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| Some bacterial species, such as Rhizobium, are able to convert nitrogen from the air into chemical forms that can be used by plants |
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| Which of the following is an important difference between viruses and bacteria |
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| Bacteria can be killed with antibiotics; since viruses are not really alive, antibiotics sre ineffective against them |
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| Bacterial "pili" are used to adjere to surfaces, and in bacterial conjugation |
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| Chlamydia are obligate parasites that can only survive inside the cells of other organisms, because they are unable to make ATP |
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| Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic bacteria which conduct photosynthesis in a way that is very similar to the process in plant chloroplasts |
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| Anabaena is one type of cyanobacteria; it is of interest because some cells of this species become distinctly modified to produce nitrogen compounds for the other cells |
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| Blue-green "algae" are actually bacteria, not algae |
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Which of the following types of bacteria are photoautotrophic
Cyanobacteria
Clostridium tetani
Escherichia coli
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Helicobacter pylori
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| Bacterial flagella differ from the flagella in eukaryotes, in that bacterial flagella rotate like a propeller, rather than bending side to side |
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| Many Archaebacteria live in extreme environments, such as high salinity, or high temperature habitats |
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| Bacterial flagella are used in bacterial conjugation - a flagellum is used to pull two cells together |
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| Archaeans, or archaebacteria, are the extinct, primitive forms of cells that gave rise to modern day bacteria. |
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| Which of the following bacteria can colonize the stomach, and cause ulcers |
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| Archaeans, or archaebacteria, are the extinct, primitive forms of cells that gave rise to modern day bacteria |
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| Gram staining is a procedure used to determine the general type of cell wall that a bacterial species has |
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| Which of the following structures is important in bacterial conjugation |
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