Structure of Bacteria
By: Fiona Koshy
Basics
-contains a few large intracellular structures
-most don't have membrane bound organelles
-genetic material floats around in the cytoplasm
Prokaryotic Cell
-doesn't contain a nucleus
-smaller size ribosomes
-single, circular chromosome (double stranded DNA)
-reproduces through binary fission
-no mitochondria, chloroplasts, golgi apparatus, and endoplasmic reticulum present
3 Main Shapes of Bacteria
Shape 1
Coccus or spherical
Shape 2
Bacillus or rod-shaped
Shape 3
Spirillum or spiral
Cell Wall
-in most bacteria, a cell wall is present
-beneath the cell wall there is a cell membrane made of peptidoglycan
-peptidoglycan: polypeptides bonded to modified sugars
Movement
-some have flagella which allow bacteria to move around its environment
-without flagella, bacteria can't move on its own
-a flagella: a threadlike structure containing whiplike hairs that allow bacteria to move
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