Microbiology Flashcards
What are Bacteria classified as?
Prokaryotes
Where is the DNA found within a Bacteria cell?
Within the Cytoplasm
What are Plasmids?
Circular pieces of DNA found with Bacteria
What is the Cell wall of a bacteria made of?
Peptidoglycan
What is the name of a Rod-Shaped Bacteria?
Bacillus
What is a spiral or helical shaped bacteria called?
Spirochete
What is a spherical shaped bacteria called?
Cocci
What is the name given to a pair of spherical bacteria that stay attached after cell division?
Diplococci
What is the name given to a chain of spherical bacteria?
Streptococci
What is the name given to a cluster of spherical bacteria that stay attached after cell division?
Staphlococcus
How to bacteria replicate?
Binary Fission & Conjugation
What colour will Gram-positive bacteria appear under a microscope after gram staining?
Purple
What colour will Gram-negative bacteria appear under a microscope after gram staining?
Pink
What is a curved Bacilli cell known as?
Vibrios
What are the smallest type of bacteria?
Chlamydia, Rickettsia & Mycoplasma
Which bacteria Cell dose not have a cell wall?
Mycoplasma
Which type of bacteria are particularly susceptible to antibiotics that target the cell wall?
Gram-Positive
What dose Prokaryotic mean?
Cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus
What is a Protozoa
A Single Celled eukaryote
How to protozoa move?
Using Cilia, Flagella or Amoeboid movement
What is a caspid?
A protein coat
What is a nucleocapsid
A protein coat surrounding Nucleic acid in a virus
What is a prion?
Distorted (missfolded) versions of proteins
What is a virus elvelope?
Additional structure around the virus often formed of the hosts cell membrane
