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-membrane enclosed nucleus, organelles, DNA
-DNA arrangement linear
-no peptidoglycan
-mitosis
-meiosis
-no binary fission |
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-no membrane enclosed nucleus, organelles, DNA
-DNA circular
-peptidoglycan present in bacterial cell walls
-no mitosis
-no meiosis
-binary fusion |
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| three basic bacterial shapes |
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-cocci > spherical
-Bacilli > rod-shaped
-Spirilla > spiral-shaped |
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-diplococci > cocci in pairs
-streptococci > cocci in chains
-Sarcinae > cocci in clusters |
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-diplobacilli > bacilli in pairs
-streptobacilli > bacilli in chains
-coccobacilli > bacilli that are almost spherical |
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-Vibrioids > less than one complete turn
-helical bacteria > at least one complete turn
-spirochetes > spirilla that look like wire curls |
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-outer coating
-either distinct as capsule or diffuse as slime layer
-protects
-adhesion to surfaces |
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-whiplike appendage mostly serving locomotion
-monotrichous > 1 flagella
-amphitrochous > flagella at both ends
-lophotrichous > flagellum at one pole
-peritrichous > entire surface |
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| major flagellar components |
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-filament: structure projecting out of bacterium
-hook: connects basal body w/ filaments
-basal body: anchors the hook, penetrates both cell wall and cell membrane |
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-fibers arising at one end of the bacterium and spiraling around it
-locomotion |
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-hair-like appendages
-attachment to surfaces
-attachment to other bacteria |
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phospholipid bilayer
selectively permeable |
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liquid within plasma membrane
contains DNA, ribosomes, inclusions, and organic molecules |
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| bacterial storage deposits |
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-resting structures formed by some bacteria
-triggered by adverse nutritional conditions
-cannot survive in a pH lower than 4.5 |
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| process of forming endospores |
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| process of returning to the vegetative state |
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