| photoautotroph | | two |
| chemoautotroph | | organisms that do not like oxygen |
| bacteria | | whipelike structure used for movement |
| locomotion | | an organism that must eat food for energy |
| chemoheterotroph | | bacteria that live in extreem environments |
| bacilli | | process of converting nitrogen (or another gas) into a form that plants can use |
| digestion | | a form of sexual reproduction where a tube forms between two bacteria cells |
| conjugation | | organisms that require oxygen |
| photoheterotroph | | single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus |
| endospore | | term often used to describe prokaryotes |
| Rhizobium | | "function" = do not care |
| cocci | | an organism that performs chemosynthesis for food |
| heterotroph | | when the bacteria form a thick cell wall around itself to "hybernate" |
| flagella | | an organism that performs photosynthesis, but must also eat |
| facultative | | the only type of bacteria that soybeans and other legumes host to help with nitrogen fixation |
| decomposers | | the organisms that break down substances in the environment |
| anaerobes | | an organism that eats chemicals for energy |
| Archaebacteria | | a human use of bacteria |
| autotroph | | movement |
| obligate | | an organism that can create its own food |
| prokaryote | | rod shape |
| fixation | | most common form of bacteria |
| Eubacteria | | spiral shape |
| bianary | | required |
| aerobes | | spherical shape |
| spirilla | | an organism that can perform photosynthesis for food |