biology

mushrooms found in the grocery stores are known as

Agaricus bisporis

there are 5 steps in the cycle of lytic viral replication. they are listed in the order they occur.....

Attachment, Penetration, Uncoating, Replication, Release

penicillium chrysogenum is a fungi that produces an

antibiotic

asexual reproduction in which the parent cell separates in two is known as

binary fission

lyme disease is caused by bacteria called

borrelia burgdorferi

the useful substance, align, comes from

brown algae

a bacteria culture will stain Gram-positive if it has high concentration of peptidoglycan in the

cell wall

fungi have the presence of chitin in their cell walls, this is one of the reasons scientist do not

classify fungi as plants

sexual reproduction in some protozoans is known as

conjugation

when the receptor site of the virion and the viral attachment protein of the host cell match up, the virion is able to recognize the

correct host cell

a pathogen is an organism or substance that causes

disease

through the process of viral budding a host cell releases viruses that typically have a lipid covering called a

envelope

through the processes of bacterial conjugation, transduction and trandformation, bacteria share

genetic material

a plant or an animal (even a person) that supports a parasite is called a

host

when something is motile, it can move

independently

the red tide off the coast of Florida , is caused by a dinoflagellate known as

karenia brevis

halophiles live in the Dead Sea, they are members of the

kingdom Archaea

anaerobic environements are just right for methanogens to

live in

the process of a cell rupturing is known as

lysis

if peptidoglycan is found in the bacteria cell wall, it will result gram-positive stain. the peptidoglycan is the material that forms a

molecular bases for it

all members of the kingdom eubacteria are

prokaryotic

rickettsia and viruses are examples of obligate intracellular parasites that must have a host cell in which to

reproduce

a virus is not a eukaryote or a prokaryote, a virus needs a host cell so it can

reproduce inside it

a diatoms tiny exoskeleton is mostly composed of

silicon

fermentation is when the complex molecules breakdown into

simpler ones

hyphae are thread like structures found in multicellular fungi, they group together to form mycelia to perform

special functions

when there is a mutually positive arrangement between species, it is known as

symbiosis

living on the human skin are these microorganisms called

normal flora

when potatoes experience "late blight", it is due to the water mold known as

phytophthera infestans

if someone gets malaria, it is probably due to a protozoan called

plasmodium vivax

a viroid is a pathogenic

RNA molecule

the ability of a virus to cause a disease is known as its

virulence

homeostasis is a self-regulating process that maintains

water levels