Are bacteria unicellular or multicellular
Unicellular
Describe the DNA in bacteria
Nucleoid region, chromosomal DNA, not in a nucleus
The organism can make its own food
What is the scientific term for bread mould
Rhizopus Stolonifer
Explain the term optimum conditions
The conditions at which there is the most microbial growth.
Are bacteria eukaryotic or prokaryotic
Prokaryotic
What other form of DNA exists in a bacterium
Plasmid
Explain the term heterotrophic
The organism takes in food from another source
Are fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic
Eukaryogic
Yes
Bacterial cells are smaller than human cella, true or false.
FALSE
Slimy layer on outside of the cell that prevents drying out.
Saprophytic
How does rhizopus reproduce asexually
Spreading spores
What ph do most microbes grow at ?
Neutral
What is the function of Pili
Attach to other cells and surfaces
Function of flagellum
Explain Parasitic nutrition
Feed on living organisms
Name the structure in which spores are produced for reproduction
Sporangium
Do antibiotics effect microbial growth?
Yes
What is the bacterial cell wall made of.
peptidoglycan
Function of cell wall
Gives the bacterium structure and shape
Name the type of nutrition where bacteria make their own food from chemical reactions
Chemosynthetic
there are no autotrophic fungi. True or false.
True
What is a pathogen
A disease causing organism