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A comprehensive overview of the key concepts and details related to bacterial cell structure and function. It covers topics such as the different types of flagella, fimbriae, pili, glycocalyx, cell envelope, cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, chromosome, plasmids, ribosomes, and various bacterial shapes and arrangements. The document also discusses the characteristics of prokaryotic cells, the differences between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and the functions of various cellular components. This information would be highly valuable for students studying microbiology, biology, or related fields, as it provides a solid foundation for understanding the fundamental aspects of bacterial cell biology.
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what does the flagella do - CORRECT ANSWERS functions in motility of cell through enviroment and rotates 360* monotrichous flagellar - CORRECT ANSWERS single flagellum at one end lophotrichous flagellar - CORRECT ANSWERS small bunches emerging from the same site amphitrichous flagellar - CORRECT ANSWERS flagella at both ends of cell peritrichous flagellar - CORRECT ANSWERS flagella dispersed over surface of cell when flagella goes counterclockwise, what does it result in and called - CORRECT ANSWERS run; smooth linear direction when flagella goes clockwise, what direction does it flow - CORRECT ANSWERS tumbles what are the 2 types of flagellar responses - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. no attractant or repellent
bacterial chromosome or nucleoid function - CORRECT ANSWERS composed of condensed DNA molecules ribosomes function - CORRECT ANSWERS protein synthesis cytoplasm function - CORRECT ANSWERS holds organelles how thick is the peptidoglycan in gram positive bacteria - CORRECT ANSWERS 20 to 80nm what 2 types of acid are included in gram positive bacteria - CORRECT ANSWERS teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid function to - CORRECT ANSWERS cell wall maintenance and enlargement during cell division; stimulate a specific immune response periplasmic space - CORRECT ANSWERS space between the cell membrane and cell wall between the inner/outer membranes and periplasmic space of gram negative bacteria is what - CORRECT ANSWERS a thin peptidoglycan layer the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria contains what - CORRECT ANSWERS lipopolysaccharides (LPS) the lipid portion (Lipid A) (aka endotoxin) may become - CORRECT ANSWERS toxic when released during infections and may function as receptors and blocking immune response
LPS contains - CORRECT ANSWERS porin proteins in upper layer to help regulate molecules entering and leaving the cell gram stain - CORRECT ANSWERS differential stain that distinguishes cells with a gram- positive cell wall from those with a gram negative cell wall Some bacterial groups lack a typical cell wall. These include - CORRECT ANSWERS mycobacterium and nocardia cell membrane - what 3 functions - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. providing site for energy reactions, nutrient processing, and synthesis
chains - CORRECT ANSWERS streptococci cubical packets - CORRECT ANSWERS sarcina diplobacilli - CORRECT ANSWERS a pair chains - CORRECT ANSWERS streptobacilli domain archaea - CORRECT ANSWERS primitive, adapted to extreme habitats and modes of nutrition species - CORRECT ANSWERS a collection of bacterial cells which share an overall similar pattern of traits in contrast to other bacteria whose pattern differs significantly strain or variety - CORRECT ANSWERS a culture derived from a singe parent type - CORRECT ANSWERS a subspecies that can show differences in antigenic makeup (serotype or serovar), susceptibility to bacterial viruses (phage type) and in pathogenicity (pathotype) family staphylococcaceae - CORRECT ANSWERS staphylococcus (members cause boils, skin infections) family streptococcaeae - CORRECT ANSWERS streptococcus (species cause strep throat, dental caries) family bacillaeceae - CORRECT ANSWERS bacillus (anthrax) , clostridium (tetanus. gas gangrene, botulism), clostrioides ( C-diff disease)
family lactobacillaceae - CORRECT ANSWERS lactobacillus, literia (food infection), erysipelothrix (erysipeloid) family streptomycetaceae - CORRECT ANSWERS streptomyces family neisseraceae - CORRECT ANSWERS neisseria (gonorrhea, meningitis) family helicobacteraceae - CORRECT ANSWERS helicobacter (ulcers) family spirochaetaceae - CORRECT ANSWERS treponema (syphilis) family rickettsiaceae - CORRECT ANSWERS rickettsia (rocky mountain spotted fever) family mycoplasmataceae - CORRECT ANSWERS mycoplasma (pneumonia), ureaplsma (urinary infection) archaea - CORRECT ANSWERS live in the most extreme habitatas in nature, extremophiles; adapted to extreme temp, salt, pH, and pressure