Monday, March 3, 2008

Bacteria.

Summary: Bacteria are unicellular organisms. There are two main types of bacteria in the Monera kingdom. There are 3 types of shapes and 3 types of structure. There is 3 way of movement and 3 ways they reproduce.

The two major groups of bacteria are:
Archea Bacteria and Eubacteria.

There are 3 types of shapes:
Coccus:Round
Bacillus: Rod-Shape
Spirillum: Spiral shape

The three structures are:
Diplo: In pairs
Staphylo: Grape like bunches
Strepto: Long strands.

The way they move is also broken down into three parts.
Flagella. Whip like tails
Spirochete. Corkscrews
Taxis. Multiple flagella.

There are three different way that bacteria reproduce.
Binary Fission. asexual reproduction. Bacteria splits into two equal parts.
Cojugation. The bacteria mates through a mating tube.
Endospores. Hardend spores that are protected from the environment.

1 comment:

Fresh Start @ The IKE Box said...

Jenn,
Missing Benefits, Problems, and pics. Otherwise this is well done!

12/20