MICB 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Teichoic Acid, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Lipid Bilayer
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Micb 201 chapter 2: learning objectives/outcomes (2012w t1) Define the terms: coccus, bacillus, spirillum, vibrio, hypha, mycelium and plasma in the context of prokaryotic cell shape. Plasma fluid indicates a very variable/irregular shape. Compare bacteria and archaea with respect to cell shape, multicellularity and cellular differentiation. You basically can t tell a bacterium from an archeael organism without genome analysis. Basically, you can t tell them by cell shape most of the time. They can both be multicellular if they want. Appreciate the diversity exhibited by prokaryotes in terms of cell size in relation to other organisms. They have an enormous diversity with respect to size. Such as the bacteria t. namibiensus and e. fishelsoni which are bigger than eurkaryotic cells and are big enough to see without a microscope. On the other hand, they can be smaller than some viruses. Explain the importance of cell sa: v relationships in nutrient acquisition and waste disposal.
