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11 Cards in this Set
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Characteristics of prokaryotes
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The way the DNA is packaged, The makeup of its cell wall, and its internal structures.
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Functions and examples of bacterial appendages
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Provides motility (flagella and axial filaments) and those that provide attachments or channels (finbriae and pili)
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Flagella: types
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Bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic.
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Chemotaxis vs. Phototaxis
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Flagellated bacteria can detect and move in response to chemical signals.
Photosynthetic bacteria respond to light |
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Cell wall peptidoglycan: Gram positive vs. Gram negative
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In Gram-positive (thick) cells have two cell walls and Gram-negative (thin) have three cell walls composed of peptidoglycan
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Gram negative Characteristics
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Thin, stain pink, three layers
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Gram positive Characteristics
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Thick, stain purple, two layers
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Endospores
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Bacillus, Clostridium, and Sporosarcina
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Bacterial shapes and arrangements
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Coccus, Bacillus, Vibrio
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Taxonomy of Bacteria
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Gracilicutes, Firmicutes, Tenericutes, and Mendosicutes
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Archaea Characteristics
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Single cell, (+),
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