Bacteria

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	Bacteria
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Questions

1. Distinguish between anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria and cyanobacteria
2. Compare and contrast each of the following

• cyanobactreria and algae
• Actinomyces and fungi
• Bacillus and Lactobacillus
• Pseudomonas and Escherchia
• Leprospira and Spirillum
• Veillonella and Bacteoides
• Rickettsia and Chlamydia
• Ureoplasma and Mycoplasma

3. Identify the genus tha best fits each of the following descriptions:

• This Gram negative genus is well suited to degrade hydrocarbons in an oil spill.
• This Gram positive genus presents the greates source of bacterial damage in the beekeeping industry
• This gram negative genus is most proabably able to oxidize arsenic and asbestos compounds and to clean up polluted water.
• This group can produce fuel used for home heating and for generating electricity.

4. After contact with a patient's spinal fluid, a lab technician developed fever, nausea and purple lesions on the neck and extremities. A throat culture gre gram negative diplococcci. What is the genus of the bacteria?
5. A woman complaining of lwer abdominal pain with a temperature of 39 ^oC gave birth soon after to a baby with respiratory difficulties. Blood cultures from the infant revealed gram positive rods. The woman had a history of eating unheated hot dogs during her pregnancy. Which organism is most likely involved?
6. List three species of Chlamydia and the disease each causes.
7. List five stages in the generalized life cycle of a chlamydia.
8. Which two important genera of bacteria produce endospores?
9. Why are actinomycetes classified as eubacteria and not fungi?
10. How does the arrangement of Streptocccus differ from that of Staphylococcus? Note: (the pairs of organisms could easily be changed eg Vibrio and Proteus)
11. Why was Epulopiscium fishelsoni classified as a protozoan? Why is it now classified with the eubacteria?