Micro - Important

Front 1

List the four flagellar arrangements

Back 1

(1) monotrichous - a single flagella; (2) lopotrichous - a small tuft of flagella; (3) amphitrichous - flagella at both poles of the cell; peritrichous - flagella evenly dispersed across cell

Front 2

what bacterial type has an odd flagellar arrangement, and what is that type of flagella called?

Back 2

spirochetes have periplasmic flagella

Front 3

what is the name for the sticky 'hairs' on bacteria?

Back 3

fimbriae

Front 4

what structure is involved in conjugation?

Back 4

pilus

Front 5

what is the coating of the cell, and what are the two types?

Back 5

glycocalyx: slime layer and capsule

Front 6

what is the main element of a gram-positive cell wall?

Back 6

peptidoglycan

Front 7

what are some molecules found in the cell wall?

Back 7

peptidoglycan, teichoic acid, lipopolysaccharide, porin, lipoprotein

Front 8

what endotoxin is in the gram-negative cell wall?

Back 8

lipopolysaccharide

Front 9

what is the name for bacteria that lack a cell wall

Back 9

mycoplasmas

Front 10

what is the term for bacteria that change shape?

Back 10

pleomorphic

Front 11

list all of the bacterial parts

Back 11

fmibriae, flagella, pilus, glycocalyx, chromosomes, plasmids, cell membrane, cell wall, ribosomes, inclusions, cytoskeleton

Front 12

list seven different types of bacterial shape

Back 12

coccus, bacillus, coccobacillus, vibrio, spirillum, spirochete, pleomorphic

Front 13

list five different bacterial arrangement patterns

Back 13

diplo- (two); sarcina- (4 or 8); staphylo- (irregular), strepto- (chain); palisades (linked)