Objectives: Ch. 3, 6 (part), 8 (part) Describe bacteria by appropriate cellular shape and arrangement (grouping) Understand the location and role of each anatomical feature discussed in lecture Describe binary fission Describe each phase of the typical bacterial population growth curve Understand the role and process of endospore formation Describe and understand the nature and causes of genetic point mutations and frame shift mutations Understand the four gene transfer events which can influence the nature of bacterial cells

Bacterial shapes: Coccus = __________ Bacillus = ___________ (d) Palisades =

Prokaryotic cells: Cell “envelope” Cell membrane Cell wall External structures Flagella Pilus Fimbria Glycocalyx S layer Internal structures Nucleoid Plasmid Ribosome Inclusions Microcompartments