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AAA

A-B toxin,  A site,  Abiogenesis,  Abiotic,  Abscess**,  Absolute dating,  Absolute fitness,  Absorption,  Absorptive area,  Accuracy,  Acellular,  Acellular vaccine**,  Acetaldehyde,  Acetone alcohol,  Acid**,  Acid anionic sanitizer,  Acid fast,  Acid-fast stain**,  Acidic dye**,  Acidophile**,  Acinetobacter,  Acinetobacter baumannii,  Acinetobacter**,  Acoelomate,  Acquired resistance,  Actin**,  Actinopterygii,  Activation energy,  Active immunity,  Active site,  Active transport,  Acute disease**,  Acute-phase proteins,  Adapt,  Adaptability,  Adaptation,  Adaptive,  Adaptive immunity**,  Adaptive landscape,  Adaptive radiation,  Adaptive zone,  Adherence (adhesion),  Adenine,  Adenosine,  ADP,  Adrenal gland,  Adherence (phagocytosis)**,  Adhesion**,  Adjuvant**,  Adsorption**,  Adult,  Aerobe**,  Aerobe (obligate),  Aerobic,  Aerobic respiration**,  Aerotolerant anaerobe**,  aerosol,  Affinity**,  Against a concentration gradient,  Agar,  Agglutination**,  Agonistic interaction,  AIDS,  Air,  Alcohol,  Alcohol fermentation**,  Alcohol group,  Alcohols**,  Aldehydes**,  Aldehyde,  Aldose,  Algae,  Algae-caused diseases,  Alimentary canal,  Alive,  Allergen,  Allergic reaction,  Alpha helix,  Alphaproteobacteria,  Allele,  Allele frequency,  Allele-beneficial,  Allele-detrimental,  Allele-neutral,  Allergic reaction,  Allergy,  Allopatric speciation,  Allopolyploidy,  Allosteric inhibition,  Allosteric regulation,  Altering gene number,  Alternation of a drug's target,  Alternation of generations,  Alternative pathway**,  Alveolata,  Ames test**,  Amino acid,  Amino group,  Aminoacyl tRNA,  Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase,  Amniotes,  Amniotic egg,  Amoebas,  Amp,  Amphibian,  Amphibiosis,  Amphitrichous**,  Amylopectin**,  Amyloplast,  Amylose**,  Anabolism,  Anaerobe,  Anaerobic,  Anaerobic metabolism,  Anagenesis,  Analogy,  Anaphase,  Anaphase I**,  Anaphylaxis,  Ancestor,  Ancestral,  Ancestor species,  Aneuploidy,  Angiosperm,  Animal**,  Animal cell,  Animal development**,  Anion**,  Anionic determent,  Antagonism**,  Antagonistic interaction,  Antagonistic pleiotropy,  Anterior,  Antheridia,  Anthozoan,  Anthrax**,  Anther,  Anthropoids,  Antibacterial,  Antibiogram**,  Antibiotic,  Antibiotic-associated diarrhea**,  antibiotic-associated superinfection,  Antibiotic crisis,  Antibiotic resistance,  Antibiotic sensitivity,  Antibiotic target,  Antibody**,  Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)**,  Antibody titer**,  Anticodon,  Antigen**,  Antigen-binding site**,  Antigen-presenting cell**,  Antigenic**,  Antigenic determinant,  Antigenic variation**,  Antihuman immune serum globulin,  Antimicrobial,  Antimicrobial barriers,  Antimicrobial drug,  Antimicrobial peptides**,  Antiparallel,  Antisense (-) strand**,  Antisense technology**,  Antiseptic**,  Antiseptic surgery,  Antiserum,  Antitoxin**,  Antiviral,  Apicomplexans,  Apoenzyme**,  Apoptosis**,  Aposematic coloration,  Aquatic,  Aquatic biomes,  Aqueous solution,  Arachnids,  Archaean,  Archaezoan,  Archegonia,  Archenteron,  Archosaur,  Arrangement (cellular)**,  Artificial selection,  Artificially acquired active immunity**,  Artificially acquired passive immunity**,  Asci,  Ascocarp,  Ascomycetes,  Asepsis**,  Aseptic technique,  Asexual reproduction,  Asexual spore**,  Associative learning,  Assortative mating,  Aster,  Asteroidea,  Asymptomatic,  Atmosphere,  Atom,  Atomic mass**,  Atomic nucleus,  Atomic number**,  Atrichous**,  ATP,  ATP hydrolysis,  ATP synthase,  Attachment (viral)**,  Attenuated whole-agent vaccine**,  Atypical pneumonia**,  AUG**,  Autoclave**,  Autoimmunity,  Autopolyploidy,  Autosome,  Autotroph**,  Auxotroph**,  Average fitness,  Average heterozygosity,  Axial filament**, 

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BBB

B cell**,  Bacillary dysentery**,  Bacillus**,  Bacillus (morphology)**,  Bacitracin**,  Bacteremia**,  Bacteria,  Bacteria-caused diseases,  Bacterial,  Bacterial chromosome**,  Bacterial culture,  Bacterial death (see "microbial death"),  Bacterial growth**,  Bacterial obligate intracellular parasite of Gram-negative bacteria**,  Bacterial sex,  Bacterial vaginosis,  Bactericidal**,  Bacteriocin,  Bacteriophage**,  Bacteriostasis**,  Bacteriostatic**,  Bacteroides**,  Balanced mutation,  Balanced polymorphism**,  Balancing selection,  Barr body,  Base (nucleotide),  Base**,  Base pair**,  Base pairing,  Base sequence,  Base substitution**,  Basic dye**,  Basidiocarps,  Basidiomycete,  Basidium,  Basophil**,  Batch culture,  Batch growth,  Batesian mimicry,  Bdellovibrio**,  Behavior,  Behavioral ecology,  Behavioral isolation,  Beneficial allele,  Beneficial allele,  Beneficial mutation**,  Beta-hemolytic streptococci**,  Beta-lactam antibiotics**,  Beta-lactam ring**,  Beta lactamase**,  Beta pleated sheet,  Betaproteobacteria,  Better adapted,  Biased reproductive success**,  Biguanides**,  Bilateral symmetry,  Bilateria,  Binary fission,  Binomial,  Binomial nomenclature**,  Bioactive,  Bioavailable,  Biochemical,  Biochemical pathway,  Biochemical test,  Biochemistry,  Biocide**,  Bioenergetics,  Biofilm,  Biogenesis**,  Biogeochemical cycle,  Biogeography**,  Bioinformatics**,  Biological,  Biological augmentation,  Biological membrane,  Biological species concept,  Biological system,  Biological transmission**,  Biology,  Biology major,  Biomass,  Biome,  Biomedicine,  Biomolecule**,  Biopanning,  Bioremediation**,  Biosynthesis**,  Biosynthesis (viral)**,  Biosphere,  Biotech,  Biotechnology**,  Biotic,  Biovar (Biotype)**,  Bipedalism,  Birds,  Birth,  Births,  Bivalves,  Black death**,  Blades,  Blastopore,  Blastula**,  Blastulation**,  Blood,  Blotting,  Blue-green algae,  Blunt ends**,  Body,  Body cavity,  Body plan,  Book lungs,  Bordetella**,  Bordetella pertussis,  Borrelia**,  Bottleneck (genetic)**,  Bottom-up control**,  Botulinum toxin,  Branch point,  Breakdown of reproductive barriers,  Breakdown product,  Breeding,  Breeding individual,  Brightfield illumination**,  Broad spectrum of activity**,  Broth,  Broth dilution test**,  Brown algae,  Bryophytes,  Bubonic plague,  Budding**,  Budding yeast**,  Burkholderia**,  Burn wound opportunistic pathogen**, 

