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| Prokaryote Characterics vs Eukaryotes |
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| Unicellularity, small cell size, nucleoid region, Mitotic reproduction, non-compartmentalization, 9-2 Flagella, metabolic diversity |
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| community of different species formed by bacteria |
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| use energy stored in chemical bonds of inorganic molecules to synthesize carbohydrates |
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| Archaea characteristics vs Bacteria |
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| lipid differences in membranes, lacks peptidoglycan, DNA replication more similar to eukaryotes, have more RNA polymerase |
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| Cell wall component, found in eukaryotes and bacteria |
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| cell wall component found in some Archaea |
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| thicker peptidoglycan wall, stain dark purple |
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| contain less peptidoglycan, do not dye purple color |
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| layer outside of peptidoglycan, or in the case of Archaea, only hard outer layer |
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| bacteria, additional gelatinous layer that surrounds other wall layers |
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| protein that makes up flagella |
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| hairlike structures that occur on gram-negative prokaryotes |
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| tick wall around genome, protects from environmental changes as the cell become inactive |
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| molecule of hereditary material with a coat of protein |
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| short strands of RNA, cause crop disease |
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| proteins that cause disease. Example: Kuru and Mad Cow Disease |
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| copies become folded into the wrong shape |
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| Cyanobacteria (bluegreen algae) |
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| no chloroplasts, just enzymes that make oxygen gas as wasteproduct |
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| use H2S instead of water in photosynthesis |
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| help liberate nutrients and produce vitamin K and B12 (example: termite helpers) |
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| used by plants to capture nitrogen. |
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| important in tropical ecosystems` |
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| Lyme Disease, Pneumonic plague, Botulism, TB |
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