Bacteria and Viruses vocab

A living thing too small to see without a mircoscope

• bacteria

• binary fission

• microorganism

• vaccine

a poison that can harm an organism

• bacteria

• vaccine

• infection

• toxin

the process of using microorganism to change toxins into harmless substances

• bioremediation

• antiobiotic

• infection

• toxin

a tiny, non living particle that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell

• infection

• virus

• pathogn

• toxin

single-celled organism that lack a nucleus;prokaryotes

• infection

• virus

• bacteria

• binary fission

a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides; forming

• pathogen

• antiobiotic

• bacteria

• binary fission

an organism that can cause disease.

• pathogen

• antiobiotic

• bioremediation

• binary fission

a chemical that kills bacteria or slow their growth without harming body cells

• pathogen

• antiobiotic

• bioremediation

• binary fission

a substance used in a vaccination that consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the body to produce chemicals that destory the pathogens

• toxin

• bacteria

• vaccine

• antiobiotic

the process of a pathogenic microorganism invading a cell

• toxin

• virus

• infection

• antiobiotic