Problem 1
DRAW IT Diagram each of the following flagellar arrangements: a. lophotrichous d. amphitrichous b. monotrichous e. polar c. peritrichous
Problem 3
DRAW IT Draw the bacterial shapes listed in (a), (b), and (c). Then draw the shapes in \((d),(e)\), and \((f)\), showing how they are special conditions of \(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}\), and \(\mathrm{c}\), respectively. a. spiral d. spirochetes b. bacillus e. staphylococci c. coccus f. streptobacilli
Problem 5
Why is an endospore called a resting structure? Of what advantage is an endospore to a bacterial cell?
Problem 6
Compare and contrast the following: a. simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion b. active transport and facilitated diffusion c. active transport and group translocation
Problem 8
Starch is readily metabolized by many cells, but a starch molecule is too large to cross the plasma membrane. How does a cell obtain the glucose molecules from a starch polymer? How does the cell transport these glucose molecules across the plasma membrane?
