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BACTERIA Bio 1B
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Where do bacteria live? Pretty much everywhere In soil, air, animals, and plants On our skin, in our mouths, our guts BUT, most are HARMLESS and even BENEFICIAL
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Classified by Three Basic Shapes Spherical (cocci) Streptococcus (strep throat) Staphylococcus (staff infection) Rod-shaped (bacilli) Salmonella Spiral (spirillim) Leptospira (leptospirosis: black jaundice) Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
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Structure of a Bacterial Cell Vocab Words to Know: Pili {pie-lie} and (plural pilus {pie-lus}): reproductive structures Flagellum- whip-like structure that allows life forms to swim Nucleoid – general area where genetic material found in bacteria (NOT membrane-bound like a nucleus) Plasma membrane- bacterial cell membrane Cell Wall- holds structure Capsule- a layer outside the cell wall
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Outer layers
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Penicillin: The first antibiotic How penicillin works(11:38) How penicillin works How does it kill bacteria? The New Antibiotics in Development The New Antibiotics in Development
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Culturing Bacteria Make a culture Make a culture Brainstorm places in the school to sample. Rate which will be the “cleanest.”
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