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Culturing & Identification
Techniques
Cell Structures
Eubacteria & Archaebacteria
Food Poisoning
Reproduction
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4. The reason bacterial cells are referred to as prokaryotic.

5. What is they have no true nucleus?

6. The structure that supports the cell and keeps it from bursting.

7. What is the cell wall?
A 200

8. This structure produces bacterial proteins.

9. What is a ribosome?
A 300

10. Instead of 46, the bacterial cell has just 1.

11. What is a chromosome?
A 400

12. These folds of a cyanobacterium’s membrane hold the photosynthetic pigments.

13. What are the thylakoids?

14. The bacteria in this kingdom belong to the domain bacteria.

15. What is a Eubacteria?
B 100

16. The Earth’s first photosynthesizers.
B 200

17. What are the cyanobacteria?

18. These are filamentous soil bacteria that can produce antibiotics.

19. What are the actinomycetes?
B 300

20. What are Gram + endospore-forming bacteria.

21. Clostitium tetani, Clostitium botulinum, & Mycobacterium leprae are referred to as this type of bacteria.
B 400

22. Extreme methanogens and extreme halophiles are found in the following.
B 500

23. In Swamps, Sewage treatment plants, cow intestines (methanogens), and very salty lakes (halophiles).
B 500

24. Clusters of sphere-shaped bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

25. C 100

26. A gram negative enteric bacteria that is often found in poultry.

27. What is Salmonella?
C 200

28. The toxin produced by the gram positive staphylococcus.

29. What is an exotoxin?
C 300

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31. This food poisoning is caused by a very deadly neurotoxin.

32. What is botulism?
C 400

33. The enteric, gram negative bacteria is often found in ground beef.

34. What is E. coli?
C 500

35. A bacterial cell spits into two cells.
D 100

36. What is binary fission?
D 100

37. It is used by bacteria to transfer genes.

38. What is a pilus?
D 200

39. A bacteria cell absorbs genes from its surroundings.

40. What is transformation?
D 300

41. A bacterial cell can transfer genes directly to another bacterial cell.

42. What is conjugation?
D 400

43. The transfer of bacteria genes by a phage (virus).
D 500

44. What is transduction?
D 500

45. A growth of bacteria in the lab.

46. What is a bacterial culture?

47. The growth media usually found in a culture dish.

48. What is agar?
E 200

49. Bacteria that can grow with or without oxygen.

50. What is facultative anaerobe?

51. The population limit that an environment (or microbial culture) can support.

52. What is carrying capacity?
E 400

53. The outcome of the Gram staining procedure depends upon this characteristics of the bacterial cell wall.
E 500

54. What is the thickness of the peptidoglycan layer?

55. Some food produced with bacteria.

56. What is cheese, yogurt, vinegar, sour cream, sour dough bread, cottage cheese, soy sauce, etc.?
F 100

57. Bacteria can produce these medicines.
F 200

58. What are antibiotics?
F 200

59. Bacteria can do this to make N2 organic.
F 300

60. What is fix nitrogen (some cyanobacteria, and some chemosynthesizers)?

61. The process in which bacteria can clean up oil spills.
F 400

62. What is bioremediation?
F 400

63. The bacteria belonging to this can help keep harmful bacteria from making you sick.

64. What is the body’s normal microflora?

65. The Final Jeopardy Category is:
Bacterial Identification in the laboratory.
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What is the book that scientists use to identify specific bacterial species?
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67. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
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