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BACTERIA STUDY GUIDE
Know the following terms (definition/function/where they live, etc.)
Acidophile- ______________________________________________________________________
Antibiotic- ______________________________________________________________________
Archaebacteria- __________________________________________________________________
Autotrophic (chemoautotrophic & photoautotrophic) - ______________________________________
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Bacilli (bacillus) - __________________________________________________________________
Diplo- _________________________________________________________________________
Cocci (coccus) - ___________________________________________________________________
Endospore- ______________________________________________________________________
Eubacteria- ______________________________________________________________________
Gram (+) and( -) - _________________________________________________________________
Halophilic- ______________________________________________________________________
Heterotrophic- ___________________________________________________________________
Methanogens- ____________________________________________________________________
Pathogens- ______________________________________________________________________
Photoheterotrophic- - ______________________________________________________________
Prokaryotic- _____________________________________________________________________
Saprobe/saprophyte- ______________________________________________________________
Spirilli- _________________________________________________________________________
Staphylo- _______________________________________________________________________
Strepto- ________________________________________________________________________
Thermophile- ____________________________________________________________________
Thermoacidophile- ________________________________________________________________
Unicellular- ______________________________________________________________________
Be able to name/describe various bacterial diseases
Anthrax
Botulism
Bubonic plague (black
death)
Chlamydia
Cholera
E. coli
Flesh-eating bacteria
Gonorrhea
Lyme Disease
Pneumonia
RMSF (rocky
mountain spotted
fever)
Salmonella
Strept throat
Syphilis
TB
Tetanus (lockjaw)
Tooth decay
Typhoid fever
Whooping cough
Many more diseases- look over your notes!
Be able to describe some of the ‘good things’ bacteria does for us:
o
Decomposers (saprophytes/saprobes): ________________________________
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o
Nitrogen-fixers: ________________________________________________
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o
Food production [cheese, yogurt, sour cream,
buttermilk, sourdough bread, vinegar (pickled
products)]
o
Antibiotics:_____________________________
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o
Break down environmental waste (clean up oil spills
[eat the hydrocarbons], eat cyanide, etc.) called
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Be able to cite examples of bacterial STDs- (note the proper
spelling of each disease!)
o Gonorrhea
o Syphilis
o Chancroid
o Chlamydia
Be able to label a bacterium (organelles):
Be able to name bacteria according to their shape- combine the prefixes staphylo-,
strepto- and/or diplo- with the three common shapes (coccus, bacillus spirilli)
Practice 
Be able to cite various forms of bacterial
biological warfare. _________________________________________________________
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Be able to distinguish between Gram – and Gram + bacteria (cell wall #, color of stain) _______
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Be able to distinguish between the two types of bacterial reproduction:
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Be able to decipher between the feeding styles that bacteria may have: __________________
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Be able cite several sterilization techniques: ______________________________________
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Be sure to look over your PowerPoint
notes, all video questionnaires, HW
assignments, lab assignments, ‘writedowns’ from the jeopardy game, and
text reference Chapter 19!