lecture 7.txt

lecture 7

capsule or slime layer outside bacteria made of carbohydrates

tightly organized glycocalyx used for protection and attachment

loosely organized glycocalyx used for attachment primarily

accumulation of bacteria on wet surfaces

propeller used for movement

forms the propeller of flagella; made of flagellin

joint between filament and bushing

piece of a flagellum that doesn�t turn

piece of flagellum that turns

holds flagella in place in cell

dtermins the direction of the flagellum

movement towards a chemical attractant

swimming smoothly forward is called what term for bacteria

reorienting for a bacteria moving is called

hairlike appendage used for attachment, gene transmission and twitching

longer thicker pilus that attaches to another bacterium to transfer DNA

sending DNA between bacteria through fertility pilus

movement by pilus �like spiderman�

electron transfer between bacteria through pili like structure is called

plastic polymer for storage of carbon

volutin/ metachiamitic granules for storage of phosphate

stores sulfur as source of electrons

stores high concentration of enzymes that reduces carbon dioxide

what are two structures that store pigments for photosynthesis

__ vesicles are used for floating

localized high concentration of magnetite

dormant form of cell that forms during starvation

the term when the septum of mother cell and forespore is off center� ____ ____

__ is when the mother cell engulfs forespore

in an endospore what is loose and expansile peptidoglycan layers that soaks water from core

in endospore what is the outer layer made of proteins for protection

in endospore, what is structure where proteins not sensitive to heat which causes dry endospores

____ acid is the salt in the core that keeps the core dry