Prokaryotes Diversity

prokaryotes

unicelular

prokaryotes

DNA is stored in cytoplasm

prokaryotes

smaller

prokaryotes

no membrane bound organelles

Bacteria and Archaea

absence of a nucleus

Bacteria and Archaea

Prokaryotes

Bacteria and Archaea

oldest and most diverse

Archaea and Eukarya

cell walls aren’t peptidoglycan

Archaea and Eukarya

transcription and translation are similar

Eukarya

eukaryotic

Positive Gram Stain

have a thick peptidoglycan

Positive Gram Stain

don’t have outer lipid membrane

extremophiles

organisms that can live in extreme environments (temp, radiation, pH, and salinity)

Spirochetas

cork-screw shaped

Spirochetas

spirochete flagellum (flagella found in the cell)

Spirochetas

can live in anaerobic environments

Spirochetas

Chemoheterotrophs (s)

Cyanobacteria

filaments/spheres/spirals

Cyanobacteria

nitrogen fixation

Cyanobacteria

photoautotrophs

Cyanobacteria

oxygenic photosynthesis (c)

Cyanobacteria

endosymbiotic

Proteobacteria

rods/spheres/spirals

Proteobacteria

heterotrophs or chemoautotrophs

Proteobacteria

oxygenic photosynthesis (p)

actinobacteria

rods/filaments

actinobacteria

chemoheterotrophs (a)

actinobacteria

can fix nitrogen

actinobacteria

often parasites

actinobacteria

can be antibiotics

actinobacteria

gram positive

actinobacteria

oxygen photosynthesis (a)