Part 1: Procaryote Shapes

Question 1

Procaryotes vary in shape and size, what is the term that describes this?

Answer 1

Pleomorphic

Question 2

Name the one diplococcus that was mentioned in lecture

Answer 2

Neiserria gonorrhoeae

Question 3

This arrangement is when pairs of cocci remain together after cell division.

Answer 3

Diplococcus / Diplococci

Pairs of cocci remain together after cell division.

Question 4

This arrangement is when chains of cocci remain together after divisions in one plane.

Answer 4

Streptococcus / Streptococci

Chains of cocci remain together after divisions in one plane.

Question 5

This arrangement is when cocci divide in two planes and remain in groups of four.

Answer 5

Tetrad / Tetrads

Cocci divide in two planes and remain in groups of four.

Question 6

This arrangement is when cocci divide in three planes and remain attached in cubelike groups of eight.

Answer 6

Sarcina / Sarcinae

Cocci divide in 3 planes and remain attached in cubelike groups of 8.

Question 7

Irregular grapelike clumps of cocci as a result of multiple divisions in random planes.

Answer 7

Stapyhlococcus / Staphylococci

Irregular grapelike clumps of cocci as a result of multiple divisions in random planes.

Question 8

What is the term for a rod-shaped cell?

Answer 8

Bacillus / Bacilli

Question 9

Very short rods that are short and wide; oval in shape.

Looks a lot like a coccus, but has the cytoskeletal arrangement of a bacillus

Answer 9

Coccobacillus

Very short rods that are short and wide; oval in shape.

Looks a lot like a coccus, but has the cytoskeletal arrangement of a bacillus

Question 10

Curved rod that looks like a comma

Answer 10

Vibrio

Curved rod that looks like a comma

Question 11

Spiral or helical shaped (like a corkscrew).

Has a rigid structure

Answer 11

Spirillium

Spiral or helical shaped (like a corkscrew).

Has a rigid structure

Question 12

Flexible, spiral bacteria.

Spiral or helical shaped (like a corkscrew)

Flexible structure

Answer 12

Spirochete

Flexible, spiral bacteria.

Spiral or helical shaped (like a corkscrew)

Flexible structure

Question 13

Bacteria that grow in long chains either by elongated cells or cells arranged in long filaments.

Answer 13

Filamentous

Bacteria that grow in long chains either by elongated cells or cells arranged in long filaments.