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Lab Exam 1
lab 4- bacteriology
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/02/2011

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what are the three domains?
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bacteria, archaea, and eukarya
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prokaryotes
Definition
single celled organisms that lack nuclear membranes
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peptidoglycan
Definition
a complex protein-carbohydrate polymer found in the cell wall of organisms in the domain Bacteria
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plasmids
Definition
smaller rings of DNA within bacteria
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binary fission
Definition
when the cell duplicates and divides into two cells
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bacillus
Definition
rod shaped
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coccus
Definition
spherical
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spirilla
Definition
spiral shaped
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bacterial colony
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grows from a single bacterium and is composed of millions of cells
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fungal colonies
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grows like bacterial colonies but can contaminate the bacterial plates.
distinction= fuzzy appearance
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hyphae
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the body of a fungus is a mass of filaments
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mycelium
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the network in which hyphae are found
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staphylococcus epidermidis
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streptococcus pneumoniae
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bacillus anthracis
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escherichia coli
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clostridium tetani (with spores)
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clostridium botulinum with spores
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vibrio cholerae
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treponemapallidum
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streptococcus mutans
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Definition
lactobacillus acidophilus
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