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Bacteria Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| no membrane-bound organelles, is bacteria, is only single cell, no nucleus | prokaryotes |
| has a nucleus, has organelles, everything but bacteria, can be single celled or multicellular | eukaryote |
| ancient, live in harsh environments, no peptidoglycan | Archaebacteria |
| creates methane, doesn't like oxygen (anaerobic) | methanogens |
| loves salt (uses it to create ATP, or energy) | extreme halophiles |
| loves acid and high temperatures | thermoacidophiles |
| true bacteria, cell walls made of peptidoglycan, many shapes and sizes, bacteria that commonly lives in, on, and around us | Eubacteria |
| sugar/protein molecule | peptidoglycan |
| anaerobic | no oxygen |
| rod-shaped | bacilli |
| spherical shaped | cocci |
| spiral-shaped | spirilla |
| 2 | dip |
| chain | strep |
| cluster | staph |
| stain purple, simple cell walls with large amount of peptidoglycan | gram-positive (+) |
| stain red or pink, complex cell walls with low amount of peptidoglycan, more deadly, resistant to many antibiotics, | gram-negative (-) |
| asexual reproduction that produces identical offspring | binary fission |
| must have oxygen | obligate aerobes |
| oxygen kills them | obligate anaerobes |
| can live with or without oxygen | facultative anaerobe |
| decomposes dead corpses | critical decomposers |
| helps another organism | cooperative symbionts |
| preserves food | useful fermenters |
| genetically modified by scientists to produce useful proteins | microscopic factories |