Bacterial Cytology

Question 1

DORMANT STRUCTURES FORMED UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS

Answer 1

ENDOSPORES

Question 2

SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE BARRIER THAT CONTROLS THE MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES IN AND OUT OF THE CELL

Answer 2

CELL MEMBRANE

Question 3

PROVIDES STRUCTURAL SUPPORT AND PROTECTION AGAINST OSMOTIC PRESSURE. IT’S MADE OF PEPTIDOGLYCAN

Answer 3

CELL WALL

Question 4

IT CONTAINS LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (LPS), WHICH CAN ACT AS AN ENDOTOXIN (lipid A)

Answer 4

GRAM NEGATIVE OUTER MEMBRANE

Question 5

A STICKY OUTER LAYER MADE OF POLYSACCHARIDES OR PROTEINS. IT PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST DESICCATION (DRYING OUT) AND PHAGOCYTOSIS
(ENGULFMENT BY IMMUNE CELLS)

Answer 5

CAPSULE

Question 6

THE REGION WHERE THE BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME (A CIRCULAR DNA MOLECULE IS LOCATED IT’S NOT ENCLOSED BY A MEMBRANE , Occurs in CYTOPLASM

Answer 6

NUCLEOID

Question 7

LONG, WHIP-LIKE STRUCTURES USED FOR MOTILITY (MOVEMENT).

Answer 7

FLAGELLA

Question 8

STORAGE SITES FOR VARIOUS SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS GLYCOGEN (FOR ENERGY STORAGE), POLYPHOSPHATE (FOR PHOSPHATE STORAGE), OR SULFUR

Answer 8

INCLUSIONS

Question 9

SHORT, HAIR-LIKE APPENDAGES USED FOR ATTACHMENT TO SURFACES OR OTHER CELLS

Answer 9

FIMBRIAE / PILI
e.g. S.pyogenes

Question 10

SITES OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. THEY ARE COMPOSED OF RNA AND PROTEINS

Answer 10

RIBOSOMES

Question 11

SITES OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. THEY ARE COMPOSED OF RNA AND PROTEINS

Answer 11

RIBOSOMES