Bio 25 ch 25 sg

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A chain of round bacteria would be called:

cocci

Most bacterial cells keep from bursting in a hypotonic environment by _______________________.

having a cell wall

Mad cow disease is an example of an infection caused by a?

prion

Gram-positive bacteria would stain __________ in a gram stain because of a thick layer of __________ in their cell walls.

violet; peptidoglycan

Bacteria may reproduce by:

Budding, binary fusion, and fragmentation.

Some bacteria avoid being phagocytized by a host's immune system by means of a ___________________________.

Capsule/Slime layer

Name the three shapes of bacteria.

Cocci, bacilli, and spirllium

The bacterium that causes botulism disease is harmless until it?

Contains a certain prophage

_________ are dormant structures formed by bacteria in response to adverse environmental conditions.

Endospores

How does Penicillin work:

It interferes with peptidoglycan synthesis, resulting in a fragile cell wall that cannot protect the cell.

Within Bacteria, small circles of DNA called ______________ exist in addition to the bacterial chromosome.

Plasmids


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