Prokaryote Diversity

What is the most likely name for this bacteria?

• Streptobacillus

• Streptococcus

• Staphylococcus

• Diplococci

• Staphylobacillus

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What is the most likely name for this bacteria?

• Streptobacillus

• Streptococcus

• Staphylococcus

• Diplococci

• Staphylobacillus

What is the most likely name for this bacteria?

• Streptobacillus

• Streptococcus

• Staphylococcus

• Diplococci

• Staphylobacillus

What is the most likely name for this bacteria?

• Streptobacillus

• Streptococcus

• Staphylococcus

• Diplococci

• Staphylobacillus

Lyme disease can be transmitted from ticks by a sprial-shaped bacteria (spirochete) called Borrelia burgdorferi, causing a rash followed by flu-like symptoms. Which of the following approaches is MOST effective in the treatement of Lyme disease?

• herbicides that destroy the grass where ticks live

• pesticides that destroy the ticks that are infected

• vaccinations in people that already have the disease

• antibiotics to destroy the bacteria that causes the disease

____________ are structures within eubacteria that can help the population survive in harsh environments.

• Flagella

• Endospores

• Peptidoglycan

• Conjugation

• Pili

Bacterial cells do not contain a ____.

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cell wall

• chromosome

Eubacteria that stain purple with gram stain have

• peptidoglycan on the outside of their cell wall.

• peptidoglycan on the inside of their cell wall.

• cellulose on the outside of their cell wall.

• chitin on the outside of their cell wall.

___________ assist in the production of cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, pickles and certain medicines.

• eubacteria

• protists

• fungi

• animals

• plants

The process by which bacteria attach to one another by a pili and exchange genetic material; leading to increased diversity within the species is

• binary fission

• conjugation

• endospores

• sexual reproduction