Bacteria

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• How does osmolarity affect bacterial growth?
• How do bacteria differ from a virus?
• How do cyanobacteria affect the planet's atmosphere?
• What are some examples of cyanobacteria?
• What are some examples of bacteria?
• What are bacilli?
• How do cocci and bacilli differ in morphology?
• What is peptidoglycan made up of?
• How does peptidoglycan affect gram staining?
• How do pili help bacteria?
• How do antibiotics affect peptidoglycan?
• How can prokaryotes live without a nucleus?
• What is the importance of nitrogen fixation?
• What are some examples of prokaryotes?
• What are prokaryotes?
• How do facultative anaerobes differ from aerotolerant anaerobes?
• What are some examples of facultative anaerobes?
• What are facultative anaerobes?
• What are obligate anaerobes?
• What are biofilms?
• Why are biofilms medically important?
• What is peptidoglycan?
• What is peptidoglycan?
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• How many bacteria would it take to cover the entire digestive tract?
• What role do bacteria play in the nitrogen cycle?
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• If a bacteria has a diffusion barrier in its capsule, which prevents harmful substances from entering in it, then how do antibiotics affect bacteria?
• If a bacteria has a diffusion barrier in its capsule, which prevents harmful substances from entering in it, then how do antibiotics affect bacteria?
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• What is the study of bacteria?
• How do bacteria positively affect humans?
• What are some examples of bad bacteria?
• How does toothpaste kill bacteria that cause cavities?
• What are some examples of bacteria that cause food poisoning?
• Why is agar used to grow bacteria?
• How does Penicillin kill bacteria?
• What type of bacteria causes Tetanus?
• How does bacteria infect an organism?
• What are the conditions bacteria need in order to grow?
• What are some examples of functions bacteria do that are especially helpful to plants?
• What are symbiotic bacteria?
• What is produced during aerobic respiration in bacteria?
• What structure is an adaptation that helps certain bacteria ward off attack by white blood cells?
• Which processes would never contribute to genetic variation within a bacterial population?
• What is the purpose of simple staining?
• What is the kingdom that includes bacteria?
• What is purple sulphur bacteria?
• Does hydrogen peroxide kill 'good' bacteria in the human body?
• How does soap kill bacteria?
• How do bacteria change direction?
• How do bacteria change and evolve?
• How do bacteria change and adapt?
• How can bacteria reproduce?
• How does bacteria cause food poisoning?
• How can bacteria be treated?
• How can bacteria be helpful?
• How does bacteria spread?
• How is bacteria helpful?
• How does bacteria grow?
• How does bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?
• How do bacteria reproduce?
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• What is bacteria?
• To what kingdom does bacteria belong?
• Why are bacteria so difficult to classify at the species level?
• What are the vital roles of bacteria?
• What is the role of bacteria in soil?
• How do beta lactams kill bacteria?
• What are beta lactams antibiotics?
• Does bacteria have DNA or RNA?
• What are the three ways in which bacteria obtain food?
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• How does bacteria obtain nutrients?
• The bacteria in a colony are unable to perform transduction. How would this hurt the bacterial colony's chance for survival?
• Can gram-negative bacteria be stained with Crystal Violet?
• What is another name for rod shaped bacteria?
• What are streptococci?
• What is a role of Eubacteria in living systems?
• Imagine that you have a sore throat. The doctor says it is a bacterial infection. Why would you conclude that it is not caused by Archaebacteria?
• What kinds of bacteria are spherical?
• How many different shapes of bacteria are there?
• Denitrifying bacteria are part of which biogeochemical cycle?
• Bacteria are single-celled, microscopically small organisms. What do they need to function?
• The Ames test uses bacteria to test for what?
• What stain is used to stain endospores?
• What is a bacterial colony?
• Do bacteria engage in cellular respiration?
• If bacteria do not have chloroplasts, then how do they perform photosynthesis?
• Where is the DNA found within a bacterial cell?
• What are the three main shapes of bacteria?
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• Viruses cannot ____? A. Be crystallized B. Live in Bacteria C. Reproduce on their own D. Cause diseases in plants
• Is there any DNA in bacteria?
• Why might bacteria that undergo conjugation be better able to survive in unfavorable conditions?
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• How do bacteria and fungi help the environment?
• How has the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus become so resistant to antibiotics such as penicillin?
• What is a Gram's stain technique?
• How are eubacteria and archaebacteria similar?
• How can a bacterial infection be spread?
• What kinds of bacteria are spherical?
• What is fixation of the sample in microscopy used for?
• What is the function of the conjugation pilus?
• Does bacteria have complex internal structures?
• What is the function of endospore in some bacteria?
• Bacterial growth in food can be controlled by monitoring which two factors?
• Name the process by which bacteria multiply themselves?
• What bacterial adaptations help a bacterium avoid being engulfed by white blood cells?
• Where is the genetic material located in a bacterial cell?
• If bacteria can act as multicellular organisms, why are they classified as prokaryotes?
• What is the function of bacteria that live on the roots of bean plants?