Bacteria And Viruses Flashcards
(25 cards)
Are bacteria pro or eukaryotes
Pro
What are the two kingdoms of bacteria
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
What do their cell walls not contain
Peptidoglycan
Where do archaebacteria live
In extreme environments
Do they respond to antibiotics
No
Where do eubacteria live
Everywhere
What is it called when bacteria are grouped in chains
Strepto
What is it called when bacteria is grouped in clusters
Staphalo
What shape is a coccus bacteria
Spherical
What shape is bacillis bacteria
Rod-like
What shape is spirilla bacteria
Spiral
Used for bacteria to exchange genetic material
Pili
Whip like structure to move
Flagella
What are photoheterotrophs
Need a carbon source to before they use light to make energy
How do bacteria reproduce
Asexually-binary fission
Detects peptoglycan in the cell and helps with infection
Antibiotics
Are viruses living?
No, but they’re infectious
What are the two parts of a virus
Genome and capsid
What is the fast virus
Lyric virus
What is a life long virus
Lysogenic virus
Do antibiotics work on viruses
No
Which cure works on lytic viruses
Vaccines
What treats lysogenic viruses
Anti-virals
What is a bacteriophage
Virus that infects bacteria