17) Fill out the following table Structure Pili or Fimbriae Flagella.pdf
- 1. 17) Fill out the following table: Structure Pili or Fimbriae Flagella Capsule PHB inclusion Sulfur granules Magnetosomes Endo LPS layer Cell wall Function Location Solution structure Function Location Pili or fimbrae Required for bacterial conjugation On the surface, embedded in cell membrane Flagella Bacterial cell motility On the surface, embedded in cell membrane; numbers vary from 1 to multiple Capsule Outside the cell envelope Protection from antibiotics, mechanical stress and desiccation PHB inclusion Present in the bacterial cytoplasm Acts as storage granules in bacteria Sulfur granules Inclusion bodies in cytoplasm May aid in metabolism- bacteria that use Hydrogen sulfide as electron source for respiration Magnetosomes Membranous organelles that are present in magnetotactic bacteria; containing magnetic crystals Help the bacteria orient in geomagnetic field to search proper environment Endospores Generally present in the cytoplasm Helps the bacterial cells propagate asexually in extreme conditions LPS layer Part of cell wall in Gram negative bacterial cells Protection of the cells, transport of materials and also imparts pathogenicity to the bacterial cells Cell wall A part of the cell envelope, surrounding cell membrane Protection of the cells, transport of materials and maintenance of osmotic pressure. structure
- 2. Function Location Pili or fimbrae Required for bacterial conjugation On the surface, embedded in cell membrane Flagella Bacterial cell motility On the surface, embedded in cell membrane; numbers vary from 1 to multiple Capsule Outside the cell envelope Protection from antibiotics, mechanical stress and desiccation PHB inclusion Present in the bacterial cytoplasm Acts as storage granules in bacteria Sulfur granules Inclusion bodies in cytoplasm May aid in metabolism- bacteria that use Hydrogen sulfide as electron source for respiration Magnetosomes Membranous organelles that are present in magnetotactic bacteria; containing magnetic crystals Help the bacteria orient in geomagnetic field to search proper environment Endospores Generally present in the cytoplasm Helps the bacterial cells propagate asexually in extreme conditions LPS layer Part of cell wall in Gram negative bacterial cells Protection of the cells, transport of materials and also imparts pathogenicity to the bacterial cells Cell wall A part of the cell envelope, surrounding cell membrane Protection of the cells, transport of materials and maintenance of osmotic pressure.