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CCC

C-diff,  Calamites,  Calcium,  Calvin cycle,  Calvin-Benson cycle,  Cambrian explosion,  cAMP,  cAMP receptor protein,  Campylobacter**,  Campylobacter fetus,  Campylobacter jejuni,  Canalization,  Cancer,  Candida**,  Candida albicans,  Candidiasis,  Capillary,  Capillary action,  Capsid**,  Capsomeres**,  Capsule**,  Carbapenems**,  Carbohydrate,  Carbolic acid,  Carbon,  Carbon cycle,  Carbon dioxide**,  Carbon fixation,  Carbon source,  Carbonyl group,  Carboxyl group,  Carcinogenic,  Carpel,  Carriers**,  Carrying capacity**,  Capnophile**,  Catabolism,  Catabolite gene activator protein**,  Catabolite repression**,  Catalyst,  Catastrophism,  Cation**,  Cationic detergent,  Cell,  Cell biology,  Cell culture**,  Cell cycle,  Cell division,  Cell envelope**,  Cell fate determination,  Cell line,  Cell-mediated immunity,  Cell membrane,  Cell nucleus,  cell-to-cell signaling,  Cell wall,  Cellular,  Cellular cytotoxicity,  Cellular differentiation,  Cellular immunity**,  Cellular organism,  Cellular respiration,  Cellular slime molds,  Cellulose,  Cenozoic,  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)**,  Central dogma,  Centrifugation,  Centriole,  Centromere,  Centrosome,  Cephalopods,  Cephalosporins**,  Chain of transmission**,  Cestode**,  Character,  Character displacement,  Chargaff's Rule,  Charge,  Chelicerae,  Chelicerates,  Chemical**,  Chemical bond,  Chemical cycling,  Chemical energy,  Chemical equilibrium,  Chemical gradient,  Chemical reaction,  Chemical signaling,  Chemical sterilization**,  Chemically defined media**,  Chemistry,  Chemoautotroph**,  Chemoheterotroph,  Chemostat**,  Chemosynthesis,  Chemotaxis (general)**,  Chemotaxis (immunology)**,  Chemotherapy**,  Chemotherapeutic agent,  Chemotroph**,  Childbirth fever**,  Chitin**,  Chloride,  Chlorine (disinfectant),  Chlorine (element),  Chloramphenicol**,  Chlorophyll,  Chloroplast,  Cholera**,  Cholesterol,  Chondrichthyans,  Chondrichthyes,  Chromatin,  Chromosomal rearrangements,  Chromosomal resistance,  Chromosomal theory of inheritance,  Chromosome,  Chromosome architecture,  Choanocytes,  Chronic disease**,  Chronic infection**,  Chytrids,  Cilia,  Ciliary escalator**,  Ciliates,  Cis face (of Golgi apparatus),  Cisternae,  Citrus,  Clade,  Cladogenesis,  Cladogram**,  Chlamydia**,  Class**,  Class Amphibia**,  Class Hydrozoa,  Class Mammalia,  Class Reptilia,  Classical pathway**,  Classification,  Cleavage,  Cleavage furrow,  Climate,  Climax community,  Climax species,  Clinical sample,  Cloaca,  Clonal expansion**,  Clonal interference**,  Clonal lineage,  Clonal organism,  Clonal population,  Clonal selection**,  Clonal sweep,  Clone,  Clone (biotechnology)**,  Cloning vector,  Clostridium**,  Clostridium botulinum**,  Clostridium difficile**,  Clostridium perfringens**,  Clostridium tetani**,  Clumped dispersion,  Clusters of differentiation,  Clutch size**,  Cnidocyte,  Coagulase,  Coarse focus,  Coccus,  Codon**,  Codominance,  Coefficient of relatedness,  Coelom,  Coelomates,  Coenocytic hyphae**,  Coenzyme**,  Coevolution,  Cofactor**,  Cognition,  Cohesion,  Cohort,  Coliforms,  Colitis**,  Collagen,  Colloid,  Colloidal substance,  Collagenase,  Colony,  Colonial,  Colonial organisms,  Colonization,  Colony,  Colony-forming unit (CFU),  Colony hybridization**,  Colorometric,  Colorometric,  Commensal,  Commensalism,  Commercial sterilization**,  Common ancestor,  Communicable disease**,  Communication,  Community,  Ecosystem ecology,  Compartmentalization,  Competence (genetic)**,  Compensating mutation,  Compensatory (mutation),  Competition,  Competitive exclusion**,  Competitive inhibition**,  Competitor species,  Complete dominance,  Complex media**,  Compound,  Compound microscope,  Compromised host**,  Complement system**,  Complementary base,  Complementary DNA (cDNA)**,  Complementary sequence,  Complete dominance,  Complete metamorphosis,  Complex carbohydrate,  Complex virus**,  Concentrated,  Concentration,  Concentration gradient,  Condensation reaction,  Condenser,  Confocal microscopy,  Conformation,  Conidia (Conidiospore, Conidium)**,  Conifer,  Conjugated vaccine**,  Conjugation**,  Conjugation (eukaryotes),  Conjugation pili**,  Conjugative plasmid**,  Conodonts,  Consortium,  Conspecific**,  Conspicuous plant,  Constitutive expression,  Consumer,  Contagious disease**,  Contact transmission**,  Contamination,  Continuous cell line**,  Continuous culture**,  Contrast,  Control of gene expression in eukaryotes,  Controlled variables,  Convergent evolution,  Cooperation,  Cooperativity,  Copepods,  Core polysaccharide**,  Corepressed operon,  Corepressor**,  Corynebacterium**,  Cotyledons,  Cotransport,  Counterstain**,  Covalent bond**,  Craniates,  Cretaceous mass extinction,  Cristae,  Crocodiles,  Cross,  Cross wall,  Crossing over,  Crustaceans,  Cryptic coloration,  Crystal violet,  Culture (microbiology)**,  Culture media**,  Cutaneous mycoses**,  Cyanobacteria**,  Cyclic AMP,  Cyclic electron flow,  Cyst,  Cystic fibrosis-associated pathogens**,  Cytokine storm**,  Cytokines**,  Cytokinesis,  Cytolysis,  Cytopathic effects (CPE)**,  Cytoplasm,  Cytoplasmic determinants,  Cytoplasmic inheritance,  Cytoplasmic membrane,  Cytosine,  Cytoskeleton,  Cytosol,  Cytotoxic lymphocyte**,  Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)**, 

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DDD

Dalton**,  Dark reaction,  Darkfield illumination**,  Dating fossils,  Darwinian evolution,  Darwinian fitness**,  Darwinian mechanisms,  Darwinism,  Daughter cell,  Dead,  Death,  Death (microorganism),  Death phase**,  Deaths,  Deamination**,  Decapods,  Decimal reduction time (DRT or D value)**,  Decolorizing agent**,  Decomposer,  Decomposition,  Decomposition reaction,  Deep sea hydrothermal vents,  Definitive host**,  Degerm**,  Degranulation,  Dehydration synthesis,  Dehydrogenase,  Dehydrogenation**,  Deleterious allele**,  Deletion,  Deltaproteobacteria,  Demography,  Denaturation**,  Dendritic cell**,  Density,  density dependent,  density independent,  Deoxyribose,  Dependent variable,  Derived**,  Descend,  Descendant,  Descendant species,  Descent with modification,  Desensitization,  Desiccation**,  Desmosome**,  Destabilized,  Detergent,  Determinate cleavage,  Determinism,  Detrimental allele**,  Detrimental mutation**,  Detritus,  Detrivores,  Deuteromycetes,  Deuterostomes,  Development,  Developmental program,  Diarrhea (Diarrhoea),  Diapedesis**,  Diapsids,  Diarrhea**,  Diatoms,  Dichotomous key**,  Dicot,  Diet,  Differentiated teeth,  Differential media,  Differential stain**,  Differential success**,  Differential white blood count,  Differentiation,  Diffusion,  Digest,  Digestion,  Digestive enzyme,  Dihybrid cross,  Dikaryotic,  Dilute,  Dilution,  Dimorphic fungi**,  Dimorphism**,  Dinoflagellates,  Dinosaur,  Diphtheria,  Diploblastic,  Diplococcus**,  Diploid,  Diploid cell line**,  Diplomonads,  Diptheria**,  Direct agglutination test,  Direct contact transmission**,  Direct ELISA,  Direct microscopic count**,  Direct (positive) selection**,  Directional selection,  Disaccharide,  Disease**,  Disinfectant,  Disinfection,  Disk-diffusion method**,  Dispersal,  Dispersion,  Dissassociation,  Dissemination,  Dissociation,  Dissolve,  Disruptive frequency-dependent selection,  Disruptive selection**,  Distribution,  Disturbance,  Disturbed environment,  Disulfide bridge,  Dividing cell,  Divergent evolution,  Diversifying selection,  Diversity,  DNA,  DNA base composition,  DNA chip**,  DNA damage,  DNA fingerprinting**,  DNA gyrase,  DNA ligase,  DNA polymerase**,  DNA probe**,  DNA replication,  DNA sequence,  DNA sequencing**,  DNA vaccine**,  DNA virus,  Doing well in biology class,  Domain,  Domain Archaea**,  Domain Bacteria,  Domain Eukarya**,  Domistication,  Dominant,  Dominant phenotype,  Dominant-recessive relationship,  Donor cell**,  Dorsal,  Dorsal, hollow nerve cord,  Dosage compensation,  Dosing,  Double bond,  Double fertilization,  Double helix,  Double stranded,  Down a concentration gradient ,  Down syndrome,  Downregulation, Downstream sequence,  Drift,  Droplet transmission**,  Drug,  Dry heat,  Dry weight**,  Duplication (chromosomal),  Dynamic equilibrium,  Dynamic stability hypothesis,  Dynamic system,  Dysentery**, 

