Basic Microbiology - Ch. 11

Prokaryotes (super short chapter woohoo!)

True or false: Only a few prokaryotic cells are capable of colonizing humans and causing disease.

True. Only a few prokaryotic cells are capable of colonizing humans and causing disease. Most prokaryotic cells do not cause disease, and many are beneficial or neutral to human health.

What are two gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores?

Bacillus and Clostridium

How do all prokaryotic cells reproduce?

Asexually

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Diplococci

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Streptococci

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Tetrads

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Sarcinae

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Staphylococci

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Single bacillus

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Diplobacilli

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Streptobacilli

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

Palisade

What is the arrangement of this prokaryotic cell?

V-shape

Modern prokaryotes are classified by their genetic relatedness of ______ _____________.

Modern prokaryotes are classified by their genetic relatedness of rRNA sequences.

What are the three domains of prokaryotic classification?

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Eukarya