Process of when a bacteria cells splits in half (the most common form of reproduction in bacteria)
What is binary fission?
100
Store in refrigerator.
What is one way to slow down bacterial growth in food?
100
The longer, whiplike structure on a bacteria cell.
What is the flagellum? (or flagella, if more than 1)
100
Obligate aerobes
What are the type of bacteria that require oxygen to live?
100
The two main divisions of prokaryotes
What are archaebacteria and eubacteria?
200
A sexual-type of reproduction where 2 bacteria come together in direct contact or with a bridge formation between the 2.
What is conjugation?
200
Chemicals that kill bacteria or slow their growth
What are antibiotics?
200
The little "stubble"-like hairs all over a bacterial cell that allow it to sense its surroundings.
What is a pilus (or pili, plural)?
200
Obligate anaerobes
What is the type of bacteria that CANNOT have oxygen, or else it will die?
200
The correct spelling of the older type of bacteria starting with an "a"...
What is "ARCHAEBACTERIA"?
300
The circular genome of a bacterium
What is a plasmid?
300
The best way to wash hands is to...
What is by using warm water, vigorous hand-washing with REGULAR soap?
300
One of the 3 main types of bacterial shape that resembles a sphere; circular-shaped.
What is cocci or coccus?
300
Archaebacteria
A "halophile" is an example of what type of prokaryote?
300
The type of bacteria that stains purple
What is gram-positive bacteria?
400
True or False: There are some bacteria that are helpful to humans.
What is TRUE.
400
If Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete infection, then the shape of the bacterium is _______?
What is spiral or spirillum?
400
Rod-shaped bacteria
What is bacillus?
400
Archaebacteria live in extreme environments whereas bacteria (or eubacteria) live in more temperate regions such as on our skin.
What is at least 1 difference between an archaebacteria and a true bacteria?
400
The type of bacteria that stains red
What is gram-NEGATIVE?
500
Name at least 1 bacteria (genus) that lives on our skin or in our bodies
What is strep (streptococcus), staph (for staphylococcus), or E. coli?
500
These compounds kill bacteria by inhibiting cell wall synthesis
What are antibiotics?
500
Spiral-shaped bacteria
What is spirillum?
500
When there is overuse, misuse, or underuse of antibiotics in a population, for unnecessary reasons, making the 'bad' bacteria stronger and more resistant to antibiotics.
What is antibiotic resistance?
500
What makes up the cell wall in bacteria, means literally "protein-sugar". The layer of this is thick in Gram+ bacteria but thin in Gram- bacteria.