An endospore is an asexual structure that protects bacterial DNA and allows the bacteria to go dormant when environmental or nutritional conditions get bad.
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Why are the ribosomes in bacteria always considered to be "free floating"?
Because bacteria have no fatty internal membranes for ribosomes to attach to.
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A bacterial disease that can be contracted after handling dead animals.
Anthrax
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This round bacteria that exists as chain-like colonies is known as _____________.
Streptococcus (singular) or Streptococci (plural). This can cause Strep Throat and other nasty infections.
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Can human DNA, such as a gene for human insulin, be inserted into a bacteria plasmid?
Yes! This is how GMO's are created.
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For a bacteria, where does protein digestion take place?
Excreted enzmyes will allow digestion of the protein outside its "body". Small proteins diffuse into the cytoplasm and are digested internally as well.
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A small, circulalr DNA strand that is found in the cytoplasm and can be traded with other bacteria is known as ____________.
A plasmid
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What is antibiotic resistance?
A phenomena that occurs when bacteria develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
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Round shaped bacteria, either single cells, or in colonial groups, are known as ____________.
Cocci
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An organism without a nucleus in its only cell will typically be classified as _____________ and ___________
prokaryotic and unicellular
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Antibiotics that target Transfer RNA (tRNA) or Messenger RNA (mRNA) are actually targeting the _______________.
ribosome
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What are four horrible circumstances that an endospore can survive?
Starvation, UV radiation, desiccation, and high or cold temperatures
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How are bacterial chromosomes similar and different from human chromosomes?
Bacterial DNA is double stranded but exists as a circular loop instead of a linear strand.
