Good Bacteria
Good bacteria are more or less common than bad bacteria?
What is more common.
A process of the food industry that is used to kill harmful bacteria is ______.
What is pasteurization.
Whiplike structure that helps bacteria move.
What is a flagellum.
Bacilli are bacteria that have a ______ shape.
What is rod.
______ gas, produced as a waste by certain bacteria, can be used as a fuel.
What is methane.
Bacteria that live under extreme conditions.
What are archaebacteria.
Poison produced by disease causing organisms.
What is a toxin.
Most bacteria reproduce by ______.
What is fission.
Bacteria that have a spherical shape are called ______.
What is cocci.
Bacteria that use dead material as a food and energy source are ______ .
What are saprophytes.
Bacteria produce this to keep other bacteria from growing around them.
What is an antibiotic.
Any organism that can cause disease.
What is a pathogen.
Some bacteria produce thick walls around themselves called ______.
What are endospores.
Bacteria that have a spiral shape are known as ______.
What are spirilla.
Name one example of an antibiotic.
What is penicillin.
Pathogens can create this to survive in extreme heat.
What is an endospore.
Daily Double: Bacteria can change to become drug resistant when you don't do what with your antibiotics?
What is take all of them?
Bacteria are grouped into two kingdoms, archaebacteria and …
What is eubacteria.
It is estimated that ______ save farmers several million dollars in fertilizer costs each year.
What are nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Name the bacteria that lives in our intestines that helps us break down food. Sometimes you hear about it contaminating food.
What is E.Coli.
Bad bacteria living in milk are usually destroyed during which process?
What is pasteurization.