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Microbiology Flashcards

1
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A prokaryotic microorganisms that contains DNA only

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Bacteria

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2
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Type of staining method to check presence of DNA

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Positive feulgen reaction

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3
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Site of protein in synthesis in bacteria.

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Polyribosome

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4
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Act as mitochondria in bacteria.

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Mesosome

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5
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It is the site of oxidative phsophorylation

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Cell membrane surface

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6
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Functions as an osmotic permeability barrier which is Aqueous and Hydrophilic

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Cytoplasmic membrane

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7
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It is the stage when they are metabolically active but not reproducing.

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Lag phase

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8
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Stage when there is cell division

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Log or exponential phase

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9
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Log phase lasts for?

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3-24 hours

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10
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Phase of which it is the target of most antibiotics

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Log phase

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11
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Phase when they reached a steady state

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Stationary phas

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12
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Bacteria’s source of energy

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Oxygen

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13
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What is a spore?

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Part of cell wall to survive extreme heat

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14
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Bacteria needed for the quality of dry and moist heat

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Spore-forming bacteria

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15
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Phase when bacteria dies due to nutrient depletion

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Death phase

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16
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Bacterias are (heterotrophs, autotrophs)

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Autotrophs

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17
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What are autotrophs?

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Organisms that produces their own nutrient by oxidation of substances

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18
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After oxygen is used by bacteria, what is used next for their energy??

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CO2 through fermentation

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19
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Uptake of DNA from outside of the cell wall

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Transformation

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20
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Delivering bacterial DNA to the next hose to produce lysogen.

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Transduction

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21
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Process by which plasmid is transferred from an F plus to F minus

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Conjugation

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22
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What is a Plasmid?

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Gene of bacteria where DNA is found

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23
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What is a lysogen?

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One that receives DNA

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24
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The most distinguishing characteristics of bacterial genes include?

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Self-duplication

Mutability

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25
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Bacteria that lives at 45-122 degree celsius

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Thermophile

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26
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Bacteria that live at 25-45 degree celsius

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Mesophile

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27
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Bacteria that live at 15-20 degree celsius

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Psychrophile or cryophile

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28
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Classification of bacteria based on temperature

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Thermophile
Mesophile
Psychrophile

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29
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Microbial growth may be estimated quantitatively by determining?

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Cell nitrogen
Cell dry weight
Culture turbidity
Culture oxygen consumption

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30
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Microorganisms that carry out oxidative phosphorylation to obtain energy.

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Obligate aerobes

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31
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Enzymes for obligate aerobes

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Catalase
Peroxidase
Superoxide dismutase

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32
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Microorganisms that are mainly aerobic, but they have the faculty to carry out anaerobic respiration through fermentation

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Facultative anaerobes

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33
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Enzymes for facultative anaerobes

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Catalase

Superoxide dismutase

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34
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Microorganisms that cannot live with Oxygen

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Obligate anaerobes

35
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Enzyme that differentiate aerobe and anaerobes

36
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Test used todifferentiate aerobic and anaerobic

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Catalase test

37
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Bacteria sensitive to hydrogen peroxide during culturing

38
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Classification of bacteria based on their shapes
Cocci--
Bacilli--
Vibrio--
Spirochete--
Actinomycetes--
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Cocci- spherical or oval
Bacilli- rod
Vibrio- comma
Spirochete-spiral
Actinomycetes-branching filament
39
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Procedudre done to differentiate microorganism based on their cell wall thickness and component

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Staining (Gram staining and Acid-fast stain)

40
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Most common staining procedure

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Gram staining

41
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Procedures of gram staining

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Fixation
Primary stain
Iodine treatment
Decolorizer
Counter stain
42
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Chemical used during primary stain and what is the color of the result?

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Crystal violet - blue microbes

43
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Mordant used in gram staining and what is the result?

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Iodine - violet microbes

44
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Decolorizer used in gram staining and what is the result?

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Acid alcohol
gram positive- violet
gram negative- colorless

45
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Counter stain used in gram staining and what is the result?

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Safranin-
Gram positive- violet
Gram- negative - pink

46
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Staining used for mycobacterium species

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Acid-fast stain

47
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Other name for acid-fast stain

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Ziel-nielsen method

48
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Primary stain used in acid-fast stain and resultant color?

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Carbol-fuschin-red

49
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mordant used in acid-fast stain and resultant color?-

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Carbol-fuschin- red

50
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Decolorizer used in acid-fast stain and resultant color?

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Acid Alcohol - red

51
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Counter stain used in acid-fast stain and resultant color?

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Methylene blue

52
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Gram Bacteria most difficult to stain

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Gram negative

53
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Antibitoics that attacks both aerobic and anaerobic microbes

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Amoxicillin

54
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Final color of mycobacterium in gram staining

55
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Final color of mycobacterium in acid fast stain

56
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Other name for Mycobacterium spp?

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Acid-fast bacillus

57
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Importance of staining

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Proper medication

58
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Gram bacteria more susceptible to dyes?

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Gram positive

59
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Why gram positive more susceptible to dyes?

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Due to magnesium ribonucleate

60
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Cell wall of bacteria is composed of?

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Peptidoglycan or murein

61
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Peptidoglycan or murein in bacteria is made up of?

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Polysaccharide chains of NAG-NAM

62
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Differentiate gram positive and negative based on their cell wall layer

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g. positive = Single but thick

g. negative = Double but thin

63
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Name of space in between the double cell wall of gram negative

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Periplasmic space

64
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Differentiate gram positive and negative based on their Pathogenicity

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g. poitive= EXOtoxin (teichoic acid)

g. negative = ENDOtoxin (lipopolysaccharide)

65
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Differentiate gram positive and negative based on their sensitivity to heat

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g. positive = heat labile

g. negative= heat stable

66
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Enzyme present in gram negative that washes the decolorizer during gram staining

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Beta-lactamase

67
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Beta-lactam antibiotics

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Penicillin

Cyclosphorin

68
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Diagnostic drug

A

Amoxicillin

69
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Antibiotic used to kill gram negative and gram positive

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CoAmoxyclav

70
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Combination of coamoxyclav

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Amoxicillin and clavulanic

71
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Specie with no cell wall

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Mycoplasma

72
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Specie that have a cell membrane made up of cholesterol

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Mycoplasma

73
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Bacteria which have neither a cell wall nor a capsule

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Protoplast

74
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Endotoxin will respond to what type of reaction?

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Shwartzman reaction

75
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Specialized structure of a bacterial cell wall that prevents phagocytic activity made up of polysaccharide

76
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Reaction when the capsule swell with the presence of antigen

A

Positive quelling reaction

77
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Specialized structure of a bacterial cell wall that will allow them to survive in an unfavorabe environment

78
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Specialized structure of a bacterial cell wall that is a hair-like structure for motility which gives bacteria survival advantage in host-parasite interaction

79
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Flagella can be detected by?

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Phase contrast microscope
Electon microscope
Darkfield microscope

80
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Single flagellum that extends from one end

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Monotrichous

81
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Single flagellum on both sides

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Amphitrichous

82
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Group of flagella at one or both sides

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Lophotrichous

83
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Group of flagella all over the cell wall

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Peritrichous

84
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It is the hair-like structure for atrachment onto the tissue surfaces and may serve as a receptor sites for bacterial viruses

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