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EEE

E. coli,  E site,  Early Homo,  Earaches**,  Ecdysozoa,  Ecological model system,  Ecological species concept,  Ecological succession,  Ecology,  Ecosystem,  Ecosystem ecology,  Ecosystem engineers,  Ectoderm,  Ectoparasites,  Ectothermic,  Edema**,  Effective population size,  Egg,  Egg (fertilized),  Electrochemical gradient,  Electron,  Electron carrier,  Electron microscopy**,  Electron transport chain,  Electron transport system,  Electrons store energy,  Electronegativity,  Electroporation**,  Element**,  ELISA**,  Elongation (molecular genetics),  Embryo,  Embryonated egg**,  Embryonic development,  Embryophyte,  Emerging infectious diseases**,  Emigration,  Enantiomer,  Encode,  End product,  End-product inhibition,  Endemic**,  Endemic (species),  Endergonic reaction,  Endocytosis,  Endoderm,  Endoflagella**,  Endogenous antigen**,  Endomembrane system,  Endoparasites,  Endophyte,  Endoplasmic reticulum,  endosperm,  Endospore**,  Endosymbiont,  Endosymbiosis,  Endosymbiosis hypothesis,  Endosymbiotic theory,  Endothermic,  Endotoxin**,  Energetic hypothesis,  Energy,  Energy coupling,  Energy in bonds,  Energy flow,  Energy source**,  Energy transduction,  Enhancer,  Enrichment,  Enrichment culture**,  Enteral,  Enterics**,  Enterobacter**,  Enterobacter aerogenes,  Enterococcus**,  Envelope**,  Enveloped virus**,  Environment,  Environmental microbiology,  Enzymatic inactivation of a drug**,  Enzyme,  Enzyme activator,  Enzyme activity,  Enzyme inhibitor,  Enzyme kinetics,  Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay**,  Enzyme saturation,  Enzyme specificity,  Enzyme-substrate complex**,  Eosinophil**,  Epidemic**,  Epidemic typhus,  Epidemiology**,  Epigenetic,  Epistasis,  Epitope (antigenic determinant)**,  Epsilonproteobacteria,  Equilibrium,  Equivalent treatment**,  Erythrogenic toxin,  Erythromycin**,  Escape mutant,  Escherichia**,  Escherichia coli,  Essential elements,  Ethambutol,  Ethanol,  Ethylene oxide,  Etiology**,  Euchromatin,  Euglena,  Euglenids,  Eukaryote**,  Eukaryotic algae,  Eukaryotic cell**,  Eukaryotic microorganisms,  Eukaryotic species,  Eumetazoan**,  Eutrophic**,  Eutrophication,  Exchange reaction,  Existing variation,  Exon,  Exoskeleton,  Exotoxin**,  Exploiter,  Exploitative competition,  Exponential growth,  Expression vector,  Extended phenotype,  Extant,  Extinction,  Extracellular,  Extracellular matrix,  Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS)**,  Extraorganismal,  Evapotranspiration,  Evolution,  Evolution of virulence,  Evolutionary adaptation,  Evolutionary biology,  Evolutionary compromise,  Evolutionary divergence,  Evolutionary ecology**,  Evolutionary forces,  Evolutionary goal,  Evolutionary history,  Evolutionary model system,  Evolutionary processes,  Evolutionary relationships,  Evolutionary stable strategy,  Evolutionary tree,  Ex situ,  Exergonic reaction,  Exocytosis,  Expedient strategy,  Experimental ecology,  Experimental evolution,  Experimental microbial evolution,  Exponential phase,  Expression,  Exploitative competition,  Extrachromosomal DNA,  Extreme halophile**,  Extremophiles**, 

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FFF

F pili,  F₁ Generation,  F₂ Generation,  Facilitated diffusion,  Facilitated transport,  Facilitation (ecological),  Facultative anaerobe**,  Facultative gene,  Facultative halophile**,  FAD,  FADH₂,  False negative,  False positive,  Family**,  Family Enterobacteriaceae,  Family Hominidae,  Fat,  Fatty acid,  Fatty acid profile,  Fecundity,  Feedback inhibition,  Female,  Fermentation,  Fermentation test**,  Fermentative pathway,  Fermented food,  Fermenter,  Fern,  Fertilization,  Fever**,  Field of view,  Filament (flower),  Filamentous,  Filter,  Filter feeder,  FFilter paper,  Filtration**,  Fimbriae (fimbria)**,  Final electron acceptor,  Fine focus,  First law of thermodyanmics,  Fish,  Fishapod,  Fission yeast**,  Fit,  Fitness,  Five-kingdom system,  Fixation,  Fixed-action pattern,  Fixed macrophage**,  Fixing a smear**,  Flaccidity (cell biology),  Flagella (Eukaryotic),  Flagella (flagellum)**,  Flaming**,  Flatworms,  Flea,  Fleshy fungi**,  Flip-flopping,  Flow cytometry**,  Flower,  Flowering plant,  Fluid,  Fluid mosaic model,  Fluke**,  Fluorescence,  Fluorescence microscopy**,  Fluorescent-activated cell sorting,  fluorescent antibody techniques,  Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)**,  Focal infection**,  Fomite**,  Food,  Food chain,  Food poisoning,  Food poisoning association with canned goods,  Food spoilage,  Food vacuole**,  Food web,  Foodborne,  Foodborne gastrointestinal infection,  Foodborne illness,  Foot (mollusk),  Foraminiferans,  Foreign,  Foreign antigen,  Formed elements,  Forward reaction,  Fossil record,  Fossilization,  Fossils,  Founder effect,  Frameshift mutation**,  Free fatty acid,  Free living,  Free (wandering) macrophage**,  Frequency-dependent selection,  Frequency of recombination,  Friendly bacteria,  Fruit,  Fruiting body,  Fully humanized antibody**,  Functional group,  Fungi,  Fungicide,  Fungus-caused diseases,  Fusion (virus)**,  Fusion inhibitor**,  Fusobacterium**, 

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GGG

G protein-linked receptor,  G₀,  G₁**,  G₂,  Game theory,  Gametangia,  Gamete**,  Gametic isolation,  Gametophyte,  Gamma globulin**,  Gammaproteobacteria,  Gap junction,  Gap phase,  Gardnerella**,  Gas gangrene**,  Gastric cancer & peptic ulcer**,  Gastric juice**,  Gastropods,  Gastrovascular cavity,  Gastrula,  Gastrulation,  Gel electrophoresis**,  Gender,  Gene,  Gene cloning,  Gene exchange,  Gene expression,  Gene flow,  Gene pool,  Gene product,  Gene therapy,  General mutator,  Generalist,  Generalized transduction**,  Generation,  Generation of proton motive force,  Generation time**,  Genetic decay,  Genetic diversity,  Genetic code**,  Genetic drift,  Genetic drift: impact of population size,  Genetic drift: impact on allele frequency,  Genetic drift: impact on genetic variation,  Genetic drift: impact on allele fixation,  Genetic engineering,  Genetic entity,  Genetic map,  Genetic material,  Genetic recombination**,  Genetic structure,  Genetic system,  Genetic variation,  Genetics,  Genetic bottlenecking,  Genome**,  Genome architecture,  Genomic equivalence,  Genomic library**,  Genomic structure,  Genomics**,  Genotype**,  Genotype frequency,  Genus**,  Genus Escherichia,  Genus Ardipithecus,  Genus Australopithecus,  Genus Homo,  Geographic variation,  Geographical barrier,  Geographical isolation,  Geologic record,  Geometric isomer,  Germicide**,  Germ line,  Germ Theory of Disease**,  Germination**,  Germline,  Giardia**,  Gliding motility**,  Globular protein**,  Glomeromycetes**,  Glucose,  Glucose oxidation,  Glycerol,  Glycine**,  Glycocalyx**,  Glycogen,  Glycogen phosphorylase,  Glycogen synthase,  Glycolipid,  Glycolysis,  Glycolysis (stoichiometry),  Glycoprotein**,  Glycosidic linkage,  Gnathostomes,  Golden algae**,  Golgi apparatus,  Gonorrhea**,  Gram negative**,  Gram-negative cell wall**,  Gram positive**,  Gram-positive cell wall**,  Gram stain,  Gram variable,  Gram's iodine,  Grapes,  Great apes,  Green algae,  Green bacteria**,  Green nonsulfur bacteria**,  Gross primary production,  productivity Gross primary productivity,  Group selection,  Group selectionist argument,  Growth**,  Growth media,  Growth optimum,  Granulocyte,  Granum,  Granzyme,  Guanine,  Gut,  Gymnosperms, 

