KINGDOM MONERA Flashcards
Which is the most abundant micro-organisms?
Bacteria
How many bacteria are present in a handful of soil?
100
What kind of structure and behaviour does bacteria have?
Simple structure and complex behaviour
What kind of diversity does bacteria have ?
Extensive metabolic diversity
Which bacteria lives in most harsh habitats ?
Archaebacteria
Which feature is responsible for archaerbacteria to survive in extreme conditions?
Cell wall structure
What is the characteristic feature of eubacteria ?
Rigid cell wall
Which pigment cynobacteria have ?
Chlorophyll a similar to green plants
What is the speciality of colonies of cynobacteria ?
Surrounded by gelatinous sheath
Nitrogen fixing specialised cells in cybobacteria are called ?
Heterocyts
Nostac and anabaena are ____.?
Cynobacteria
Which are the inorganic substances that can be oxidise by chemosynthetic autotropes
Nitrates
Nitrites
Ammonia
Which are the nutrients recycled by chemosynthetic autotropes
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Iron
Sulphur
Diseases caused by heterotrophic bacteria
Cholera
Typhoid
Tetanus
Citrus canker
Which organism completely lacks a cell wall?
Mycoplasma
Which is the smallest living cell know that can survive without oxygen ?
Mycoplasma
