Lecture 3 Flashcards
What is the Flagella distribution pattern with one flagellum
Monotrichous
What is the Flagella distribution pattern with the flagellum at the end of the cell
Polar Flagellum
What is the Flagella distribution pattern with One flagellum at each end of the cell
Amphitrichous
What is the Flagella distribution pattern with clusters of flagella
Lophotricous
What do sex pili conjunction do?
genetic information exchanged inform of plasmid
What is the Flagella distribution pattern with flagella spread over the entire surface.
Peritrichous
Look at the anatomy of a Bacterial Flagella
Look at the anatomy of a Bacterial Flagella
What does CCW rotation of a flagella do?
Causes forward run
What does CW rotation of the flagella do?
Causes a stop and tumble
Describe Chemotaxis
Sensory system that enables microbes to move toward or away from specific chemicals
Features of the Archaea
- Prokaryotic
- Asexual Reproduction
- Terrestrial and aquatic
- Circular, dsDNA chromosomes and plasmids
- Gram + or -, diverse shapes (coccus and bacillus common)
- Sizes similar to bacteria