Bacteria Notes

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Bacteria Notes

• Chapters 9.2 and 10.1-10.2

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Bacteria

• Most abundant organisms
• All are Single-celled
• Prokaryotes
• Reproduce Binary Fission
• Move Flagella

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3 Main Bacterial Shapes

• Bacilli - rods
• Cocci - sphere
• Spirilla - corkscrew

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Eubacteria

• Most bacteria
• Classified by how they get food
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Parasites
• Producers

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Archaebacteria

• Live in hostile environments
• 3 types
• Methane makers
• Heat lovers
• Salt lovers

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Good Bacteria

• Nitrogen-fixing
• Recycling
• Bioremediation
• Genetic Engineering
• Medicines
• Insecticides
• Food

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Harmful Bacteria

• Dental cavities
• Ulcers
• Strep throat
• Food poisoning
• Bacterial pneumonia
• Tetanus
• Syphilis

• Lyme disease
• Tuberculosis
• Leprosy
• Typhoid fever
• Bubonic plague
• Gangrene