Prokaryotes Flashcards

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Prokaryotes

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single celled organisms
single stranded circular chromosome
lacks nucleus
lacks membrane bounded organelles
genome is NUCLEOID
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FIMBRIAE

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helps attachment to host surface

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PILLI

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facilitate DNA transfer

locomotion

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CAPSULE

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attachment to outer environment

outside cell wall

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CELL WALL

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present in all except mycoplasma
prevents dehydration
protection
peptidoglycan (peptidoglycan/murein/mucopeptide)

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