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BIO250L structure microscopy worksheet
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Pre-LabcQuestions
1. WhatcdeterminescifcacbacterialccellciscGram-positivecorcGram-negative?
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candcdescribeconecotherctypecofcacellularcorganism.cWhatccharacteristicscaboutcthiscorganismc
classifycitcascacellular?
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hogenic.cTheycarecacellularcandconlychavecacsingleccirclecRNAcstrandcthatcreplicatescitself.
3. Bacteriachavecmanycdifferentcshapescthatcoftencdeterminectheircclass.cResearchcandcformcac
hypothesisconcthecevolutionarycreasonscforcsocmanycdifferentcbacterialcmorphologies.
Itciscbelievedcthatctheccompetitivecadvantagescofcdifferentccellcshapescmaychave
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influencedctheircevolution.cAccordingctoctheory,ccellscmaycadaptctoctheircphysical,cbiologicalcandc
environmentalcsettingscbycchangingctheircform,cwhichchascaidedcinctheircsurvival.cThesecmodificati
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