Microbiology Vocab I

a parasitic worm

• fungi

• helminth

• organelle

• prokaryote

study & analysis of DNA sequences

• species

• peptidoglycan

• genomics

• genus

organelles that harvest the energy of sunlight

• fungi

• chloroplasts

• Golgi

• genus

cellular structure that performs a specific function

• organelle

• genomics

• protist

• binary fission

provides a mechanism of movement

• peptidoglycan

• helminth

• flagella

• organelle

non-photosynthetic eukaryotic heterotroph

• algae

• bacteria

• fungi

• domain

organelle in which most ATP synthesis occurs

• mitochondria

• Golgi

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

purposely altering an organism's genetic information

• flagella

• insulin

• genetic engineering

• bioremediation

eukaryotic organism other than plant, animal, or fungi

• protist

• bacteria

• virus

• viroid

"resting cell" of a few bacterial species

• metaspore

• endospore

• domain

• organelle