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Bacterial Flagellum

allows for bacteria to move

Nucleoid

primary site of DNA replication and transcription

Cytoplasm

“liquid” found inside cells that allow the material to move inside

Plasma membrane

controls movement of materials into and out of cytoplasm

cell wall

shape and structure (animals don’t have)

*cell capsule

protective outer layer that aids in defending against host immune system

*pilus

allows for attachment to host organism

*plasmid

smaller circular DNA (involved in antibiotic resistance)

ribosomes

translates genetic code from the molecular language of nucleic acid to amino acids—the building blocks of proteins (protein synthesis)

What is the purpose of BLAST

program that uses a unique gene sequence to determine what a pathogen most likely is