Eubacteria Kingdom
basic facts about bacteria:
~ bacteria are prokaryotes
~ prokarytoes in general are smaller than eukaryotes
~ the 3 general shape of all bacteria are bacillus(rod shaped), coccus(spherical shaped), spirillum(spiral shaped)
~ bacteria reproduce asecusally in process called binary fission-where bacteria divides into 2 cells
~ unicellular
~ only a small percent of bacteria cause diseases, there are helpful bacteria that help us digest our food
~ some bacteria move with the use of flagella or cilia, others do no move at all
about eubacteria:
~ cell walls are made of peptidoglycan
~ most abundant organisms
~ some are aerobic (need oxygen to surevive) and some are anaerobic (die if oxygen is present)
~ some are autotrophs while some are heterotrophs
~ more in your body than people in the world