| A | B |
|---|
| antibiotics | chemicals that imhibit growth of some bacteria |
| archaebacterium | prokaryotic organism distinguished from other prokaryotes by structure of cell and cell membrane |
| bacillus | a rod shaped bacterium |
| coccus | sphere shaped bacterium |
| eubacterium | the lineage of prokaryoted that includes all contemporary bacteria except archaebacteria |
| eutrophication | increase of nutrients in an environment |
| gram negative | bacterium that usually has an outer covering |
| gram positive | bacteria that usually lacks an outer covering |
| peptidoglycan | protein carbohydrate compound found in the cell walls of bacteria |
| spirillum | spiral shaped eubacteria |
| staphylloccoccus | eubacterium occuring in grapelike clusters |
| streptococcus | gram positive eubacterium occurring in chains |
| capsule | in mosses, a sporangium that produces spores |
| conjugation | the union of two protists to exchange genetic materiaL |
| saprophyte | an organism that feeds on dead organic material |
| broad spectrum antibiotic | an antibiotic that is able to affect a wide variety of organisms |
| endotoxin | substance that causes a poison reaction; makes cell wall of gram negative bacteria |
| exotoxin | a toxic protein secreted by pathogenic bacteria |
| pathology | scientific study of diease |
| penicillin | antibiotic drug that combats bacteria by interfering with bacterial cell wall synthesis |
| sulfa drug | antibiotic drug that combats bacteria by inhibiting bacterial cell metabolism |
| toxin | a chemical substance, usually bioligical in origin, that is harmful to the normal functioning of cells |
| hantaviruses | respiratory diseases |
| Ebola Reston | kills monkeys, not people |
| Ebola Zaire | kills people |
