Bacteria
Name four possible shapes of bacteria.
What are rod shaped (bacilli), spherical (cocci), comma (vibrio), spirals or helices (spirochete)
This scientific theory states that diseases are caused by microorganisms.
What is Germ Theory?
What century was the term "genes" created?
What is the 20th Century? (1909)
All Prokaryotes lack this organelle.
What is a nucleus?
We have eradicated only two diseases. Name one. Bonus points if you name both and who they affect. (Up to 400)
Smallpox (humans) and rinderpest (cows)
What is biofilm?
What is a bacterial secretion that protects bacterial communities and provides water?
An outbreak of this disease in 1916 caused thousands of deaths and left those alive with paralysis.
What is Polio?
Humans share about 50% of the same genes with this organism group.
What are plants?
This polymer makes up the cell wall of many bacterial prokaryotes.
What is a peptidoglycan?
Broad St replaces this street.
What is 14th St?
What organelles do bacteria have?
What are: ribosomes, cytoplasm, cell wall/membrane, mobile elements (flagella, cilia)
This woman is the first known case of an asymptomatic carrier of disease in the United States.
Who is Typhoid Mary/Mary Mallon?
This is the percentage of our genetic make-up that is actually different among all humans.
What is 0.1%?
These prokaryotes get energy from the sun and utilize organic compouds as their carbon source.
What are photoheterotrophic prokaryotes?
This genetic mutation is what caused Hollywood Icon, Elizabeth Taylor's, voluminous eyelashes.
What is a FOXC2 gene mutation?
This is stained pink during Gram stains.
What is the peptidoglycan layer?
How many cholera pandemics were there in the past 200 years?
What is seven?
This group of organisms has the ability to recode genetic information in their neurons.
What are cephalopods (octopuses, cuttelfish, squid)?
These are the two domains that Prokaryotes can fall into.
What is Bacteria and Archaea?
The modern day agar petri dishes were created by and named after this person.
Who is Julius Petri?
Cell division in prokaryotes is called...
What is binary fission?
Describe one of the first recorded cases of bioterrorism.
Assyrians poisoned wells with ergot, Scythians dipped arrows in dead bodies and excerment, Mongols threw plague-infested bodies over walls
This region of DNA can self-replicate but is better known for being able to change positions in the genome.
What is a transposon?
The recombination process in prokaryotes can take place in these three ways.
What is Transformation, Conjugation, and Transduction?
This was an earlier type of media used for culture, before the creation of the petri dish.
What are potato slices OR gelatin?