BIOLOGY KEY WORDS- variety of living organisms

an organelle found in plant cells and some protoctist cells that can capture energy from light for use in phototsynthesis

a single thread of fungal mycelium (plural hyphae)

a mass of pyphae that form the body of a fungus

an organism that causes disease in another living organism. pathogens occur in fungi, bacteria, protoctists and viruses

a small circle of genetic material found in some bacteria in addition to the circular chromosome

the digestion of dead food material outside the body, as in fungi