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Something composed of many thin layers of sediment pressed tightly together, resembling the layers of an onion
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Stromatolite
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Prokaryotes that live in the most extreme environments on earth
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Archaea
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Prokaryotic organisms that differ from archaea in several features of cell structure ad chemical makeup
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Bacteria
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Spherical bacteria that cause pnemonia
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Cocci
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Rod shaped bacteria
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Bacilli
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Spiral shaped bacteria
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Spirochetes
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Division in which the DNA copies and moves itself to opposite ends of the cell as the cell splits in the middle
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Binary fission
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Resting cells
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Endospores
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A photoautotrophic group of bacteria that generates oxygen as a waste product of their photosynthesis
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Cyanobacteria
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The use of organisms to remove pollutants from water, air, and soil
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Bioremedication
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Bacteria and other microorganisms that cause disease
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Pathogens
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In the _____ cycle, the phage that attaches to the host cell and injects it’s DNA.
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Lytic
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In the ___________cycle, a virus injects its genes into the host
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Lysogenic
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A virus that reverses the usual DNA-to-RNA flow of genetic information
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Retrovirus
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Deactivated varieties or small pieces of pathogens that stimulate the immune system to defend against the actual pathogen
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Vaccine
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