science bacteria part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What are the shapes of bacteria? | rod-like, sphere, and spiral |
| What is the bacillus shape of bacteria? | rod-like spreads out and covers a large area |
| what are the 2 ways bacteria reproduce? | binary fission and conjugation |
| What are some facts about binary fission? | asexual; not long to reproduce; all identical |
| what are some facts about conjugation? | exchange DNA; sometimes reproduce |
| what are pathogens? | any disease causing organism |
| Is bacteria sexual or asexual? | asexual |
| Is bacteria prokaryotic or eukaryotic? | prokaryotic |
| In what areas do bacteria grow the fastest? | war, moist, and dark |
| What is a endospore? | a hard outer covering around some bacteria; resist drugs or meds |
| What are the 3 types of archaebacteria? | salt lovers, heat lovers, and methane lovers |
| what is an example of a salt lover? | Dead sea |
| What is an example of a heat lover? | inside a volcano |
| what is an example of a methane lover? | sewers or landfill |
| What are 2 types of bacteria? | gram negative and gram positive |
| What is a gram negative bacteria cell? | thin cell wall that is light pink |
| what is a gram positive bacteria cell? | thick cell wall that is dark purple |
| what do antibiotics do? | interfere with how the cell functions and causes it to die |
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