Comment Flashcards
Lipid bilayer
Bacterial Cell membrane
Lipid monolayer
Archaeal Cell membrane
Found in diphtheria bacilli
Metachromatic granules
Helps cells float
Gas vesicles
Helps locate preferred
Magnetosome habitat
Functionally similar to eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins
Cytoskeleton
Found primarily in gram-negative bacteria
Pili
Present in many rods and spirilla; few cocci; vary in number and placement
Flagella
Capsule and slime layer
Contributes to disease development
Found in plaque bacteria and biofilms
Glycocalyx
Site of activity of penicillin and lysozyme
Gram-negative bacteria release endotoxins
Bacterial Cell wall
S-layer
Archaeal Cell wall
Exists as single, closed loop chromosome
Nucleoid
R plasmids
Plasmids
Inhibited by certain antibiotics
Ribosomes
Enzymes are enclosed in a protein shell
Microcompartments