BACTERIA

BACTERIA

1. MORPHOLOGY

   • Major
     • Coccus
       • Thiocapsa roseopersicina
     • Bacillus
       • Desulfuromonas acetoxidans
     • Spirillum
       • Rhodospirillum rubrum
     • Spirochere
       • Spirpchaeta stenostrepta
   • Minor
     • Budding and Appendaged
       • Rhodomicrobium vanniellii
     • Filamentous
       • Chloroflexus aurantiacus

2. SIZE

   • Usually Small
     • Mycoplasma preumoniae
   • Usual
     • E. coli
   • Usually Big
     • Thiomargarita namibiensis

3. SURFACE

   • Membrane
     • Proteins
       • Transport proteins
         • Simple transport
         • Group ranslocation
         • ABC transporter
     • Lipids
       • phosphatidylethanolimine
   • Wall
     • Peptidoglican
       • Thick (Gram +)
         • Staphylococus aureus
       • Thin (Gram -)
         • Escherichia coli
     • Outermost Layer
       • Capsule
         • Rhodobacter capsulatus
       • Slime layer
         • Streptococcus mutans
       • Projection
         • Fimbriae
           • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
         • Pili
           • Streptococus pyogenes

4. INTERRIOR

   • Optional structure
     • Gas vesicle

5. LOCOMOTION

   • Taxis
     • Chemotaxis
       • E. coli
     • Phototaxis
       • Serratia marcescens
   • With flagella
     • Peritrochous
       • E. coli
     • Polar
       • Vibro cholerae
     • Laphotrichous
       • Helicobacter pylori
   • By gliding

6. REVIAL

   • Endospore
     • Bacillus subtilis