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1
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What are ‘Bacterial Cells’?

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  • A lot smaller than plant or animal cells
2
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What do Bacterial Cells contain?

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  • Chromosomal DNA
  • Plasmids
  • Flagellum
3
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What is ‘Chromosomal DNA’?

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  • One long circular chromosome which controls the cell’s activities and replication
4
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What are ‘Plasmids’?

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  • Small loops of extra DNA that aren’t part of the chromosome.
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What do Plasmids contain?

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  • Genes for things like drug resistance.

- It can be passed between bacteria.

6
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What is ‘Flagellum’?

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  • This is a long, hair like structure that rotates to make the bacterium more
7
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How is the cell supported?

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  • By a cell wall