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10) which of the following terms refers to a bacterial cell having a si…

Question

  1. which of the following terms refers to a bacterial cell having a single tuft of flagella at one end? (0.5pts)

monotrichous
amphitrichous
peritrichous
lophotrichous

  1. bacterial cell walls are primarily composed of which of the following? (0.5pts)

phospholipid
protein
carbohydrate
peptidoglycan

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

For question 10: Monotrichous means one flagellum at one end, amphitrichous is one flagellum at each end, peritrichous is flagella all over the cell, and lophotrichous is a single tuft of flagella at one end.
For question 11: Phospholipids are the main component of cell membranes, proteins and carbohydrates are membrane components, while peptidoglycan is the primary structural component of bacterial cell walls.

Answer:

  1. D. Lophotrichous
  2. D. Peptidoglycan