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HHH

H antigen,  Habitat isolation,  Haemophilus**,  Hagfish,  Half life,  Halogens**,  Hamilton's rule,  Hanson's disease,  Haploid**,  Hapten,  Hard selection,  Hardy-Weinberg assumption # 1,  Hardy-Weinberg assumption # 2,  Hardy-Weinberg assumption # 3,  Hardy-Weinberg assumption # 4,  Hardy-Weinberg assumption # 5,  Hardy-Weinberg theorem,  Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,  Haemophilus,  Haemophilus influenzae,  Haustoria,  Head,  Heat,  Heavy metals**,  Helical virus**,  Helicase,  Helicobacter**,  Helicobacter pylori,  Helminth**,  Helminth-caused diseases,  Hemagglutination**,  heme,  hemoglobin,  Hemolysin**,  Herbivory,  Herd immunity**,  Heredity,  Heritability,  Hereditary information,  Hereditary material,  Heredity**,  Hermaphrodite,  Heterochromatin,  Heterochrony,  Heterocyst,  Heterokaryon,  Heterolactic**,  Heteromorphic,  Heterosporous,  Heterotroph**,  Heterozygote,  Heterozygous advantage,  Hexose,  Hidden genetic variation,  Hierarchical classification,  High and Dry,  High-efficiency particular air (HEPA) filters**,  High-temperature short-time (HTST) Higher eukaryotes,  Histamine,  Histones**,  Historical contingency,  Hitchhiking (genetic),  Holdfast,  Holoenzyme**,  Homeostasis,  Homo sapiens,  Homologous allele,  Homologous character,  Homologous pairs,  Homologous recombination,  Homologous structure,  Homologue,  Homology,  Homoplasy**,  Homosporous,  Homozygote,  Homozygous dominant,  Homozygous recessive,  Horizontal gene exchange,  Horizontal gene transfer,  Hormone,  Host,  Host cell,  Host organism,  Host range**,  Host range shift,  Hot-air sterilization**,  Housekeeping functions,  Housekeeping genes,  Humans,  Human autosomal dominant conditions,  Human autosomal recessive conditions,  Human bacterial infection acquired through animal bites**,  Human pathogen,  Humanized antibody**,  Humoral immunity**,  Hybrid,  Hybridization (biotechnology),  Hybridization (genetic),  Hyaluronidase,  Hybrid breakdown,  Hybrid vigor,  Hybrid zone,  Hybridization,  Hybridoma**,  Hydration,  Hydration shell**,  Hydrocarbon,  Hydrogen,  Hydrogen bond,  Hydrogen ion,  Hydrogenosome,  Hydrolysis,  Hydronium ion,  Hydrophilic,  Hydrophilic functional groups,  Hydrophobic,  Hydrophobic exclusion,  Hydroxyl group,  Hydrozoan,  Hymenoptera,  Hyperosmotic,  Hypersensitivity,  Hyperthermophile**,  Hypertonic solution**,  Hyphae,  Hypoosmotic,  Hypotonic solution**, 

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III

ID₅₀**,  Identical by descent,  IgA**,  IgA protease,  IgE**,  IgG**,  IgM**,  Illness,  Illuminator**,  Immigration,  Immortal cell line,  Immune complex,  Immune function,  Immune response,  Immune surveillance**,  Immune system,  Immune system cells,  Immune tolerance,  Immunity**,  Immunocompromised,  Immunodeficiency,  Immunofluorescence,  Immunoglobulin (Ig)**,  Immunology**,  Immunotherapy,  Imprinting,  In situ,  In vitro,  In vivo,  Inactivated whole-agent vaccine**,  Inactivation,  Inbreeding,  Incidence**,  Inclusion**,  Inclusive fitness,  Incomplete dominance,  Incomplete metamorphosis,  Inconspicuous plant,  Increased permeability**,  Incubation period**,  Independent assortment,  Independent variable,  Indeterminate cleavage,  Indirect agglutination test,  Indirect contact transmission**,  Indirect ELISA,  Indirect (negative) selection**,  Individual,  Individual selection,  Induced fit,  Inducer**,  Inducible gene,  Inducible operon,  Induction (bacteriophage)**,  Induction (genetic)**,  Infection**,  Infectious,  Infectious disease,  Inflammation**,  Ingestion**,  Inheritance,  Inheritance patterns,  Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis,  Inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis,  Inhibitors of protein synthesis,  Innate behavior,  Innate immunity**,  Innate resistance,  Inner membrane**,  Inoculating loop,  Inoculation,  Inorganic,  Inorganic compound,  Inorganic phosphate,  Insects,  Insertion,  Insoluble,  Insulin,  Integral membrane protein,  Integrase inhibitor**,  Integument (seed),  Interferon**,  Intermediate filament**,  Intermediate host**,  Intermembrane space,  Interphase,  Intersexual selection,  Interspecific,  Interspecific competition,  Interspecific interactions,  Intestine,  Intracellular,  Intrasexual selection,  Intraspecific interactions,  Intraspecific,  Intravenous,  Intrinsic growth rate,  Introgression,  Intron,  Inversion (chromosomal),  Invertebrate,  Iodine (disinfectant),  Iodophors**,  Ion,  Ion channel receptor,  Ionic bond,  Ionization,  Ionizing radiation**,  Iris diaphragm,  Isogenic**,  Isolation,  Isomer,  Isomorphic,  Isoniazid,  Isoosmotic,  Isopods,  Isotonic solution**,  Isotope,  Isotype,  Iteroparity, 

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JJJ

KKK

K selection,  Karyogamy**,  Karyotype,  Keratin,  Keratinized skin,  Ketone,  Ketose,  Keystone species,  Kilobase,  Kinesis**,  Kinetic energy,  Kinetochore**,  Kinetochore microtubule,  Kinetoplastids,  Kingdom,  Kingdom Animalia,  Kingdom Fungi,  Kingdom Monera,  Kingdom Plantae,  Prostaglandins**,  Proterozoic,  Kin selection,  Kingdom Protista,  Kinins,  Klebsiella**,  Klebsiella pneumoniae,  Klinefelter syndrome,  Klinokinesis**,  Koch's postulates**,  Krebs cycle, 

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LLL

L form,  Lac operon**,  Lacrimal apparatus**,  Lack of ambiguity in the genetic code,  Lack of punctuation between codons,  Lag phase**,  Lagging strand,  Lamprey,  Lancelets,  Land plant,  Landscape ecology,  Leading strand,  Lactate,  Lactobacillus**,  Lactoferrin,  Lactose**,  Landscape ecology,  Larva,  Latent disease**,  Latent infection**,  Lateral gene exhange,  Lateral gene transfer,  Lateral line system,  Lawn,  Leading strand,  Learning,  Leaves,  Legionella**,  Legume,  Lens,  Lepidodendron,  Lepidoptera,  Leprosy (Hansen's disease),  Leptospira**,  Lethal allele**,  Leukocidins,  Leukocyte**,  Levels of selection,  Lichen,  Life**,  Life cycle,  Life form,  Life history,  Life table,  Life's diversity,  Life history,  Life table,  Lifetime,  Ligand,  Light reaction (of photosynthesis),  Light source,  Light microscopy**,  Lignin,  Limiting nutrient,  Limiting resource,  Limulous amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay**,  Lineage,  Linkage,  Lipid,  Lipid A**,  Lipid bilayer,  Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)**,  Liquid,  Listeria**,  Living**,  Living thing**,  Lobe-finned fish,  Lobe fins,  Local infection**,  Local regulation,  Lockjaw**,  Locus,  Log phase**,  Logarithmic decline phase**,  Logistic growth,  Logistic growth curve,  Logistic growth equation,  Longitudinal,  Lophotrichous**,  Lotka-Volterra,  Lumen (endomembrane),  Lycophytes,  Lyme disease**,  Lymph,  Lymph node,  Lymphocyte**,  Lyophilization**,  Lysis,  Lysogenic conversion**,  Lysogenic cycle,  Lysogeny**,  Lysosome,  Lysozyme**,  Lytic cycle**, 

