bacteria and yeast Flashcards
1
Q
What happens when bacteria is cultured on an agar plate?
A
Many millions of bacteria are grown, and this enables a person to be able to see the bacterial colony with their naked eye
2
Q
What is the structure of a bacterial cell?
A
It is made up of cytoplasm surrounded by a membrane and a cell wall
3
Q
What is inside a bacterial cell?
A
The genetic material, which are not contained in a nucleus like they are in animal, plant, and algal cells
4
Q
Where is the long strand of DNA (the bacterial chromosome) found in a bacterial cell?
A
The usually circular strand is found free in the cytoplasm
5
Q
What are bacteria cells?
A
They are single celled living organisms that are much smaller than animal or plant cells, and most are less than 1µm in length
