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An organism that causes disease is called a ______
What is PATHOGEN?
An organism is said to be Gram-negative if it stains this color?
What is RED?
Organisms that feeds on DEAD MATTER
What are SAPROPHYTES?
LABEL D
What is FLAGELLUM?
LABEL 1
What is RIBOSOME?
_________ growth is population growth that is controlled by limited resources.
What is LOGISTIC?
A (newer) better name for blue-green algae is called
What is CYANOBACTERIA
The term for two rod-shaped bacteria joined at the ends
What is DIPLOBACILLUS? (pg 51)
LABEL E
What is FIMBRIA (PILI)?
LABEL 2
What is DNA?
Louis Pasteur developed the process called ______ , which keeps milk and wine from souring.
A Gram-positive spirillum belongs to this class
What is THALLOBACTERIA? (p 55).
Chemical production factories of the cell
What are RIBOSOMES?
LABEL A
What is PLASMA MEMBRANE?
LABEL 3
What is CYTOPLASM?
Transduction is the process in which infection by a _____ results in DNA being transferred from one bacterium to another.
What is VIRUS?
Gram-negative, non photosynthetic bacteria belong to this class.
What is SCOTOBACTERIA? (p 55)
The most common form of (asexual) bacterial reproduction
What is BINARY FISSION?
(Remember bacteria can only reproduce ASEXUALLY)
LABEL B
What is the CELL WALL?
A small circular section of extra DNA that confers one or more traits to its bacterium (see LABEL 4)
In order to survive extreme conditions, some bacteria will form a/an ________ , which protect the DNA with several hard layers
What is ENDOSPORE?
Bacteria colonies that contain spherical, grape-like clusters of cells are called this.
What is STAPHYLOCOCCUS? (pg 51).
Organisms from the same species that have markedly different traits are called
What are STRAINS?
LABEL C
What is the CAPSULE?
The semi-fluid substance found inside the plasma membrane
What is the CYTOPLASM?