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algae
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protists that perform photosynthesis
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antibiotics
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chemical compounds produced by one microorganism that are toxic to another microorganism
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binary fission
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the form of reproduction carried out by prokaryotic cells in which the chromosome replicates and the cell pinches between the attachment points of the two resulting chromosomes to form two new cells
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capsid
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a protein coat that surrounds the genetic material in almost all viruses
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colonial multicellularity
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a form of life in which individual cells form stable associations with one another but do not take on specialized roles
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eukaryote
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an organism that is a member of domain eukarya
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extremophile
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an organism that grows optimally in one or more conditions that would kill most other organisms
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mutualism
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a form of relationship between tow organisms in which both organisms benefit
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phathogenic
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Disease-causing Viruses, bacteria, protists, and fungi are spoken of as being pathogenic or nonpathogenic
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phytoplankton
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Small photosynthesizing organisms that drift in the upper layers of oceans or bodies of freshwater, often forming the base of aquatic food webs
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prokaryote
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a single-celled organism whose complement of DNA is not contained within a nucleus
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protist
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a eukaryotic organism that does not have all the defining characteristics of a plant, animal, or fungus. that catchall term protist is used to refer to several distinct evolutionary lines of eukaryotic organisms, most of them single celled and aquatic
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true multicelularity
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a form of life in which individual cells exist in stable groups, with different cells in a group specializing in different functions
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virus
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a noncellular replicating entity that must invade a living cell to replicate itself
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