Final Exam Study Guide Flashcards
A relationship in which both members benefit is called
Mutualism
Asexual reproduction in ascomycetes takes place by means of
Budding or Conidia
Alexander Fleming kept finding mold contamination that was killing his bacterial cultures. This observation eventually lead to the development of the antibiotic penicillin. Why would a fungus produce a compound that is selectively toxic to bacteria
To eliminate competition for resources by inhibiting or killing bacteria
The prokaryotic DNA is located in the
Nucleoid
If the label on a slide reads Gram-positive bacillus, what would a students expect to see?
Rod-shaped bacteria with a thick peptidoglycan cell wall that retains the violent staint