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Chapter 27
Bacteria and Algae
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/01/2008

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smallest, spherical, parasite, chlamydia
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Chlamyiales

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cell wall purple when stained, heterotrophs; tuberculosis and leprosy
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High GC gram positives

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small, corkscrew, fermentation, syphillis, lyme disease

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spirochaeles

 

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 very abundant; solitary and colonial; photosynthsis; cause drinkin water to smell bad
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cyanobacteria

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rod shaped or spherical; can fix nitrogen; some perform oxygenic photosynthesis; cause anthrax; gangrene; strep throat

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Low GC gram positives

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 rods, spheres; spirals; can make a living in any kind of way EXCEPT non-oxygenic photosynthsis; cause food poisoning
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protobacteria

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 oldest; filamentous; discs; cellular respiration; extreme hot environmens and high pressures; cold or acidic; deep oceans
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cnenarchaeta

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 spherical; filamentous; disc shaped; lack cell wall; cellular respiration; live in waste rock by mines; produce acids
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euryarchaeota

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