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MMM

M phase,  M protein,  Macroevolution,  Macrofungi**,  Macrolide antibiotics**,  Macromolecule,  Macroorganism**,  Macrophage**,  Macroscopic,  Magnesium,  Magnification,  Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)**,  Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I,  Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II,  Malaria,  Male,  Maltose,  Mammals,  Mandibles,  Mannose,  Mantle,  Mantle cavity,  Margination,  Marsupial,  Mass,  Mass extinction,  Massive diversification of animal phyla,  Mast cell**,  Mathematical ecology,  Mate,  Mate choice**,  Mating,  Mating systems,  Maturation,  Maturation (viral)**,  Mature environment,  Maximum likelihood,  Maximum parsimony,  Mechanical isolation,  Mechanical stage,  Mechanical transmission**,  Media (microbiological),  Mediated transport,  Medical microbiology,  Medusa,  megaspore,  Meiosis,  Membrane,  Membrane attack complex**,  Membrane-bound organelle,  Membrane filter**,  Membrane potential,  Membrane protein,  Memory cell**,  Mendelian genetics,  Mendelian ratio,  Meningitis**,  Mesoderm,  Mesohyl,  Mesophile**,  Mesotrophic,  Mesozoic,  Messenger RNA,  Messenger RNA processing,  Metabolic pathway**,  Metabolic rate,  Metabolic state,  Metabolism,  Metagenomics**,  Metamorphosis**,  Metaphase,  Metaphase I**,  Metaphase_plate,  Metapopulation,  Methane,  Methanol**,  Methionine,  Methylation**,  Microaerophile**,  Microbe,  Microbial antagonism (competitive exclusion)**,  Microbial ecology**,  Microbial evolution,  Microbial genetics**,  Microbial growth,  Microbial pharmacology,  Microbial population biology,  Microbial techniques**,  Microbiology**,  Microbiome,  Microclimate,  Micrococcus,  Microcolony,  Microcosm,  Microevolution,  Microfilament,  Microinjection**,  Micrometer**,  Microorganism,  Micropyle (ovule),  Microscope,  Microscopy,  Microscopic,  microspore,  Microtubule,  Migration (behavior),  Migration (genetic),  Milk,  Minerals,  Mineralization,  Minimal bactericidal concentration**,  Minimal inhibitory concentration**,  Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC),  Minimal media,  Minus strand,  Missense mutation**,  Mitochondria,  Mitosis,  Mitotic spindle,  Mixotroph,  Mobility,  Modeling,  Modern synthesis,  Modification of DNA,  Modular,  Moiety,  Moist heat,  Mold**,  Molecular,  Molecular biology,  Molecular biological techniques,  Molecular clock,  Molecular evolution,  Molecular genetics,  Molecular homology,  Molecular microbiology,  Molecular oxygen,  Molecular recombination,  Molecule**,  Mollusks,  Monera,  Monoclonal antibody (mAb)**,  Monocot,  Monocyte**,  Monod equation,  Monogamous,  Monohybrid,  Monohybrid cross,  Monomer**,  Monomorphic (locus),  Monomorphic (morphology),  Mononuclear phagocytic (reticuloendothelial) system**,  Monophyletic,  Monosaccharide,  Monosomy,  Monotreme,  Monotrichous,  Morbidity**,  Morbidity rate**,  Mordant**,  Morphogenesis,  Morphological homology,  Morphological species concept,  Morphology,  Moraxella**,  Moraxella catarrhalis,  Moraxella lacunata,  Morphology,  Mortality**,  Mortality rate**,  Morula**,  Morulation**,  Mosaic evolution,  Moss,  Most probable number method (MPN)**,  Motile,  Motility**,  mRNA**,  mRNA degradation,  MRSA**,  Mucus**,  Mucous membrane**,  Muller's ratchet,  Müllerian mimicry,  Multicellular,  Multicellular organism,  Multicellularity,  Multimolecular complex,  Muscle tissue,  Mushroom,  Mutagen**,  Mutagenesis,  Mutant,  Mutation,  Mutation rate**,  Mutualism,  Mycelia,  Mycobacteria,  Mycobacterium**,  Mycolic acid,  Mycology**,  Mycoplasma**,  Mycorrhizae**,  Mycoses,  Mycosis,  Myoglobin,  Myriapods,  Myxini, 

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NNN

NAD⁺,  NAD regeneration,  NADH,  NADP⁺**,  NADPH,  Naked DNA,  Naked virus,  Nanometer**,  Narrow spectrum of activity**,  Natural killer (NK) cell**,  Natural selection,  Naturally acquired active immunity**,  Naturally acquired passive immunity**,  Nature,  Neanderthals,  Negative chemotaxis,  Negative control,  Negative control of gene expression,  Negative feedback,  Negative selection**,  Negative stain,  Neisseria**,  Neisseria gonorrhoeae,  Neisseria meningitidis,  Nematode,  Nervous system,  Nervous tissue,  Net primary production,  Net ecosystem production,  Net primary productivity,  Neural crest,  Clonal deletion**,  Neutral allele**,  Neutral mutation**,  Neutral pH,  Neutral theory,  Neutral variation**,  Neutralization**,  Neutron**,  Neutrophil**,  New alleles,  Niche,  Niche, fundamental,  Niche, realized,  Nitrogen,  Nitrogen cycle,  Nitrogen fixation,  Nitrogenous base**,  Non-beta-hemolytic streptococci**,  Non-Darwinian evolution,  Non-seed-bearing plants,  Noncompetitive inhibition,  Noncommunicable disease**,  Noncyclic electron flow,  Nondisjunction,  Nonenveloped virus**,  Nonionizing radiation**,  nonkinetochore microtubule,  Nonpolar covalent bond**,  Nonpolar substance,  Nonrandom mating,  Nonsense codon**,  Nonsense mutation**,  Nonsynonymous substitution,  Normal flora**,  Normal microbiota**,  Nosocomial**,  Nosocomial infection**,  Nosocomial infections**,  Notifiable infectious diseases**,  Notochord,  Nuclear envelope,  Nuclear membrane,  Nucleic acid,  Nucleic acid hybridization**,  Nucleic acid vaccine**,  Nucleocapsid,  Nucleoid**,  Nucleolus**,  Nucleoside,  Nucleoside analog**,  Nucleosome**,  Nucleotide,  Nucleus (cell),  Nutrient,  Nutrient agar**,  Nutrient broth**,  Nutrition, 

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OOO

O polysaccharide**,  Objective lens,  Obligate aerobe**,  Obligate anaerobe**,  Obligate halophile**,  Obligate intracellular parasite,  Obligately sexual,  Obligatory intracellular parasite**,  Octet,  Ocular lens**,  Offspring,  Oil**,  Oil immersion,  Okazaki fragments,  Oldest fossil cells,  Oldest fossil eukaryotes,  Oldest fossils of flowering plants,  Oldest fossil reptiles,  Oldest fossil tetrapods,  Oligochaetes,  Oligomer,  Oligosaccharide,  Oligonucleotide,  Oligotrophic,  One gene, one enzyme,  One- (single-) step growth curve**,  Open circulatory system,  Operator**,  Operon**,  Opportunistic infections,  Opportunistic pathogen,  Opposable thumb,  Opsonin,  Opsonization**,  Optimal foraging model,  Optimization,  Order**,  Order Primates,  Organ**,  Organelle,  Organic,  Organic chemistry,  Organic compound,  Organic evolution,  Organic growth factor**,  Organic molecule,  Organism,  Organismal biology,  Organismal ecology,  Organismal relatedness,  Organogenesis,  Origin of replication,  Orthokinesis**,  Orthologous genes,  Osculum,  Osmosis,  Osmotic lysis**,  Osmotic pressure,  Osteichthyans,  Outer membrane**,  Outflow,  Ovary (flower),  Oviparous,  Ovoviparous,  Ovule,  Oxidation,  Oxidation of water,  Oxidizing agent,  Oxidation-reduction reaction,  Oxidative phosphorylation**,  Oxygen,  Oxygen requirements,  Oxygen revolution,  Oxygenic, 

