L19 - Archea

1. The kingdoms of prokaryotes are:

1. bacteria

2. Archea

2. The function of capsules in some bacterial cells is:

provides protection and allows cells to stick to surfaces

3. The cell wall of bacteria is composed of:

plants: cellulose

bacteria: peptidoglycan

archer: psuedopeptidoglycan

4. Benedictow (2022) estimated that as much as _________% of Europe’s population died from the Bubonic Plague.

65

5. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics have come about because:

of over use

6. Transformation is a mechanism by which bacteria are able to:

gather DNA from its surrounding e.g. DNA eft from dead bacteria

7. The only organisms that can utilize nitrogen gas as in their metabolism is:

Rhizobium and Cyanobacteria

8. Halophiles are Archea that can be found in

in very salty environments such as Utah’s Great Salt Lake and Middle East Dead Sea/concentrations of salt 5-10x higher than sea water/extreme environments such as Lake Natron