Bacterial Structures
A bacterium's DNA is located here
Where is the cytosol?
Bacteria come in these three basic shapes
What are spherical, rodshaped, and spiral shaped?
True or False: The human body has trillions of bacterial cells.
What is true?
Viruses consist of two parts, one being this (either DNA or RNA)
What is a nucleic acid?
Made up of cells
What are bacteria?
Protects bacteria from drying out
What is the capsule?
Prokaryotes are classified in these two kingdoms
What are archae and bacteria?
An example of food for which bacteria is essential in making
What are cheese, green olives, yogurt, pickles, etc?
A virus is surrounded by a protein coat called this
What is a capsid?
Can be prevented by vaccines
What is a virus?
Some bacteria have this to help them move
What is a flagellum (or flagella)?
Bacteria reproduce by this
What is binary fission?
Harmful bacteria are a result of the earth being cursed after this
What is the fall?
Viruses reproduce by infecting this
What is a host?
Has a cell membrane
What is bacteria?
Small, often circular strands of DNA that are separate from the main chromosome
What are plasmids?
Bacteria share plasmids through this process
What is conjugation?
These bacteria are responsible for recycling matter from waste materials and the remains of plants and animals into the soil, where they can be reused
What are decomposers?
What is a vaccine?
"fixes" nitrogen in the soil
What is bacteria?
Bacteria form these to escape poor conditions, such as extreme heat or cold
What are endospores?
Archaea are different from bacteria because they lack this in their cell walls
What is peptidoglycan?
Bacteria are found in the digestive system of ruminants to help do this
What is break down cellulose?
Viruses that do not kill the host cell immediately, but remain inactive for months or years
What are latent viruses?
Is used in gene therapy
What are viruses?