Lab Exercise 9:
The Prokaryotes
Station 1. Bacterial cell size
Eukaryotic vs
prokaryotic cells
Station 2: Bacterial Cell Structure
PILI
(70s)
CAPSULE
3: Nitrogen-fixing root nodules
Station 2.
Rhizobium
Legumes
4: Yogurt production
Station 3.
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Streptococcus thermophilus
Station 4.
5: Clostridium botulinum
Station 5.
6: Treponema pallidum
Borrelia burgdorferi
7: Anabaena
Station 6.
A
X
8: Merismopedia
Station 7.
Prepared slide:
Bacterial Flagella
Flagellar arrangement?
Answer: amphitrichous
Flagellar arrangement?
Answer: peritrichous
Prepared slide:
Bacterial Capsules
Prepared slide:
Bacterial Endospores
An unstained endospore is clear.