Microorganism - correct answer Organisms too small to be seen by the naked eye
Less than 1mm
Unicellular
If multicellular thay lack different tissues
acellular microorganisms - correct answer viruses -protein and nucleic acid,
viroids - RNA
satellites -nucleic acid with a protein shell
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Bacteria - correct answer Can be pathogens (Black Plague)
Human biome
Break down dead animal and plant cells
Used to make bread cheese antibiotics vitamins and enzymes
, Microbiology Straightenerline Unit 1
Bacteria are abundant where - correct answer Extreme sites of temperature PH and salinity. Major part
of human microbiome
Domain Archaea - correct answer One of the three domains of life; contains prokaryotic cells that often
live in extreme habitats and have unique genetic, biochemical, and physiological characteristics; its
members are sometimes referred to as archaea.
Domain Eukarya - correct answer Domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei, including protists,
plants, fungi, and animals
Major types of protists - correct answer algae, protozoa, slime molds, water molds
Algae are - correct answer photosynthetic and produce oxygen, foundation of aquatic food chains
Protozoa are - correct answer single-celled microorganisms that are animal like and motile; they ingest
organic matter
slime molds are - correct answer protists that behave like Protozoa in one stage of life and like a fungi in
another
Water molds are - correct answer Protists that grow on the surface of fresh water and moist soil. Feed on
decaying vegetation. Produced the potato famine in 1847
Fungi are - correct answer Protists with metabolic capability. Can be unicellular (yeast) or multicellular
(molds and mushrooms)
Fungi produce plant diseases such as - correct answer Rusts, powdery mildew, smuts
mycorrhizal fungi - correct answer fungi that surround plant roots and help plants obtain water and
minerals (in poor soils)
Viruses are - correct answer acellular entities that must invade a host cell to multiply
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