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Biology NEET - XI: Chapter 2- Biological Classification Part 6

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This deck covers key concepts from Chapter 2 of the Biology NEET syllabus, focusing on biological classification. It includes questions about bacteria, their structures, functions, and processes.

What is a bacteria without a cell wall called?

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Term
Definition
What is a bacteria without a cell wall called?
Listerform
Peptidoglycans are co-polymers of
N- Acetyl glycosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid
Which cellular component is similar in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
Cell membrane
What is an episome?
Nucleoid + Plasmid (in a prokaryote)
Which bacterias posses chromatophores?
Photosynthetic bacteria
What do chromatophores contain?
Bacteriochlorophyll, bacteriophytin

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TermDefinition
What is a bacteria without a cell wall called?
Listerform
Peptidoglycans are co-polymers of
N- Acetyl glycosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid
Which cellular component is similar in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
Cell membrane
What is an episome?
Nucleoid + Plasmid (in a prokaryote)
Which bacterias posses chromatophores?
Photosynthetic bacteria
What do chromatophores contain?
Bacteriochlorophyll, bacteriophytin
Gas vacuoles are present in
Blue-green algae, Purple photosynthetic bacteria, and Green photosynthetic bacteria
What is the function of gas vacuoles?
Protection from UV rays, help to float
What are metchromatic granules present in bacteria?
Fe, S, volutin and magnetite granules
What is the funtion of mesosomes?
Respiration, replication
What is blapheroplast?
Basal body
How are pili/fimbriae different from cilia/flagella?
Pili/fimbriae do not arise from basal body and do no help in locomotion while cilia/flagella do.
What are pili/fimbriae made of?
Pilin
PIli are found in which bacteria?
Gram positive
Fimbriae are found in which bacteria?
Gram positive and gram negative
Where are pili found on a bacteria?
At the apex
Where are fimbriae found on bacteria?
All over the body
Thick walled endospores are formed in which bacteria?
Rod shaped bacteria
Endospores are resistant to toxic chemicals due to
Dipicolinic acid
What is meromixis?
Primitive sexual reproduction/ Parasexual hybridisation
How is gentic material transferred from one strain to another in transformation?
Simple diffusion
How is gentic material transferred from one strain to another in transduction?
Through bacteriophage
Conjugation was first discovered in which bacteria?
E. coli
Clostridium pefringes causes
Mild food poisoning
Which bacteria cause denitrification?
Pseudomonas denitrificans