Microbial Life Quiz

___________________ - the process where prokaryotes absorb and integrate fragments of DNA from environment

Transformation

All alveolates have membrane-bound sacs (alveoli) beneath the plasma membrane. Their function is to act as:

air sacs

Almost all members of the supergroup Archaeplastida have what nutrional mode?

autotrophic

Bacteria reproduce by a process called ___________________ (two words).

binary fission

_________________________________ is the use of organisms to remove pollutants from soil, air, or water.

bioremediation

The three basic shapes by which prokaryotes are classified by are:

cocci, bacilli, spiral

____________________________________ are the only group of prokaryotes with plantlike, oxygen-generating photosynthesis.

spirochetes

One Current hypothesis recognizes ________________ monophyletic supergroups of Protists.

four

In the Alternation of Generation, the sporophyte generation produces spores by what process?

meiosis

Protists are categorized into three groups based on nutritional modes. These categories (as discussed in lecture) are: autotrophic, heterotrophic and _________________________.

mixotrophic