Apologia Biology Vocab Module 2
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- Anaerobic organism
- An organism that does not require oxygen.
- Parasite
- An organism that feeds on a living host.
- Endospore
- The DNA and other essential parts of a bacterium coated with several hard layers.
- Aerobic organism
- An organism that requires oxygen.
- Steady state
- A state in which members of a population die as quickly as new members are born.
- Conjugation
- A temporary union of two organisms for the purpose of DNA transfer.
- Exponential growth
- Population growth that is unhindered because of the abundance of resources for an ever-increasing population.
- Saprophyte
- An organism that feeds on dead matter.
- Transduction
- The process by which infection by a virus results in DNA being transferred from one bacterium to another.
- Strains
- Organisms from the same species that have markedly different traits.
- Plasmid
- A small. circular section of extra DNA That confers one or more traits to a bacterium and can be reproduced separately from the main bacterial genetic code.
- Logistic growth
- Population growth that is controlled by limited resources.
- Transformation
- The transfer of a DNA segment from a nonfunctional donor cell to that of a functional recipient cell.
- Pathogen
- An organism that cause disease.