viruses and Bacteria 2
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- virus
- a tiny disease causing life form consisting of genetic material wrapped in a a capsule of protein
- vaccine
- a preparation of dead or weakened bacteria that produces immunity to a disease
- symbiosis
- a relationship between two organisms where at least one organism benefits
- moneran
- any of mostly one cell organsms in which the cell does not have a nucleus
- immune system
- the bodies system defend the body against pathogens
- fission
- a method of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell splits to form two identical new cells
- communitive disease
- a disease that is passed from one organism to another
- blue gree bacteria
- monerans that that contain chlorophyll
- bacteria
- monerans that feed of dead organic material or on living things
- antibiotic
- a substance produced by microbes or fungi that destroy bacteria or stop their growth, also synthetic substance with these properties
- antibody
- a protein produced by blood that destroys or weakens bacteria and other pathogens