Questions and Answers

What is the function of a bacterial endospore?

Which portions of a bacterial cell aid the ability of a bacterium to cause infections?

Which bacteria is gram-negative bacteria?

(a) What is a virus without a capsid called? (b) Describe the structure of bacteria.

What type of bacteria are inhibited on MacConkey agar?

What are the two main genera of bacteria that produce endospores?

Where does the Electron Transport Chain occur in bacteria, and what about its occurrence in humans?

How does the structure of gram-negative bacteria contribute to their ability to cause disease?

Bacteria isolated from a furuncle have enterococci by way of what transformation?

a. What is an endospore? b. Describe its structure and function for a bacterial cell. c. Name at least two infections transmitted to humans by bacterial endospores and the bacteria (genus and species names) that cause them.