
| STAPHYLO | CLUSTERS OR CLUMPS OF BACTERIA |
| STAPHYLOCOCCUS | CLUSTERS OF SPHERICAL BACTERIA |
| STREPTOCOCCUS | CHAINS OF SPHERICAL BACTERIA |
| STREPTOBACILLUS | CHAINS OF ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA |
| GRAM STAINING | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF A BACTERIAL CELL WALL |
| GRAM POSITIVE | TAKES UP PURPLE DYE; CELL WALL IS ONE LAYER THICK OF PROTEIN AND CARBOHYDRATE |
| GRAM NEGATIVE | STAINS RED; CELL WALL IS TWO LAYERS- ONE PROTEIN AND CARBOHYDRATE, ONE LIPIDS AND CARBOHYDRATES |
| PHOTOSYNTHETIC AUTOTROPH | MONERANS THAT USE LIGHT TO MAKEIT'S OWN FOOD |
| CHEMOSYNTHETIC AUTOTROPH | MONERANS THAT USE INORGANIC MOLECULES TO MAKE IT'S OWN FOOD |
| HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA | MONERANS THAT GET FOOD FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE ITSELF |
| RESPIRATION | THE PROCESS THAT INVOLVES OXYGEN TO BREAK DOWN FOOD MOLECULES TO RELEASE ENERGY |
| FERMENTATION | ENERGY PRODUCTION WITHOUT OXYGEN |
| OBLIGATE AEROBE | ORGANISMS THAT REQUIRE A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF OXYGEN IN ORDER TO LIVE |
| OBLIGATE ANAEROBE | ORGANISMS THAT MUST LIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN |
| BOTULISM | A RARE FORM OF FOOD POISONING THAT INTERFERES WITH NERVE ACTIVITY AND CAN CAUSE PARALYSIS AND POSSIBLY DEATH |
| FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES | ORGANISMS THAT CAN SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT OXYGEN |
| BINARY FISSION | BACTERIAL ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION WHERE BACTERIAL GROWS TO DOUBLE THE SIZE, REPLICATES IT'S DNA AND DIVIDES IN HALF CREATING TWO IDENTICAL DAUGHTER CELLS |
| CONJUGATION | BACTERIAL SEXUAL REPRODUCTION: EXCHANGE OF GENETIC INFORMATION |
| ENDOSPORE | A THICK INTERNAL WALL INSIDE A BACTERIA THAT ENCLOSES ITS DNA AND A PORTION OF THE CYTOPLASM |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN IS CONVERTED INTO AMMONIA, A NITROGEN FORM THAT PLANTS CAN USE |
| BACTERIA CAUSE DISEASE BY... | DESTROYNING CELLS AND TISSUES AND BY PRODUCING TOXINS |
| ANTIBIOTICS | DRUGS OR NATURAL COMPOUNDS THAT ATTACK AND DESTROY BACTERIA BY INTERFERING WITH CELL WALL FORMATION |
| STERILIZATION | THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING BACTERIA BY SUBJECTING THEM TO EITHER GREAT HEAT OR CHEMICAL ACTION |
| DISINFECTANTS | CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS THAT KILL BACTERIA ON NONLIVING SURFACES |
| ANTISEPTICS | CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS THAT KILL BACTERIA ON LIVING SURFACES |
| FOOD PROCESSING TECHNIQUE THAT SLOWS BACTERIAL GROWTH | REFRIGERATION |
| FOOD PROCESSING TECHNIQUE THAT KILL OR STOPS BACRERIAL GROWTH | COOKING TECHNIQUES, CANNING FOODS, AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF FOODS WITH PERSERVATIVES |
| BACTERIA CYCLE NUTRIENTS BY... | ACTING AS DECOMPOSERS AND NITROGEN FIXATION |
| NUTRIENT CYCLES | PROCESSES THAT REPLENISH NUTRIENTS IN THE SOIL |
| PNEUMONIA | A BACTERIAL DISEASE THAT INFECTS THE LUNG |
| PNEUMONIA SYMPTOMS | HEADACHE, CHEST PAIN, CHILLS, NAUSIA, VOMITTING, AND FEVER |
| LISTERIA | A BACTERIAL DISEASE THAT RESULTS FROM EATING OR DRINKING UNPASTURIZED MILK PRODUCTS OR CONTAMINATED RAW VEGETABLES |
| LISTERIA SYMPTOMS | FEVER, INTENSE HEADACHE, NAUSIA, VOMITING, PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE LEADS TO DELIRIUM, SHOCK, AND COMA |
| LYME DISEASE | A BACTERIAL DISEASE TRASMITTED BY TICKS |
| LYME DISEASE SYMPTOMS | FEVER, HEADACHE, AND FATIGUE, SOMETIMES A RED CIRCULAR RASH OCCURS; THIS DISEASE CAN PROGRESS TO NERVE, HEART, OR JOINT ABNORMALITIES |
| BACTERIAL DISEASES TREATMENT/CURE | ANTIBIOTICS |
