Chapter 3
Review Questions

1. List all the major procaryotic structures discussed in the chapter and briefly describe the functions of each.

2. Why are procaryotic cells usually smaller than eucaryotic cells?

3. Discuss a possible mechanism of Gram staining in terms of differences in structure and chemistry between the walls of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

4. What is self-assembly and why is it so important to cells?

5. How might one go about showing that a bacterium could form true endospores?

6. What is adaptation in chemotaxis and how does it occur?

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