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agar
anaerobic
antibiotic
autotroph
bacterium (pl. bacteria)
canker
endospore
fastidious
gall
Gram stain
heterotroph
micron
ooze
pathovar
phytoplasma
plasmid
prokaryote
saprophyte
spiroplasma
vector