What are the 2 domains of prokaryotic cells?

Bacteria and Archaea

What can bacteria be?

environmental, beneficial, and harmful

What is Yersinia Pestis

The bacteria that caused the plague

What is Mycobacterium Tuberculosis?

The bacteria that causes Tuberculosis

What is a huge worry about bacteria in the health world?

increasing anti-biotic resistance

Where does Archaea live?

In the environment, can be extremophiles

What is the study of the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe?

Exobiology or Astrobiology

What do both Bacteria and Archaea have?

1. No membrane enclosed organelles 2. Circular DNA, introns in DNA 3. Transcription and Translation occur at same time 4. Fimbriae 5. Cell wall made of carbs 6. Ribosomes 7. Glycolax 8. Flagella

What is the nucleoid region?

Where the nucleus would be in prokaryotic cells

What are Fimbriae?

Attach structures to the surface of cell

What is the cell wall of Bacteria made of?

Peptidoglycan

What is the cell wall of Archaea made of?

A mix of carbs, varies.

What is the Glycolax?

outer coating of the cell wall

What does the flagella do?

Locomotion in some prokaryotes