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Other bacteria make their food using energy from ___________________ or chemical reactions.
A typical bacterium consists of DNA and __________________ surrounded by a cell membrane and a cell wall.
__________________ bacteria can survive without oxygen.
A bacterium might also have smaller, circular _____________ that are separate from its other DNA.
Bacterial cytoplasm also contains ________________________________.
Some bacteria take in food and break it down and obtain __________.
Bacteria are much ___________________ than plant or animal cells.
Bacterial DNA occurs in one coiled, circular ____________________.
The food can come from dead organisms or _____________ hosts.
Bacteria reproduce asexually by ___________________. This type of cell division forms two genetically ____________________ cells.
Many bacteria have capsules with hairlike structures called _________ that help bacteria stick to surfaces.
The detection of bacteria via genetic probes is called _______.
How can we detect a non-culturing virus?
Vibrio cholerae causes ___________ and leads to diarrhoea.
The endospore is ______ and contains ______ coat. So, can resist dryness and chemicals.
Reproduction of Bacteria:plasmid (sex pilus)
this pili is used for gene exchange via conjugation
Oxygen Use Classification:Tolerate O2, don't need it
oralfecal-oralvenerealvectorvertebral reservoirvector-vertebrate reservoirThese are all methods of ____________.
If an endospores coat is disrupted or water is added, what will occur?