GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

5. STRUCTURE OF THE MICROBIAL CELL

Review questions for Chapter 5

1. Name the Surface structures of the Introduction/37.html">Bacterial Cell wall and describe their Functions.

2. What causes Bacteria to move? How can flagella be arranged in bacteria?

3. What is taxis? What types of taxis exist?

4. What are the principal differences in the Structure and composition of cell walls between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria?

5. Which Polysaccharides are found in The Cell walls of Fungi and Yeasts?

6. What is the "universality" of the elementary Plasma Membrane? Which Membrane Structure model is currently accepted as standard?

7. Characterize the membrane formations in PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES.

8. What is The Essence of the Endosymbiotic Hypothesis?

9. Describe the intracellular structures of microorganisms and their functions within the cell.

10. How does the genetic apparatus differ between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

11. How do dormant forms in bacteria—such as endospores, exospores, cysts, and myxospores—differ from one another?

12. Name the Characteristic Features of endospore-forming bacteria.

13. How does The process of sporulation occur in bacteria?

14. Name the structural, genetic, functional, and chemical DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROKARYOTES and eukaryotes.



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