Prokaryote
Scientific name given to bacteria
Bacili
A rod shaped bacterium.
Cocci
Any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.
Spirilla
A bacterium with a rigid spiral structure found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.
Endospore
A thick protective coating that contains genetic material and proteins.
Nitrogen Fixation
When air nitrogen turns into soil nitrogen
Biormediaton
The process of when bacteria decompose something
Antibiotic
medicine
Pathogenic Bacteria
Bacteria that can cause infection
Virus
an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule
Binary Fission
The cycle of bacteria recreating
Host
An organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter