microbial growth and reproduction

Question 1

microbiologists usually study _________ growth rather than growth of ________ cells

Answer 1

population

individual

Question 2

microbial growth equals an increase in cell ____

Answer 2

number

(not just the size of a single cell)

Question 3

microbes are reproduced by _____ or _____ _______

Answer 3

budding

binary fission

Question 4

Step 1 of binary fission

Answer 4

a young cell

Question 5

Step 2 of binary fission

Answer 5

chromosome is replicated and new and old chromosomes move to a different sides of the cell

Question 6

Step 3 of binary fission

Answer 6

protein band forms in center of cell

Question 7

Step 4 of binary fission

Answer 7

septum formation begins

Question 8

Step 5 of binary fission

Answer 8

when septum is complete, cells are considered divided.

some species will separate completely

while others remain attached, forming chains or doublets for ex