If you compared two motile bacterial species and determined one was considerably more motile than the other, which arrangement of flagella would you expect to be associated with the highly motile species? How would you confirm this?

If you compared two motile bacterial species and determined one was considerably more motile than the other, which arrangement of flagella would you expect to be associated with the highly motile species? How would you confirm this?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305117396

Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter3: Cell Structure

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1VQ: What type of micrograph is shown below? Is the organism pictured prokaryotic or eukaryotic? How can...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: Which correctly characterizes the difference between gram+ and gram- bacteria? Group of answer…

A: The gram+ and gram - are the two types of bacteria that are differentiated based on the gram…

Q: If the first number of the five-digit code is 0, what does this indicate? What bacterial genera are…

A: Bacteria are member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms. It has cells walls, but lack…

Q: Compare and contrast the cell wall characteristics of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and…

A: Gram stain is a type of staining reaction used to classify and distinguish the bacterial species…

Q: If you visit a lake in the middle of the Amazon and take water samples to analyze under a microscope…

A: Introduction Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with the classification of organisms into…

Q: Which of the following structures is most likely missing in a bacterium that regenerates from an…

A: Bacteria are the most primitive organism which lack nucleus and many other organelles such as cell…

Q: What characteristic shapes can bacteria assume? Describe the ways in which bacterial cells cluster…

A: Answer- All different types of bacteria comes under kingdom - Monera. Bacterias are unicellular…

Q: Compare the basic structure of the cell envelopes of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

A: Staining is a technique used in slide preparation to colour the specimen. With light microscopy…

Q: Give at least three structural differences between the cell wall of Gram-positive and Gram-negative…

A: Gram staining is the most common technique that is used for distinguishing between the two large…

Q: What would allow for an anaerobic spore former to grow instead of aerobic spores?

A: Spores are dormant bodies that contain all of the genetic material present in the vegetative process…

Q: Explain the primary function of flagella in Bacterial Propellers.

A: Many Gram positive and gram negative bacterial species along with some Archaea have flagella. It…

Q: This organism belongs to which Class? What is the structure shown in this image?

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: How to distinguish bacteria if a bacterial colony formation happens and a certain bacteria appearing…

A: Bacteria flourish on culture media in the form of colonies. A colony is specified as a visible mass…

Q: How many cells could be present in a single bacterial colony?

A: A BACTERIAL COLONY is defined as a visible mass of microorganisms all originating from a single…

Q: If a bacterial species is not susceptible to an antibacterial drug at the concentration present in a…

A: Antibiotic susceptibility test is the test used to determine the effect of antibiotic to an…

Q: Which structure is “slimy” in texture and may protect a prokaryotic cell from destruction by our…

A: Bacteria and archaea are prokaryotic cells having different internal and external features from…

Q: How could you determine whether the turbidity in your LB tube was from a mixture of different…

A: Introduction: The term "turbidity" describes how cloudy a solution is. Turbidity in a Luria Broth…

Q: What advantages might a bacterial species that forms multicellular arrangements (e.g., clusters or…

A: Multicellularity completely redefines the concept of what is an individual organism and has occurred…

Q: According to their morphology how are bacteria classified?

A: The morphological characteristics of bacteria generally include shape, structure, size, and…

Q: Name two common bacteria that form spores?

A: Bacterias are the organisms that belong to the kingdom monera. They may be autotrophic or…

Q: Suppose you performed a Gram stain on a sample, from a pure culture of bacteria and you observed a…

A: Gram staining is a method that use dye to stain the bacteria and the color helps them to distinguish…

Q: Based on the scientific name Streptococcus agalactiae, what morphology would you expect these cells…

A: Microorganisms when observed under a microscope showed different morphology and cellular…

Q: What is the term to describe the bacterial morphology illustrated by the picture?

A: Bacteria are microscopic, unicellular prokaryotes that belong to the domain Bacteria. Numerous…

Q: Compare and contrast flagellar swimming motility, swarming, spirochete flagellar motility, and…

A: The flagella swimming motility, swarming, spirochete flagella motility, twitching and gliding…

Q: Identify Three subtypes of polar arrangement where the flagella are attached at one or both ends of…

A: Introduction: Flagella are cytoplasmic appendages that protrude through the cell wall. These are the…

Q: How would you explain the fact that many proteins of Archaea resemble their counterparts in…

A: As Carl Woese and his colleagues presented in 1990, the three-domain system classifies all cellular…

Q: Are bacterial endospores reproductive structures? Explain why or why not.

A: Bacteria is a unicellular, prokaryotic, microscopic organism that maintains a definite shape since…

Q: Which of the following are features of Flagella? A. Found on the cell surface B. Necessary…

A: Flagella is a helical structure which comprises of flagellin protein.Structure of flagella is…

Q: What kinds of work are carried out in a cell? Suppose a bacterium was doing the following:…

A: A cell is the functional, structural, and biological unit of all living organisms. All cells perform…

Q: Please explain in simple worlds What is peptidoglycan that are found in gram cell walls?

