Define a microorganism - answer✔Minute living things that individually are usually too small
to be seen with the unaided eyes. Also called micorbes.
Recognize the system of scientific nomenclature that uses a genus and specific epithet. -
answer✔*The genus is the first name and is always capitalized.
*The specific epithet (species name) follows and is not capitalized.
Bacteria - answer✔*Prokaryotes (Unicellular)
*Peptidoglycan cell walls (carbohydrate and protein complex)
*Flagella
*Divide into 2 equal cells (binary fusion)
*Nutrition: Organic and Inorganic substances
*Several shapes:
-Bacillus = rodlike
-Coccus = spherical/ ovoid
-Spiral = corckscrew/ curved
*Form pairs, chains, clusters, etc.
Archae - answer✔*Prokaryotes
*Cell walls lack peptidoglycan
*Extreme environments
*Methanogens = produce methane as waste product from respiration
*Extreme halophiles = live in extremely salty environments
*Extreme Thermophiles = Live in hot sulfurous water
*Not known to cause disease
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