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Published	11/12/2023	Agrobacterium tumefaciens that cause tumors in plants. I
Published	11/12/2023	Named after “Proteus,” a Greek god who can change into different forms. The name implies how this group of bacteria are morphologically and physiologi…
Published	11/12/2023	Majority are gram-negative with various modes of nutrition (autotrophic, chemoautotrophic, heterotrophic), metabolism (aerobic or anaerobic) and biolo…
Published	11/12/2023	Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Published	11/12/2023	Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Published	11/12/2023	Quorum Sensing
Published	11/12/2023	This group of bacteria that is composed of more than 200 genera was molecularly categorized by Carl Woese using 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing (Gupta, 2…
Published	11/12/2023	autoinducers
Published	11/12/2023	ProteobacteriaThe common characteristic of this group is that they are oligotrophic, capable of surviving in environments with low levels of nutrients…
Published	11/12/2023	ProteobacteriaUnlike alpha proteobacteria, these bacteria are eutrophic, meaning they require large amounts of organic nutrients to survive. They are …
Published	11/12/2023	ProteobacteriaSome play an important role in nitrogen cycling like Nitrosomonas species while others are pathogenic to humans such as Neisseria specie…
Published	11/12/2023	horizontal gene transfer or lateral gene transfer
Published	11/12/2023	Transformation
Published	11/12/2023	ProteobacteriaThis group is the largest and most diverse among the five classes of proteobacteria with most organisms known to be pathogenic to humans…
Published	11/12/2023	Neisseria gonorrhea
Published	11/12/2023	Vibrio cholerae
Published	11/12/2023	E. coli
Published	11/12/2023	Transduction
Published	11/12/2023	. Generalized transduction
Published	11/12/2023	Includes three major groups of gram-negative bacteria: (i) the myxobacteria that form fruiting bodies when subjected to harsh environmental conditions…
Published	11/12/2023	specialized transduction
Published	11/12/2023	Delta ProteobacteriaForm fruiting bodies when subjected to harsh environmental conditions
Published	11/12/2023	Delta ProteobacteriaUses sulfate in degrading organic compounds.
Published	11/12/2023	Conjugation
Published	11/12/2023	Delta Proteobacteriafeed on other bacteria.
Published	11/12/2023	Chondromyces crocatus
Published	11/12/2023	This is the smallest group of Proteobacteria containing only 12 genera and around 60 species.
Published	11/12/2023	Most are motile, spiral or curve-shaped and pathogenic to animals and humans.
Published	11/12/2023	One widely known representative of this group is Helicobacter pylori
Published	11/12/2023	One widely known representative of this group are the pathogenic Campylobacter pylori.
Published	11/12/2023	A small group of non-motile and cocci-shaped bacteria consisting only of one genus.
Published	11/12/2023	All organisms under this group are intracellular obligate parasites of animals and humans
Published	11/12/2023	Exhibit a physiological characteristic similar to that of a virus which makes use of a host cell to perform metabolic processes.
Published	11/12/2023	A sexually transmitted disease infecting urethra of humans. When left untreated, it can also infect the fallopian tubes and cervixes of women.
Published	11/12/2023	Infects the respiratory system of humans causing influenza-like disease called psittacosis
Published	11/12/2023	Causes inflammation in the lungs known as pneumonitis.
Published	11/12/2023	Group of gram-negative bacteria characterized by their wavy (spiral) structure that looks like a corkscrew or telephone cord,
Published	11/12/2023	Unique among all bacterial groups with flagella located inside the cellular body. Specifically, the flagella of ______ are found between the inner and…
Published	11/12/2023	Locomotion in _____ is facilitated by the movement of the flagella in the periplasm by means of propulsion. This makes them different from other bacte…
Published	11/12/2023	Leptospira
Published	11/12/2023	Borella that causes Lyme disease
Published	11/12/2023	Treponema that causes syphilis
Published	11/12/2023	Are widespread in marine and freshwater environments and are referred to as blue-green algae.
Published	11/12/2023	However, _____ differ from green algae in that their cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan instead of cellulose
Published	11/12/2023	They exist in varying shapes from simple unicellular (spherical, cylindrical or spiral) to complex filamentous forms.These filaments may contain cells…
Published	11/12/2023	are the only bacteria capable of photosynthesis. This process takes place inside the thylakoid membrane. Moreover, their ability to fix carbon dioxide…
Published	11/12/2023	Are widely studied because of their significant contributions as the primary producers of aquatic ecosystems through their ability to fix carbon dioxi…
Published	11/12/2023	Bacteria that stains purple when subjected to Gram-staining, a process developed by Danish scientist Hans Christian Gram, that groups bacteria accordi…
Published	11/12/2023	Have a thick peptidoglycan layer located outside the plasma membrane. The exposed peptidoglycan layer traps the crystal violet stain during Grams…
Published	11/12/2023	They are less virulent compared to Gram (-) bacteria due to exposed peptidoglycan layers.
Published	11/12/2023	Staphylococcus
Published	11/12/2023	Streptococcus
Published	11/12/2023	Clostridium
Published	11/12/2023	Listeria
Published	11/12/2023	Shapes can vary either as cocci or bacilli.
Published	11/12/2023	Group of anaerobic, gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria that live in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals
Published	11/12/2023	They form mutualistic relationships with hosts. In the intestine, they help the host in breaking down complex molecules to simpler forms that the host…
Published	11/12/2023	Bacteroides fragilis
Published	11/12/2023	Pathogenic to humans causing abdominal sepsis, a fatal condition caused by the body’s response to infection.
Published	11/12/2023	Bacteria under Phylum Chlorobi which are found to be phylogenetically isolated from other bacterial groups.
Published	11/12/2023	These are obligate anaerobic phototrophs and can perform photosynthesis using sulfide or sulfur without producing oxygen as a by-product.
Published	11/12/2023	Distinguished from other bacteria because of the presence of light-trapping organelles called chlorosomes.
Published	11/12/2023	Embedded in this organelle are the bacteriochlorophyll pigments (counterpart of chlorophyll in plants) that use light energy for photosynthesis.
Published	11/12/2023	Chlorobium
Published	11/12/2023	Organism that produces methane in the process of oxidation.
Published	11/12/2023	The major difference between the ____ and green sulfur bacteria is that instead of using sulfide as electron acceptor during the oxidation process, it…
Published	11/12/2023	Like green sulfur bacteria, they thrive in environments with no available oxygen such as sulfur springs, microbial mats and lake bottoms.
Published	11/12/2023	Chloroflexus
Published	11/12/2023	A group of extremely thermophilic, gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, surviving in environments with temperatures ranging from 65-90 C.
Published	11/12/2023	Distinguished by the presence of a unique cellular envelope known as “toga.”
Published	11/12/2023	Thermotoga maritima
Published	11/12/2023	Genetic sequence of this species has shown that several of its genes are homologous to Archaea which could be linked to its capacity to thrive in very…
New Card	11/13/2023	Oligotrophic
New Card	11/13/2023	Eutrophic
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