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BIO350 BacStruc
BIO350 BacStruc
Study Objectives
Bacterial Morphology Arrangement
1. Bacilli
a.Streptobacilli
b. Bacilli
2. Cocci
a. Cocci
b. Doplococci
c. Streptococci
d. Staphylococci
e. Sarcina ( 3D )
f. Gaffkya( 2D )
Common Shapes & Arrangement
Bacterial morphologies (1)
Bacterial morphologies (2)
Bacterial morphologies (3)
Bacterial Morphology Arrangement
3 Spirl
a. Vibrio
b. Spirillum
c. Spirochete
Bacterial morphologies (4)
Bacterial Cell Structures &
Functions
Size relationships among
prokaryotes
Bacterial Cell Structure
Appendages - fdlagella, pili or fimbriae
Surface
layers - capsule, cell wall, cell
membrane
Cytoplasm- nuclear material, ribosome,
mesosome, inclusions etc.
Special structure - endospore
Bacterial Cell Structure
Appendages
1. flagella
Some rods and spiral form have this.
a). function: motility
b). origin : cell membrane flagella attach to the cell
by hook and basal body which consists of set(s) of rings
and rods
Gram - : 2 sets of ring and rods, L, P, S, M rings
and rods
e.g. E. coli
Gram + : S, M rings and rods
e.g. B. megaterium
Organ of bacterial locomotion
Structure of the flagellum
Flagella movement(1)
Flagella movement(2)
Flagella movement(3)
b).Origin (continued)
– The structure of the bacterial flagella allows it to spin
like a propeller and thereby propel the bacterial cell;
clockwise or counter clockwise ( Eucaryotic , wave
like motion.
– Bacterial flagella provides the bacterium with
mechanism for swimming toward or away from
chemical stimuli, a behavior is knows as
CHEMOTAXIX, chemosenors in the cell envelope
can detect certain chemicals and signal the flagella to
respond.
c). position
monotrichous
lophotrichous
peritrichous
d). structure
* Antigenic determinant
Thin peptidoglycan
glucosamine- glucosamine-long
FA FA FA FA
2. Ribosome
protein synthesis
The bacterial chromosome and
supercoiling
3. Mesosomes
* Endospores
Spore former: sporobactobacilli and sporosarcinae - no
medical importance. bacillus and clostridium have
medical importance.