Attachment Issues
What are the two functions of bacterial appendages?
attachment and motility
Organisms that get their carbon and energy from organic molecules
chemoheterotrophs
What is this bacterial arrangement called?
sarcina
The short, bristle-like appendages attached to the cell surface of some bacteria and used for adherence are called...
fimbriae
Ingest inorganic nutrients to meet their carbon and energy needs
lithoautotrophs
A bacterial cell able to practice chemotaxis is very likely to have which attachment structures?
flagella
You are testing a new bacterium. Its growth is optimal around 37 C but you also find that it can survive short exposures to high temperatures. You could classify this bacterium as an...
thermoduric mesophile