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15.

Thucydides is known as the father of _______________.

16.

Researchers think that Ötzi the Iceman may have been infected with _____ disease.

17.

The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _______________.

18.

In binomial nomenclature, an organism’s scientific name includes its ________ and __________.

19.

Haeckel proposed adding the kingdoms ________ and ________ to his phylogenetic tree.

20.

__________ are organisms without membrane-bound nuclei.

21.

______ are microorganisms that are not included in phylogenetic trees because they are acellular.

22.

A ________ is a disease-causing microorganism.

23.

Multicellular parasitic worms studied by microbiologists are called ___________.

24.

The study of viruses is ___________.

25.

The cells of prokaryotic organisms lack a _______.

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