chapter 25
________ is a set of guidelines to demonstrate that a specific pathogen causes specific disease symptoms.
Koch's postulates
_______ is a relationship in which one partner benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.
commensalism
the purpose of ______ is to transmit DNA between bacteria.
sex pili
what is a chain of round bacteria called?
streptococci
bacterial conjugation is related to horizontal ______
wall
prokaryotes divide using a process called _____
binary fission
a bacterium that uses the oxidation of inorganic compounds to provide energy from manufacturing nutritious organic compounds is known as a ______
chemo autotroph
some bacteria respond to adverse environmental conditions by forming an _______
endospore
small hairlike structures made up of protein on the surface of bacteria are called ______
fimbride
bacterial cells can keep from bursting in a hypotonic environment because of a rigid cell _____
gene transfer