A: Not every bacteria has cell wall but most of them have a cell wall (~90%) and are typically…

Q: What is the arrangement of microtubules on the intracellular portion of a eukaryotic flagella?…

A: Answer is option C.) 9+2.

Q: Suppose you are viewing a Gram-stained field of red rods and purple cocci through the microscope.…

A: On the basis of the gram staining technique, the bacteria are classified into Gram-positive and…

Q: To determine: The reason as to why most species of endospore forming bacteria live in soil.

A: Endospores: Some bacteria in the phylum Bacillota create endospores, which are dormant, tough, and…

Q: How could you identify whether a particular bacterial sample contained specimens with mycolic…

A: Mycolic acid is long-chain fatty acids present in the cell walls of bacteria belonging to the group…

Q: What functions do endospores have in the proliferation, dispersal and survival of bacteria? Please…

A: Bacteria are the primitive type of cells that do not contain membrane bound organelles on a simple…

Q: Name an organism with two similar and equal flagella.

A: Flagella is a long cylindrical structure found in many animal cells, specially in protozoa. It…

Q: Explain what it means if a bacterium is a spore former versus a non spore former. Included a diagram…

A: Spore former means bacteria can be able to form spores. Non spore former means bacteria that don't…

Q: how to view bacteria if bacterial colony formation happens and certain bacteria appear like a clump?

A: Answer: Introduction: Deliberate growth of bacteria on solid agar or liquid media is called as…

Q: Write the different structures of the cell wall in gram negative bacteria.

A: Gram negative bacteria: Cell wall have thin peptidoglycan layer with outer layer of…

Q: Which of the following is the most important structure related to microbial attachment?…

A: Bacteria are single-celled prokaryotes ubiquitous in nature. As such, they can be found in different…

Q: How does the shape of a bacteria cell affect the bacteria’s survival in the environment? To answer…

A: Note: As Per Bartleby Guidelines , For Further Answers Please Repost The Question. Introduction:…

Q: How does the protein synthesis of archaea differ from the protein synthesis of the bacteria? Explain…

A: Protein synthesis is the cellular process in which the genetic codes in messenger RNA (mRNA) are…

Q: What distinguishes archaea from bacteria? Select all that apply. A. Presence of a nucleoid B.…

A: Microscopic, single celled organisms which are found in every environment in millions are known as…

Q: what advantages might a bacterial species that forms multi-cellular arrangements eg; clusters or…

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Question

If you compared two motile bacterial species and determined one was considerably more motile than the
other, which arrangement of flagella would you expect to be associated with the highly motile species?
How would you confirm this?

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

This is a popular solution!

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Step 3

VIEW

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions

You isolated a new microorganism that has single cells and appear to lack a nucleus.Chemical analysis show the presence of both DNA and RNA in the cytoplasm and pseudomurein in the cell wall. In which of the following groups would the organism be classified?
Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms that are far too small to detect with the naked eye. Describe how you could grow enough bacteria in a colony to be viewed without a microscope. What is the relationship between the cells that form a colony?
If you were to analyze three separate colonies from the plate above, would you expect them all to be the same species of bacteria? Why or why not?
You use a spectrophometer and estimate the concentration of bacteria in a urine sample to be 4.6 x 10^5 cells/ml. Assuming you will plate 0.1ml of your samples, to what factor should you dilute your sample to get a countable number of colonies? Rearrange Original Cell Density formula to solve.
Carefully observe the cell morphology of the two organisms below. Then, draw the cell morphology. Cells should be drawn large enough so that you can show an accurate shape and arrangement. Your drawing should capture the relative length and width of the cells. There should be no pointy corners, no open circles, no extra “tails” and no overlapping rings. Specify cell morphology and if the organism a) Escherichia coli or b) Staphylococcus aureus
Do the different species of bacteria appear the same or different from each other when grown in media? Do you think it would be easy to identify which of these three species you had just by descriptions of growth? Explain your answer
How many cells could be present in a single bacterial colony?
If a bacterial species is not susceptible to an antibacterial drug at the concentration present in a particular disk, does that necessarily mean the species is completely resistant to the drug? Explain your answer. Did you notice any colonies (isolated mounds of cells) growing within any of the zones of inhibition? If so, which plate(s) and which drug(s)? What would cause growth of colonies within a zone of inhibition? please answer both questions.
Why can you see organisms now, but couldn’t see them when you first swabbed theplate? A bacterial colony consists of millions of bacterial cells which came from a singlebacterium. Which characteristic of life accounts for the formation of bacterial colonies?
In terms of the areas of the human body, how does this discrepancy in area differ in type and number of the bacteria present?A. Are the areas the same or are they different per individuals? Why?
Using bright-field microscopy to look at a slide prepared with a basic dye you observe cells with a clear inner compartment within the cell at 400X magnification. The cell is most likely a(n) A) prokaryote. B) bacterium. C) archaeon. D) eukaryote.
If you do not see single colonies on some of the plates, explain what might have happened to the bacteria?