Chapter 20 Part Two Flashcards
What are the two domains?
Bacteria and Archae
What kingdom goes with Domain Bactera?
Kingdom Eubacteria
What kingdom goes with Domain Archae?
Kingdom Archaebacteria
What is a similarity between both kingdoms/domains?
They both have cell walls.
What is the main difference between Kingdoms Eubacteria and Archabacteria and between Domains Bacteria and Archae?
Bacteria´s cell walls are surrounded by peptidoglycan and Archae´s cell walls are not.
What structure is rod shaped and like a tic tac?
Bacilli/Bacillus
What structure is spherical and like a beachball?
Cocci
What structure is spiral and like a wave?
Spirilla/Spirillus
Which type of nutritional energy can function with or without oxygen (in ANY environment)?
Facultative Anaerobe
Thick internal walls that enclose the DNA making it able to survive under harsh conditions?
Endospores
exchange of genetic information across a bridge
conjugation
decomposing of dead organisms supplies raw materials and is used in industrial sewage treatment
decomposers
converters of nitrogen into useful forms and gives plants the nutrients to grow
nitrogen fixation
can cause diseases by destroying living toxins or by releasing toxins that upset homeostasis
baterial diseases
what in bacterial diseases actually cause the diseases (they produce toxins)
pathogen