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Exam 1 - Ch. 11 - Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes Flashcards

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1
Q

Names of typical Prokaryotes morphologies?

A 
coccus
Bacillus
Vibrio
Spirochete
pleomorphic
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Coccus is what shape?

A

Round sphere

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3
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Bacillus is what shape?

A

Rod-shaped

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4
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Vibrio is what shape?

A

Bent rod or comma shaped

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Spirochete is what shape?

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Corkscrew shaped

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Pleomorphic is what shape?

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Many shapes or changes shape.

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All Prokaryotes cells reproduce how?

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asexually

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What are the three main methods of asexual reproduction of Prokaryotes?

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Binary fission
Snapping division
budding

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9
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What is the most common type of asexual reproduction in prokaryotic cells?

A

Binary fission

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10
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What type of gene transfer is binary fission?

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Vertical gene transfer

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What happens in binary fission?

A

Cell replicates. There are two daughter cells and no parent cell.

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What is snapping division?

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A variation of binary fission but they stay connected at a single point like a hinge.

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What happens in budding?

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Cell elongated and new nucleotide moves into bud. There is one parent cell and one daughter cell.

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What are the names of the different arrangements of cocci? (5)

A 
diplococci
streptococci
tetrads
Sarcinae 
staphylococci
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What is diplococci?

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Two cocci together

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What is streptococci?

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A string of cocci

17
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What is a tetrads?

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Four cocci together

18
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What is a sarcinae?

A

A cube of 8 cocci

19
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What is staphylococci?

A

A cluster of cocci.

20
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What are the arrangements of Bacilli? (5)

A 
Single bacillus
diplobacilli
streptobacilli
Palisade
V-shaped
21
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What is streptobacilli?

A

A string of bacilli

22
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What is a palisade?

A

A zigzag shape

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