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PPP

P generation,  P site,  Paedomorphosis,  Paleontology,  Paleozoic,  Pandemic**,  Pangaea,  Panmixis**,  Parabasalids,  Paracrine signaling,  Parallel,  Paralogous genes,  Paralytic shellfish poisoning**,  Parapatric**,  Parapatric speciation,  Paraphyletic,  Parasite**,  Parasite load,  Parasite shedding,  Parasitic,  Parasitism**,  Parasitology**,  Parazoan**,  Parent,  Parent cell,  Parental cell,  Parental investment,  Parental type,  Parenteral,  Parenteral route**,  Parfocal,  Parthenogenesis,  Partial charge,  Partial dominance,  Pascalization**,  Passage,  Passive diffusion,  Passive immunity,  Passive transport,  Pasteur,  Pasteurella**,  Pasteurella multocida,  Pasteurization**,  Pathogen,  Pathogen-associated molecular patterns**,  Pathogenic**,  Pathogenesis**,  Pathology**,  Patterns of dispersion,  Pedigree analysis,  Penetrance,  Penetration (viral)**,  Penicillins**,  Pentose,  Peptide,  Peptide bond,  Peptidoglycan**,  Per capita rate of increase,  Per os,  Perforin**,  Peripatric speciation,  Peripheral isolates,  Period of convalescence**,  Period of decline**,  Period of illness**,  Periodic selection,  Periodic table of elements**,  Peripheral membrane protein,  Periplasm,  Peritrichous,  Permian mass extinction,  Permissive host,  Peroxygens**,  Petal,  Petri dish**,  pH**,  pH buffer**,  Phage,  Phage type,  Phage typing**,  Phage therapy**,  Phagocyte**,  Phagocytic cell,  Phagocytosis**,  Phagolysosome,  Phagosome,  Phagotrophic,  Phanerozoic,  Pharmacodynamics,  Pharmacokinetics,  Pharmacology,  Pharyngeal clefts,  Pharyngeal slits,  Phenotype**,  Phase contrast microscopy**,  Phenol**,  Phenolics**,  Phenotypic plasticity,  Phenotypic variation,  Pheromones,  Phloem,  Phosphate group,  Phosphodiester linkage,  Phospholipid,  Phosphorus,  Phosphorus cycle,  Photoautotroph,  Photoheterotroph**,  Photon,  Photophosphorylation,  Photosynthesis,  Photosynthesis (overall reaction),  Photosystems,  Photosystem I,  Photosystem II,  Phototaxis**,  Phototroph**,  Phyletic gradualism,  Phylogenetic distance,  Phylogenetic species concept,  Phylogenetic tree,  Phylogeny**,  Phylum**,  Phylum Annelida**,  Phylum Arthropoda,  Phylum Chordata,  Chordates,  Chordate characteristic 1,  Chordate characteristic 2,  Chordate characteristic 3,  Chordate characteristic 4,  Phylum Cnidaria,  Phylum Coniferophyta,  Phylum Echinodermata,  Phylum rotifera,  Phylum Mollusca**,  Phylum Nematoda**,  Phylum Platyhelminthes**,  Phylum Porifera**,  Polychaetes,  Pour plate method,  Physical,  Physiological adaptation,  Physiological ecology,  Physiology,  Physics,  Phyisiology,  P_i**,  Pili (pilus)**,  Pineapple,  Pinocytosis,  Pinocytosis (virus)**,  Placental mammals,  Plague,  Planarians,  Planktonic,  Plant,  Plant pathogen,  Plantae,  Plasmodial slime mold,  Plasmodium**,  Plasmodium (structure),  Plate,  Plate count**,  Plaque (viral)**,  Plaque-forming unit (PFU)**,  Plasma,  Plasma cell**<,  Plasma membrane,  Plasma viral load,  Plasmid**,  Plasmogamy**,  Plasmolysis**,  Plastid,  Plating,  Pleomorphic**,  Pleiotropy,  Ploidy,  Pluralistic species concept,  Plus strand,  Pneumonia,  Pneumonia (atypical),  Pneumonia (typical),  Pneumonic plague,  Point mutation,  Poison,  Polar covalent bond**,  Polar flagella,  Polar group,  Polar solvent,  Polar substance,  Pollen,  Pollen grain,  Pollination,  Polygamous,  Polyhedral virus**,  Polymer,  Polymerase chain reaction**,  Polymicrobial disease,  Polymorphism,  Polynucleic acid,  Polyp,  Polypeptide,  Polypeptide antibiotics**,  Polypeptide sequence,  Polypeptide backbone,  Polyphyletic,  Polyploidy,  Polysaccharide**,  Population,  Population biology**,  Population density,  Population dynamics,  Population ecology,  Population genetics,  Population growth,  Population growth rate,  Population size,  Porin**,  Porous,  Portal of entry**,  Portal of exit**,  Positive chemotaxis,  Positive control,  Positive control of energy metabolism,  Positive control of gene expression,  Positive feedback,  Positive selection,  Post-anal muscular tail,  Post transcriptional,  Post translational,  Post-translational modification,  Posterior,  Postzygotic barrier,  Post-zygotic isolating mechanism,  Potassium,  Potential energy,  Pour plate method,  Precipitation reaction,  Precision,  Predator,  Pre-zygotic isolating mechanism,  Predator-prey interactions,  Predisposing factor**,  Presumptive treatment,  Prevalence**,  Prevention of penetration to target site**,  Prey,  Prezygotic barrier,  Prickly pear,  Primary active transport,  Primary cell line**,  Primary consumers,  Primary electron acceptor,  Primary germ layers,  Primary lymphoid organs**,  Primary infection**,  Primary pathogen,  Primary producers,  Primary production,  Primary productivity,  Primary response**,  Primary stain**,  Primary succession,  Primase,  Primates,  Principle of allocation,  Principles of disease**,  Prion-caused diseases,  Prions,  Prodromal period**,  Producer,  Product,  Production efficiency,  Prophylaxis,  Propionibacterium**,  Progeny**,  Prokaryote**,  Prokaryotic cell,  Prokaryotic species,  Promiscuous,  Promoter**,  Proofreading,  Prophage**,  Prophase,  Prophase I**,  Prometaphase,  Protease,  Protease inhibitor**,  Protein,  Protein activation,  Protein folding,  Protein kinase,  Protein Phosphatase**,  Protein primary structure,  Protein quaternary structure,  Protein secondary structure,  protein secretion,  protein sequence,  protein synthesis,  Protein tertiary structure,  protein trafficking,  Proteobacteria**,  Proteoglycan,  Proteomics**,  Proteus**,  Protist**,  Protocell,  Proton,  Proton motive force,  Proton pump,  Protonema,  Protoplast**,  Protoplast_fusion**,  Protostomes,  Protozoa,  Protozoan-caused diseases,  Provirus**,  Proximate causation,  Pseudoceolom,  Pseudocoelomate,  Pseudogene,  Pseudohyphae**,  Pseudomonad,  Pseudomonas**,  Pseudomonas aeruginosa,  Pseudopodia**,  Pseudoreversion,  Psychrophile**,  Psychrotroph**,  Pterophytes,  Pump,  Punctuated equilibrium,  Punnet square,  Pure culture,  Pure-culture technique,  Purine,  Purple bacteria**,  Purple nonsulfur bacteria**,  Pus**,  Pyramid of productivity,  Pyrimidine,  Pyrophosphate,  Pyruvate,  Pyruvate oxidation, 

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QQQ

Quadrant streak,  Quantitative traits,  Quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats)**,  Question-drive research,  Quinolones**,  Quorum sensing, 

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RRR

R group**,  r selection,  Radial symmetry,  Radiata,  Radioisotope,  Radiolarians,  Radiometric dating,  Radula,  Random dispersion,  Random mating,  Random shotgun sequencing**,  Range,  Rapid efflux**,  Rapid reproduction,  Rate constant,  Rate-limiting step,  Ray-finned fish,  Reaction center,  Reaction rate**,  Reading frame,  Reassortment,  Receptor-mediated endocytosis,  Receptor protein,  Recessive,  Recessive phenotype,  Recipient cell**,  Reciprocal Translocation,  Recognition sequence,  Recombinant,  Recombinant DNA technology**,  Recombinant organism,  Recombinant vaccine**,  Recombination,  Red algae,  Redox,  Reduced carbon,  Reduced hybrid fertility,  Reduced hybrid viability,  Reducing agent,  Reducing media**,  Reduced organic compound**,  Reduction,  Reductionism,  Redundancy of the genetic code,  Regulatory gene,  Regulatory protein,  Regulatory sequence,  Related,  Relative,  Relative dating,  Relative fitness,  Release (viral)**,  Replication,  Replication fork,  Reactant,  Reduction division,  Refractive index**,  Refrigeration,  Reinforcement,  Replica plating**,  Repressible (gene or operon),  Repression**,  Repressor**,  Reproduction,  Reproductive barriers,  Reproductive episode,  Reproductive investment,  Reproductive isolating mechanism,  Reproductive isolation,  Reproductive maturity,  Reproductive number,  Reproductive rates,  Reproductive success,  Reproductive table,  Reptile,  Reservoir of infection**,  Resistance,  Resistance plasmid,  Resolution,  Resource,  Resource partitioning,  Restoration ecology,  Restriction digest,  Restriction endonuclease,  Restriction endonuclease recognition sequence,  Restriction enzyme**,  Restriction fragment,  Restriction site,  Reticuloendothelial system,  Retrovirus**,  Reverse genetics**,  Reverse reaction**,  Reversible reaction**,  Reverse transcriptase**,  Reversible binding,  Reversible reaction,  Reversion (mutation),  RFLP**,  Rheumatic fever**,  Rhizaria,  Rhizobia**,  Ribose,  Ribosomal RNA,  Ribosomal RNA sequencing,  Ribosome,  Ribotyping,  Ribozyme,  Rickettsia**,  Rickettsia rickettsii,  Rickettsia prowazekii,  Rich media,  Rifampin**,  Ring form,  Ring species,  RNA,  RNA polymerase**,  RNA priming,  RNA sequence,  RNA virus,  Rocky Mountain spotted fever,  Rod (morphology),  Rooted,  Roots,  Rough endoplasmic reticulum,  Roundworms,  rRNA**, 

