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Most motile bacteria move by means of flagella, if present. Motile means that they are capable of motion. Flagella is the plural of flagellum.

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What is the difference of capsule from capsid?

Oh, dude, let me break it down for you. So, the capsid is like the outer protein shell of a virus, kind of like its protective coat. And then the capsule is more like a structure found in some bacteria that helps protect them from the environment. So, in simple terms, capsid is for viruses, and capsule is for bacteria. Easy peasy!


Why must you not flame your loop then quickly try to pick up bacteria with it?

Flaming a loop to sterilize it and then immediately picking up bacteria can lead to the reintroduction of contaminants and defeat the purpose of sterilization. It's important to let the loop cool down for a moment after flaming to avoid killing the bacteria you want to culture and to prevent accidental contamination.


Why is the loop heated before it is used to transfer bacteria?

The inoculating loop should be heated until it is hot enough to turn red, and then allowed to cool for a couple seconds. This ensures that the heat kills the majority of lingering bacteria before or after use.


What are the bad things that are not allowed into a cell?

In an animal cell, the plasma membrane keeps out unwanted objects. In a plant cell, the cell wall does this. Unwanted items would be any foreign unknown object, harmful bacteria, or wastes excreted by other cells. Cells only let in certain things, and they do this through selective permeability. They let in water and sugars and nutrients and other things that the cell requires. They can tell what to let in because proteins attached to the plasma membrane act as signalling devices, telling the plasma membrane whether or not to let something in. Some bacteria trick the plasma membrane into letting them in.


Why is there need to fix the bacteria to the slide?

To heat fix a bacterial smear you would put the specimen on the slide and either put slide on a slide warmer or over a Bunsen burner for a few seconds. Heat fixing a bacterial smear does kill the specimen but it makes the bacteria stick the slide to withstand the rinsing process.

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What structures let bacteria be motile?

Flagella and cilia because this is how prokaryotes move around.


Which bacteria are present in the small intestine that help in digestion in humans?

Well, let me put this short and sweet: If there were no bacteria in your digestive tract, you wouldn't be able to digest much anything.


What is the present perfect tense of let?

The present perfect tense of let is:I/You/We/They have let.He/She/It has let.


What is the present participle of let?

The present participle of "let" is "letting."


What is the present tense of let?

I/You/We/They let. He/She/It lets. The present participle is letting.


Present perfect tense with past participle of let?

The present perfect tense of let is: have/has let


Are animals from the class lamprey motile?

Lampreys aren´t a class, they´re a separate species. But yes, they are motile, they swim freely - that is, until they attach themselves to a fish host with their mouths and start scraping off flesh with their tongue. But they can let go and swim away whenever they want.


Can you get a fever by getting stuck in a life sized freezer?

The chemical molecules in the freezers molecular structure slowly seep though the gaps in a human ears/nose/mouth let in the bacteria used to kill cells and bacteria in food called Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans which can give you very bad diseases


What can happen if you let a bacteria infection go to far?

you die!


How to not let the past kill your present and future?

One way to not not let the past kill your present and future is not to dwell on the past and keep looking ahead.


What is the past tense of let?

The past tense of let is let. "Let" is one of the so-called "invariant" verbs: its present, past, and past participle are all "let". However, it is not literally invariant, because its third person singular present tense form is "lets" (note lack of apostrophe!).


What is the past participle of the word let?

"Let" is one of the "invariable" irregular verbs; its present, past, and past participle are all "let".