BIOLOGY 2EE3 Midterm: Bio 2EE3 Terminology Pre-Midterm
13 Jun 2016
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Biology 2ee3 terminology chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14. Prokaryote organism whose cell or cells lack a nucleus; includes both bacteria and archaea. Eukaryote a cell that contains a nucleus and is a member of the domain eukarya. Antiseptic a chemical that kills tissues. Aseptic an environment that is free of microbes. Chemolithotrophs/lithotrophs an organism that oxidizes inorganic compounds to yield energy and reduce carbon dioxide. Endosymbiont an organism that lives as a symbiont (living in symbiosis) inside another organism. Enrichment culture the use of selective growth media to allow only certain microbes to grow. Resolution the smallest distance that two objects can be separated and still be distinguished as two separate objects. Detection the ability to determine the presence of an object (different from resolution b/c when the unaided eye detects a large population of microbes, it cannot resolve individual cells)
