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Will bacterial death occur if there is damage to the cell wall?
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∙ 13y ago
Actually the guy below is "off" The cell would die if there is damage to the cell wall but, Would also die if damage occured to plasma membrane, proteins, and nucleic acid .
Remember some Eukaryotes do not have cell walls, so It depends on if you are talking about eukaryotes or prokaryotes as well.
ACTUALLY, to edit the answer below, the answer to the question is D - all of the above. The plasma membrane is made of proteins and if damaged will damage the plasma membrane in turn causing the the cell to rupture (lysis) and die. Nucleic acids for the same reason stated below.
so the correct answer is NOT C it is D!
"Bacterial death will result from damage to which of the following structures?"
a. plasma membrane
b. proteins
c. nucleic acids
d. All of the above
the correct answer is C. nucleic acids. heres a quote directly from the book..."The nucleic acids DNA and RNA are the carriers of the cell's genetic information. Damage to these nucleic acids by heat, radiation or chemicals is frequently lethal to the cell; the cell can no longer replicate, nor can it carry out normal metabolic functions such as the synthesis of enzymes." your welcome.
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A certain bacterial colony originated from the division of a single bacterial cell Each cell in this colony will most likely?
synthesize the same proteins and enzymes
What does a single bacterial cell divide into during binary fission?
Binary fission produces two identical bacterial cells.
Bacterial cells reproduce asexually by what?
Binary Fission :)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a cell membrame?
they protect the cell from damage
A bacterial cell moving toward light would be an example of?
positive phototaxis.
What is the relationship between uv exposure time and bacterial death?
Ultraviolet light can damage DNA molecules. If a cell's DNA repair mechanisms can't keep up with the damage, mutations are the result. As harmful mutations accumulate, the cell eventually dies. How much ultraviolet light is too much for a bacterial cell?
Where does most of the metabolic activity in a cell occur?
Most of the metabolic activity in the cell occur in the cell's cytoplasm, specifically in the mitochondria in eukaryotic (not bacterial or archaeal) cells.
What is cellular damage?
Damage at the cellular level - such as damage to mitochondria or enzymes, damage to the DNA or damage to the cell membrane. If the damage is serious enough, this will lead to either apoptosis (programmed, controlled cell-death), or necrosis (spontaneous, unplanned death).
Does The p53 gene codes for a protein that triggers uncontrolled cell division?
No, when it detects a mutation or damage to the DNA of a cell it codes for a protein that causes apoptosis to occur which is the controlled death of a cell. so it prevents uncontrolled cell division.
What are cell walls made of if they protect some bacteria from damage?
Bacterial cell walls are made of peptidoglycan (also called murein).
How do the microbes such as bacteria die?
DNA replication was stoped due to nutrition depletion, finally leads to cell death. toxic subtances affect the normal functions of bacterial cell which leads to cell death
Does a Bacterial cell have only a cell wall?
No, bacterial cell also have phospholipid bilayers.
Does chromosome replication occur in mitosis and meiosis?
In normal eukaryotic cell cycle or in case of bacterial chrosome, DNA replication occur to replicate the whole chromosome.
Is bacterial cell a endo spore?
yes a bacterial cell is an endo spore
The length of a bacteriums DNA may be 1000 times the length of the cell within which it is contained how can this occur?
The bacterial DNA is highly coiled.
Does a bacterial cell have a cell membrane?
Of course they are found in bacterial cells.Every living cell has a plasma membrane.
What does the bacterial cell reproduce that the human gene codes for?
the bacterial cell reproduces the bacterial chromosome that the human gene codes for.
