Download Chapter 23 Bacteria Guided Reading

Ch. 23 Bacteria/Prokaryotes
1. What are the essential roles of bacteria?
2. What are the 2 domains of prokaryotes? Why are bacteria classified in one group or the other?
3. List the general features of prokaryotes.
4. List the shapes of Eubacteria and describe the arrangement of cells in each group.
5. In detail, describe the structure of a bacterial cell.
6. Describe the bacterial cell wall.
7. Explain the process of Gram staining and its significance in grouping Eubacteria.
8. Describe the bacterial capsule.
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9. Describe pili and why they are important to bacteria.
10. Describe bacterial flagella. Name and describe all parts. How are they different from eukaryotic
flagella? What is the basal body motor?
11. Describe the genetic material in bacteria, including plasmids.
12. Name and describe 3 ways that bacteria reproduce.
13. Name and describe 3 ways that bacteria exchange genetic material.
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14. What are endospores? How are they formed? Why are they formed? What is their medical
importance?
15. Discuss the metabolic diversity of prokaryotes including the terms heterotrophs, autotrophs,
photosynthetic, and chemosynthetic.
16. Discuss different types of bacteria concerning respiratory gases including the terms aerobic,
anaerobic, facultative, and obligate.
17. What are the basic features of Achaea?
18. List and describe the 3 categories of Archaea.
19. Give examples of how Eubacteria are ecologically important.
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20. What are normal microbiota?
21. Describe opportunistic bacteria.
22. List Koch’s postulates.
23. How do bacteria cause disease?
24. Discuss and give examples of exotoxins and endotoxins.
25. How are bacteria used commercially?
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26. Discuss bacterial reproduction and bioremediation.
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