Test 2 Flashcards
Second exam
viruses that infect bacteria
bacteriophage
three main shapes of bacteria
spherical (cocci), rod-shaped (bacillus), spiral shaped (spirilla)
bacteria make up the kingdom ______
Prokaryotae
Prokaryotic cells contain ______
ribosomes
Prokaryotic cells do not contain _______
No membrane-bound organelles. So, no nuclei, mitochondria, chloroplasts, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi complex, lysosomes
Prokaryotic cells are surrounded by two things: _______ and ______
cell membrane (plasma membrane) and cell wall
Bacterial cell walls are composed of _______
peptidoglycan
______ is in both Gram positive and Gram negative cell walls
peptidoglycan
Gram positive bacteria stain this color
purple, because they retain the crystal violet stain
Gram negative bacteria stain this color
pink, because they don’t retain the stain
Gram ______________ have a thick peptidoglycan layer
Positive
Gram _______ have two layers (thin peptidoglycan and thick outer membrane of carbohydrates bonded to lipids
Negative
The antibiotic ______ interferes with peptidoglycan synthesis, therefore it works best on Gram _______ cells
penicillin, positive
Some bacteria produce a ______ or slime layer that surrounds the cell and protects them during infection in a human body
capsule
Four modes of motility of bacteria
Flagella, internal flagella (corkscrew), external slime, movement due to external stimuli (chemotaxis, phototaxis)
How many protein parts make up a bacterial flagellum
40 protein parts coated for by its own gene in order to create a working flagellum.
The three parts of a bacterial flagellum
Basal Body (produces the rotary motion), hook (connects it to the hollow filament), and the filament (several protein chains twisted into a helical structure)
Describe the structure of a Eukaryotic flagellum
Slender, cylindrical stalk covered by an extension of the plasma membrane. The core of the stalk contains a group of microtubules arranged so that there are nine attached pairs of tubules around the circumference and two unpaired microtubules in the center. (9 + 2)
At the base of the stalk is the basal body, which has nine sets of 3 microtubules (9 +3)
How many DNA molecules does a bacteria have, and where is it located
Bacteria have a single DNA molecule located in the cytoplasm (not surrounded by a nuclear envelope).
Which DNA has protein associated with it, bacterial or eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic chromosomes have protein
What are the small DNA circles in addition to the main bacterial DNA in bacteria
Plasmids, they replicate independently of the main DNA
Why are plasmids important to bacteria?
They have genes that confer antibiotic resistance
How do bacteria reproduce
binary fission (asexually)
T or F, the fusion of gametes occurs in bacteria?
F - they reproduce asexually