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SSS

S phase,  Saccharomyces**,  Saccharomyces cerevisiae,  Safranin,  Saliva**,  Salmonella**,  Salt**,  Salt Bridge**,  Saltwater,  Sanitization**,  Saprophyte**,  Saturated fatty acid,  Sarcina (morphology)**,  Saturation**,  Scanning electron microscopy**,  Scarlet fever**,  Science,  Scientific method,  Scientific notation,  Schistosomiasis,  Scyphozoan,  Sebum**,  Second law of thermodynamics,  Second messenger,  Secondary active transport,  Secondary consumers,  Secondary endosymbiosis,  Secondary infection**,  Secondary lymphoid organs,  Secondary response**,  Secondary production,  Secondary productivity,  Secondary structure,  Secondary succession,  Secreted protein,  Seed,  Seed-bearing plants,  Seedless vascular plants,  Segmented worms,  Segregation of alleles,  Segregation of transcription and translation,  Selection**,  Selection for reproductive isolation,  Selective agent,  Selective media,  Selective permeability,  Selective sweep**,  Selective toxicity,  Self,  Self tolerance,  Semelparity,  Semi-solid media,  Semiconservative replication,  Semipermeable membrane,  Semisynthetic,  Sense codon**,  Sense (+) strand**,  Sensitive period,  Sepal,  Sepsis (general term)**,  Sepsis (within the body)**,  Sensitivity**,  Septate hyphae**,  Septic shock**,  Septicemia**,  Septum (cytoplasmic)**,  Sequence**,  Sequence divergence,  Sequencing,  Serial,  Serial dilution,  Serial endosymbiosis,  Serial passage,  Serial transfer,  Seroconversion**,  Serological_tests,  Serology**,  Serovar (Serotype)**,  Serratia**,  Serratia marcescens,  Serum,  Sessile,  Sex,  Sex chromosome,  Sex linkage,  Sex-linked recessive,  Sex pili,  Sexual dimorphism,  Sexual organism,  Sexual phase,  Sexual reproduction,  Sexual selection,  Sexual spore**,  Sexual transmission,  Sexually transmitted diseases**,  Shedding,  Shared ancestral character,  Shared character,  Shared derived character,  Shigella**,  Shock,  Shuttle vector**,  Side effects,  Siderophore,  Sigillaria,  Sign stimulus,  Signal,  Signal induction,  Signal reception,  Signal sequence,  Signal transduction,  Signal transduction pathway,  Signs**,  Silent mutation,  Simple diffusion,  Simple stain**,  Single bond**,  Single celled,  Single-strand binding protein,  Single stranded,  Syphilis**,  Sister chromatid,  Sister chromatid pair,  Sister taxa,  Site-directed mutagenesis**,  Skin**,  Slide agglutination test**,  Slime layer**,  Small-subunit ribosomal RNA,  Smear**,  Smooth endoplasmic reticulum**,  Soap**,  Social learning,  Sodium,  Sodium-potassium pump,  Soft selection,  Soil,  Solid media,  Solubility,  Solubility constant,  Soluble,  Solute,  Solution,  Solvent**,  Soma,  Soredia,  sori,  Southern blotting**,  sp.,  Spliceosome,  Spatial heterogeneity,  Spatial structure,  Specialist,  Specialization,  Specialized transduction**,  Speciation,  Species,  Species concepts,  Species diversity,  Species extinction,  Species formation,  Species selection,  Specific epithet**,  Specific immunity,  Specificity**,  Specificity (immunological)**,  Specimen,  Spectrum of activity,  Sperm,  Spermatozoa,  Spheroplast**,  Spike (viral)**,  Spindle fibers**,  Spirilla (morphology)**,  Spirochete**,  Spirostomum,  Sponges,  spongocoel,  Spontaneous,  Spontaneous generation**,  Spontaneous mutation**,  Spontaneous process,  Sporadic**,  Sporangia,  Spore,  Sporicide,  Sporophyte,  Sporopollenin,  Sporulation**,  Spot inoculation**,  spp.,  Spread plate method,  Stability,  Stabilizing frequency-dependent selection,  Stabilizing selection**,  Stage,  Staining**,  Stamen,  Standard bacterial growth curve**,  Standing crop biomass,  Staphylococcal enerotoxin,  Staphylococcus**,  Staphylococcus aureus,  Staphylococcus (morphology)**,  Starch,  Starch branching,  Starfruit,  Start codon,  Static analysis,  Static equilibrium**,  Static microcosm,  Stationary phase**,  Steady state,  Stentor,  Sterilant**,  Sterile**,  Sterilization,  Sticky ends**,  Stigma (flower),  Stipe,  Stochastic,  Stock culture,  Stoichiometry,  stomata,  Stop codon**,  Strain**,  Stramenopiles,  Strand,  Strand complementarity,  Strata,  Strawberries,  Streak,  Streak plate method,  Streptobacilli,  Streptococcus**,  Streptomyces**,  Streptococcus (morphology)**,  Steroid,  Strict anaerobe,  Stroma,  Stromatolite,  Structural gene,  Structural isomer,  Style (flower),  Subacute disease**,  Subclinical (inapparent) infection**,  Subcloning,  Subcutaneous mycoses**,  Subspecies,  Subunit,  Subunit vaccine**,  Subphylum Hexopoda,  Subphylum Vertebrata,  Substitution,  Substrate,  Substrate-level phosphorylation**,  Sucrose**,  Sugar,  Sulfanilamides (sulfa drugs)**,  Sulfhydryl group,  Sulfur,  Superantigen,  Superficial mycoses**,  Superinfection**,  Surface-to-volume ratio,  Surfactant**,  Survival,  Survivorship curve,  Susceptibility,  Suspension feeder,  Swim bladder,  Symbiont,  Symbiosis,  Sympatric,  Sympatric speciation,  Symptoms**,  Synapsis**,  Syndrome**,  Synergy,  Syngamy,  Synonymous substitution,  Synthetic drug**,  Synteny,  Synthesis,  Synthesis (chemical),  Synthesis reaction,  Synthetic DNA,  Systematics**,  Systemic (generalized) infection**,  Systemic mycoses**, 

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TTT

T cell**,  T-cell receptor**,  T cytotoxic cells,  T-dependent antigen**,  T helper cell**,  T-independent antigen**,  T regulatory cell**,  Tagma,  Tapeworm**,  Taxa (Taxon)**,  Taxis**,  Taxonomic category,  Taxonomic classification,  Taxonomic level,  Taxonomic unit,  Taxonomy,  Teat,  Telomerase,  Telomere,  Telophase,  Temperate (virology),  Template,  Template strand,  Temporal isolation,  Termination (molecular genetics),  Terminator**,  Terrestrial,  Terrestrial biomes,  Territoriality,  Territory,  Tertiary consumers,  Tertiary structure,  Test cross,  Tests,  Tetanospasmin,  Tetanus,  Tetanus toxin,  Tetracyclines**,  Tetrad**,  Tetrad (chromosomal),  Tetrapod,  Thallus,  Therapeutic agent,  Therapeutic index,  Therapeutic window,  Thermal death point (TDP)**,  Thermal death time (TDT),  Thermoduric**,  Thermodynanmics,  Thermophile**,  Theropods,  Thigmokinisis,  Thrush,  Thymus,  Thyroid gland,  Ti plasmid**,  Tight junction,  Tincture**,  Tissue,  Tissue culture**,  Toll-like receptors**,  Top-down control,  Total magnification**,  Toxemia**,  Toxic,  Toxicity,  Toxigenicity**,  Toxin,  Toxin (bacterial)**,  Toxoid**,  Thylakoid,  Thymic selection,  Thymine,  Trace elements,  Trachoma,  Tracheids,  Tradeoffs**,  Trait,  Trans face (of Golgi apparatus),  Transcription,  Transcription factor,  Transcription initiation,  Transcriptional regulation**,  Transduction**,  Transfer RNA,  Transformation (biotechnology)**,  Transformation (genetic)**,  Transient microbiota**,  Transition state,  Translation,  Translation initiation,  Translation elongation,  Translation termination,  Translocation (chromosomal),  Transmembrane protein,  Transmissible agent,  Transmission,  Transmission electron microscopy**,  Transmission of disease**,  Transpiration,  Transport media,  Transport protein,  Transport vesicle,  Transposon**,  Treatment,  Tree,  Tree (phylogenetic),  Trematode**,  Treponema**,  Trichomonas**,  Trichomonas vaginalis,  Triglyceride,  Triose,  Triple bond**,  Triplet code,  Triploblastic,  Triploid,  Trisomy,  tRNA**,  Trophic efficiency,  Trophic interactions,  Trophic levels,  Trophic structure,  Trp operon**,  True breeding,  True multicellularity,  Tube feet,  Tuberculosis,  Tubulin**,  Tunicates,  Turbidity**,  Turgidity,  Turner syndrome,  Turnover rate**,  Turnover time,  Twitching motility**,  Type I hypersensitivity,  Type II hypersensitivity,  Type III hypersensitivity,  Type IV hypersensitivity,  Typhoid fever**,  Typical pneumonia**,  Tyrosine kinase receptor, 

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UUU

Ultimate causation**,  Ultra-high-temperature short-time (HTST) Pasteurization**,  Uncoating (virus)**,  Unicellular,  Uniform dispersion,  Uniformitarianism,  Unit of selection,  Universal tree,  Unsaturated fatty acid,  Up a concentration gradient,  Upregulation,  Upstream sequence,  Uptake (virus),  Uracil,  Urinary tract infections**,  Urine**,  Use-dilution test**,  UV light, 

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VVV

Vaccination,  Vaccine**,  Vacuole,  Vaginal secretions**,  Vaginitis,  Valence**,  Valence electrons,  Van der Waals interactions,  Vancomycin**,  Vascular plants,  Vascular tissue,  Vasodilation**,  Vector (biotechnology)**,  Vector (of disease)**,  Vectors (of parasites)**,  Variation,  Vegetative cell,  Vegetative growth,  Vehicle transmission**,  Ventral,  Vertebrates,  Vertical gene transfer**,  Vertical inheritance,  Vertical transmission,  Vesicle,  Vestigial structure,  Viable,  Vibrio**,  Vibrio cholerae,  Vibrio enterotoxin,  Vibrio (morphology)**,  Viral assembly,  Viral hemagglutination,  Viral hemagglutination inhibition test,  Viral maturation,  Viral species**,  Viral synthesis,  Viremia**,  Viriome,  Virion**,  Viroid**,  Virulence factor,  Viroid,  Virology**,  Virulence,  Virulence evolution,  Virus,  Virus-caused diseases,  Virus death,  Virus genomes,  Virus infection,  Virus particle,  Visceral mass,  Vitamin,  Viviparous,  Volvox,  Vomiting**,  VRE**, 

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WWW

Walking pneumonia**,  Wall population,  Waste heat,  Water,  Water cycle,  Water vascular system,  Weak bonds,  Weed,  Western blot**,  What is a gene?,  Whole blood,  Whooping cough**,  Wild type,  With a concentration gradient,  Wobble,  Worm,  Wound, 

XXX

X chromosome**,  Xylem,  YYY

Yeast,  Yeast infection**,  Yersinia**,  Yersinia pestis,  Yield, 

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ZZZ

Z scheme,  Zero population growth,  Zetaproteobacteria,  Zone of inhibition**,  Zoonoses**,  Zoonotic,  Zoospore,  Zygomycetes,  Zygosporangium,  Zygote, 

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Terms to be loaded from draft microbiology lab manual: 

α-Hemolysis,  Acetoin,  Acetone alcohol,  Acid (litmus milk),  Acid clot,  Acid-fast staining,  Aerobic,  Aerotolerant anaerobe,  Agar deep stabs,  Agar overlay,  Agar shakes,  Alkaline (litmus milk),  Ammonia (NH₃),  Ammonium ion (NH₄⁺),  Amylase,  Amylose,  Anaerobic respiration,  Aseptic transfer,  β-galactosidase,  β-Hemolysis,  Bacillus,  Bacteriophage,  Basic fuchsin,  Beef extract,  Bile salts,  Blood agar,  Bottom agar,  Bromothymol blue,  Capsule staining,  Carbon source,  Casease,  Catalase,  Catalase test,  Centrifugation,  Chemoheterotroph,  Chemotherapeutic;  Citrate,  Citrate test,  Citrate translocase,  Coagulase,  Coccobacilli,  Coccus (cocci),  Colony-forming unit (CFU),  Crystal violet,  Cysteine,  Cytotoxicity,  Decant,  Decolorizing,  Denitrification,  Destaining,  Differential media,  Dilution,  Dipotassium phosphate,  Direct count,  Disinfectant,  Durham tube,  Efficiency of plating (EOP),  Endo agar,  Endoflagella,  Endospore,  Endospore staining,  Eosin,  Eosin agar,  Exoenzyme,  Facultative anaerobe,  Free radicals,  γ-Hemolysis,  Gelatin,  Gelatinase,  Gelatinase test,  Gram staining,  Gram's iodine,  Hard agar,  Hay infusion,  Hemolysin,  Hemolysis,  Hydrogen peroxide,  Hydrogen sulfide,  Indicator bacteria,  Indole,  Iodine test,  Lac operon,  Lactose,  Lactose fermentation,  Liquefaction,  Litmus,  Litmus milk,  Litmus reduction,  Mannitol,  Mannitol salt agar,  McConkey agar,  Metabolic byproduct,  Methyl red,  Methylene blue,  Microaerophile,  Mixed-acid fermentation,  Molecular biology,  Molecular oxygen (O₂),  Mordant,  Morphology (cellular),  Motility Motility test,  MRVP,  Negative stain Neutral red,  Nigrosin,  Nitrate ion (NO₃^2-),  Nitrate reduction test,  Nitrification,  Nitrite ion (NO₂^2-),  Nitrogen fixing,  Nitrogen source,  Nitrogen gas (N₂),  Nitrogenous waste,  Nutrient agar (NA),  Obligate aerobe,  ONPG test,  Operon,  Ortho-nitrophenyl-β-galactoside (ONPG),  Oxidase test,  Oxidation-fermentation test,  Oxidative phosphorylation,  Oxidizing agent,  Oxygen,  Pancreatic digest of casein,  Pancreatic digest of gelatin,  Pellet,  Peptic digest of animal tissue,  Peptone (2 places),  Peptonization,  pH indicator,  Phase-contrast microscopy,  Phenol red broth,  Phenylethyl alcohol,  Phenylethyl alcohol agar,  Pipette,  Pipette helper,  Plaque,  Plaque assay,  Plaque-forming unit,  Plasma,  Pleomorphic,  Prepared slides,  Primary stain,  Quadrant streak,  Refractive index,  Rennet curd,  Reversion,  Selective media,  Selective toxicity,  Serial dilution,  Serum,  SIM media,  Sodium chloride,  Sodium sulfite,  Soft agar,  Soft-agar overlay,  Solidification (litmus milk),  Spatial structure,  Spirillum,  Spirochete,  Sporulation,  Spread plating,  Stab-streak technique,  Starch agar,  Starch hydrolysis,  Streptolysin,  Strict anaerobic,  Sucrose,  Supernatent,  Superoxide,  Suspension,  Symbiont,  Tetrad,  Thiosulfate (S₂O₃^2-),  Top agar,  Total count,  Tropism,  Tryptose,  Turbidity,  Triphenyltetrazolium (TTC),  Triple sugar iron agar,  Urea,  Urease,  Use-dilution test,  Vegetative cell,  Viable count,  Vibrio,  Zone of inhibition, 

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See also Bacteriophage terms.

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