CLASSIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS
SHAPES
NUTRITION
REPRODUCTION
100
KINGDOM FOR ALL BACTERIA
What is KINGDOM MONERA
100
Bacteria that make their own food.
What is an autotroph?
100
Rod-shaped bacteria
What is a bacillus?
100
Organism that feeds on dead matter
What is a saprophyte?
100
Small ring of DNA shared by two bacteria in conjugation.
What is a plasmid?
200
Invented the Gram stain
Who is Hans Christian Gram?
200
A fuzzt coat of sticky sugars used to adhere to surfaces.
What is a capsule?
200
Shape of coccus bacteria
What is a sphere?
200
Bacteria that feeds on a living host.
What is a parasite?
200
Asexual reproduction of bacteria
What is binary fission?
300
Bacteria that stain blue when exposed to Gram stain
What is Gram-positive bacteria?
300
Regulates the amount of water a bacteria absorbs.
What is the cell wall?
300
Helical-shaped bacteria
What is spirillum?
300
Two ways autotrophs make their own food
What is photosynthesis and chemosynthesis?
300
A virus transfers bacterial pieces from one cell to another
What is transduction?
400
Phylum of bacteria lacking cell wall
What is Tenericutes?
400
Dormant structure made when environment becomes harsh
What is an endospore?
400
When bacteria form a group, yet still exist as individuals
What is a colony?
400
Organism that requires oxygen to make its food
What is an aerobic organism?
400
Fibrous bristles on bacteria used in reproduction
What are pili?
500
Phylum of Gram-negative bacteria
What is Gracilicutes?
500
Chemical factories that make protein.
What are ribosomes?
500
A colony with two coccus
What is a diplococcus?
500
Food converted into energy to support life.
What is digestion?
500
Bacteria pick up pieces of DNA from a dead bacterium
What is transformation?
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