Title: Archaea vs. Bacteria | Biology for Majors II
Headings: Archaea vs. Bacteria
Archaea vs. Bacteria
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The Plasma Membrane
The Cell Wall
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Content: Causes rat-bite fever
Spirillum minus
Gamma proteobacteria
Many are beneficial symbionts that populate the human gut, but others are familiar human pathogens. Some species from this subgroup oxidize sulfur compounds. E. coli: Normally beneficial microbe of the human gut, but some strains cause disease
Salmonella: Certain strains cause food poisoning or typhoid fever
V. cholera: Causative agent of cholera
Chromatium: Sulfur-producing bacteria that oxidize sulfur, producing H 2 S
Vibrio cholera
Delta proteobacteria
Some species generate a spore-forming fruiting body in adverse conditions. Others reduce sulfate and sulfur. Myxobacteria: Generate spore-forming fruiting bodies in adverse conditions
Desulfovibrio vulgaris: