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| microbes are transferred from person to person |
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| caused by microorganisms that are not transferred from person to person |
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| microscopic, unicellular creatures |
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| unable to make their own food |
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| process by which bacteria reproduce |
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| the external life support capsule of bacteria |
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| bacteria that live where air is present |
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| bacteria that live in the absence of oxygen |
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| scientist that developed the idea of the germ |
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| causes infectious diseases |
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| guidelines for determining if a particular bacterium is the cause of a specific disease |
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| a molecule of genetic material enclosed in a geometric protein structure |
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| a person who displays no symptoms of a disease but harbors the pathogens in thier body and can spread them |
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| the period of development pathogens require before their presence produces signs or symptoms |
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