Prokaryotic Cell Structure

Question 1

Are there bacteria that are many times the size of typical potozoa?

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

what are so small that some question whether or not they are alive/bacteria

Answer 2

nanobacteria

Question 3

what are the smallest family of viruses

Answer 3

paraviruses

Question 4

what are the smallest accepted bacterium

Answer 4

mycoplasma genitalium

Question 5

this is the largest bacteria, infects ameoba

Answer 5

mimivirus

Question 6

marine bacterium, the most organism abundant on earth

Answer 6

pelagibacterium ubique

Question 7

what bacteria is 750 um

Answer 7

thiomargarita

Question 8

what bacteria is .02 um and is found in rocks

Answer 8

nanobacteria

Question 9

describe the cells structure of prokaryotes

Answer 9

exist in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and cellular aggregation patterns
simpler structure than eukaryotic cells
has unique structures not found in eukaryotes

Question 10

describe cocci

Answer 10

plural coccus
circular
may occurs as individual, groups, or 2 or more cells/chains, tetrads, clusters
may divide in 1 or more planes

Question 11

describe bacillus

Answer 11

plural is bacilli
rod shaped cells
coccobacillus or vibrio
single or may form short chains

Question 12

what type of bacillus if it is coccoid in shape

Answer 12

coccobacillus

Question 13

what type of bacillus if curved rods

Answer 13

vibrio

Question 14

describe spirilla

Answer 14

plural spirillum

spiral shaped either rigid or bendy

Question 15

what type of spirilla is flexible helices

similar to a phone cord

Answer 15

spirochetes

Question 16

this is a network of long, multi nucleate filaments

Answer 16

mycelia

Question 17

what other shapes can prokaryotes be

Answer 17

squares, star shaped, or triangular

Question 18

what means it can take on many shapes(changes somewhat)

Answer 18

pleomorphic

Question 19

what does arrangement depend on

Answer 19

plane of division

Question 20

what is the word for pairs of cells

Answer 20

diplococci

Question 21

what is the word for chains of cells

Answer 21

streptococci

Question 22

Division along two or three perpendicular planes form

Answer 22

tetrads or cubical packets

Question 23

Division along several random planes form

Answer 23

clusters