Basic Bacteria
All bacteria have this type of cell
Prokaryotic
Bacteria reproduce asexually using this method
Binary Fission
A round bacteria would be called
Coccus
Viruses belong to this kingdom of life
Trick Question
The lyssa virus is commonly known as this 100% fatal virus
Rabies
The kingdom of bacteria typically found in Earths most extreme environments
Archaebacteria
The evolutionary process by where bacteria become immune to medical treatments is called
antibiotic resistance
Bacteria can use this to move around
Flagella
Virus means what in latin
poison
Antibiotics are not an effective way to treat this kind of infection
Viral
These bacterial structures are used to adhere to surfaces
Pilli
Bacteria that can survive with and without oxygen are given this name
Facultative Anaerobes
The circular DNA stored within and shared between bacteria is called
Plasmid
Viruses have this molecule at its core
Nucleic Acid (DNA or RNA)
Bacteria that are harder to kill with antibiotics are usually ________ ________ (think stain)
Gram negative
These bacterial structures can withstand severe conditions
Endospores
When genes are taken up from the environment, bacteria are said to have reproduced in this way
Transformation
An obligate anaerobe needs this to survive
Oxygen
The viral reproductive cycle wherein your cells are destroyed
Lytic Cycle
The modern accepted theory of how disease spreads
Germ Theory
This macromolecule is found in all bacterial cell walls
Peptidoglycan
If a bacteria has lots of peptidoglycan in the cell wall it would gram stain _________ and be __________
purple/ gram positive
Three ways bacteria helps humans
Decomposition, Recycling Nutrients, Genetic Research, Industry, Health Defense
The term used for a virus once it has been incorporated into the hosts DNA
Prophage
List 5 ways that disease spreads in humans
Through the air, through the skin, through sexual contact, through food and water, through animal vectors