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Armenia
Armenian cuisine is as ancient as the history of Armenia, a combination of different tastes and aromas. The food often has quite a distinct aroma. Closely related to eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, various spices, vegetables, fish, and fruits combine to present unique dishes. The main characteristics of Armenian cui...
What different uses does fruit have in Armenian food?
{ "text": [ "main ingredient as well as to sour food" ], "answer_start": [ 500 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ...
What is a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms?
{ "text": [ "Bacteria" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
572f876aa23a5019007fc6f0
Bacteria
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ...
What configurations can bacteria can bacteria take?
{ "text": [ "spheres to rods and spirals" ], "answer_start": [ 189 ] }
572f876aa23a5019007fc6f1
Bacteria
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ...
When is the typical lenght for bacteria?
{ "text": [ "few micrometres" ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
572f876aa23a5019007fc6f2
Bacteria
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ...
What environments can bacteria live?
{ "text": [ "present in most of its habitats" ], "answer_start": [ 287 ] }
572f876aa23a5019007fc6f3
Bacteria
Bacteria (i/bækˈtɪəriə/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. ...
What is the relationships between plants animals and bacteria?
{ "text": [ "symbiotic and parasitic relationships" ], "answer_start": [ 451 ] }
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Bacteria
There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 5×1030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient ...
What amount of bacteria can be found in a gram of soil?
{ "text": [ "40 million bacterial cells" ], "answer_start": [ 20 ] }
572f8f15a23a5019007fc74a
Bacteria
There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 5×1030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient ...
How many bacteria cells can be in a milliltre of fresh water?
{ "text": [ "million bacterial cells" ], "answer_start": [ 71 ] }
572f8f15a23a5019007fc74b
Bacteria
There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 5×1030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient ...
How does bacteria help to sustain life in hydrothermal vents and cold seeps?
{ "text": [ "by converting dissolved compounds" ], "answer_start": [ 559 ] }
572f8f15a23a5019007fc74c
Bacteria
There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 5×1030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient ...
What deepest part of the ocean was bacteria found?
{ "text": [ "Mariana Trench" ], "answer_start": [ 738 ] }
572f8f15a23a5019007fc74d
Bacteria
There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 5×1030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient ...
Can bacteria survive inside rocks under the sea level?
{ "text": [ "thrive inside rocks" ], "answer_start": [ 896 ] }
572f9551a23a5019007fc7ad
Bacteria
There are approximately ten times as many bacterial cells in the human flora as there are human cells in the body, with the largest number of the human flora being in the gut flora, and a large number on the skin. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immun...
What is the ratio of human/bacteria cells in human flora?
{ "text": [ "ten times as many bacterial cells" ], "answer_start": [ 24 ] }
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Bacteria
There are approximately ten times as many bacterial cells in the human flora as there are human cells in the body, with the largest number of the human flora being in the gut flora, and a large number on the skin. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immun...
What keeps bacteria at bay in human body?
{ "text": [ "the immune system" ], "answer_start": [ 311 ] }
572f9551a23a5019007fc7af
Bacteria
There are approximately ten times as many bacterial cells in the human flora as there are human cells in the body, with the largest number of the human flora being in the gut flora, and a large number on the skin. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immun...
What type of bacteria can cause infectious diseases?
{ "text": [ "pathogenic" ], "answer_start": [ 396 ] }
572f9551a23a5019007fc7b0
Bacteria
There are approximately ten times as many bacterial cells in the human flora as there are human cells in the body, with the largest number of the human flora being in the gut flora, and a large number on the skin. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immun...
What are the deadliest diseases caused by bacteria?
{ "text": [ "respiratory infections" ], "answer_start": [ 550 ] }
572f9551a23a5019007fc7b1
Bacteria
There are approximately ten times as many bacterial cells in the human flora as there are human cells in the body, with the largest number of the human flora being in the gut flora, and a large number on the skin. The vast majority of the bacteria in the body are rendered harmless by the protective effects of the immun...
What makes bacteria resistant to antibiotic treatment?
{ "text": [ "farming" ], "answer_start": [ 765 ] }
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Bacteria
Once regarded as plants constituting the class Schizomycetes, bacteria are now classified as prokaryotes. Unlike cells of animals and other eukaryotes, bacterial cells do not contain a nucleus and rarely harbour membrane-bound organelles. Although the term bacteria traditionally included all prokaryotes, the scientific...
What living organisms are bacteria being reffered as?
{ "text": [ "prokaryotes" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
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Bacteria
Once regarded as plants constituting the class Schizomycetes, bacteria are now classified as prokaryotes. Unlike cells of animals and other eukaryotes, bacterial cells do not contain a nucleus and rarely harbour membrane-bound organelles. Although the term bacteria traditionally included all prokaryotes, the scientific...
What vital part is missing in bacteria to eukaryotes?
{ "text": [ "nucleus" ], "answer_start": [ 185 ] }
572f9adf04bcaa1900d76ad1
Bacteria
Once regarded as plants constituting the class Schizomycetes, bacteria are now classified as prokaryotes. Unlike cells of animals and other eukaryotes, bacterial cells do not contain a nucleus and rarely harbour membrane-bound organelles. Although the term bacteria traditionally included all prokaryotes, the scientific...
When did the scientific classification change?
{ "text": [ "1990s" ], "answer_start": [ 371 ] }
572f9adf04bcaa1900d76ad2
Bacteria
Once regarded as plants constituting the class Schizomycetes, bacteria are now classified as prokaryotes. Unlike cells of animals and other eukaryotes, bacterial cells do not contain a nucleus and rarely harbour membrane-bound organelles. Although the term bacteria traditionally included all prokaryotes, the scientific...
What are two main groups prokaryotes can be divided into?
{ "text": [ "Bacteria and Archaea" ], "answer_start": [ 528 ] }
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Bacteria
The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life. In 2008, fossils of macroorganisms were discovered and n...
When did the first antecedents of bacteria appear on Earth?
{ "text": [ "4 billion years ago" ], "answer_start": [ 125 ] }
572f9ceab2c2fd1400568256
Bacteria
The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life. In 2008, fossils of macroorganisms were discovered and n...
Why were bacteria and archaea dominant forms of life?
{ "text": [ "most organisms were microscopic" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
572f9ceab2c2fd1400568257
Bacteria
The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life. In 2008, fossils of macroorganisms were discovered and n...
What are Stromatolites?
{ "text": [ "bacterial fossils" ], "answer_start": [ 362 ] }
572f9ceab2c2fd1400568258
Bacteria
The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life. In 2008, fossils of macroorganisms were discovered and n...
What pre-historic group did bacteria evolve from?
{ "text": [ "archaeal/eukaryotic lineage" ], "answer_start": [ 730 ] }
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Bacteria
The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life. In 2008, fossils of macroorganisms were discovered and n...
How did chloroplast appear in first vegetation?
{ "text": [ "mitochondria also engulfed cyanobacterial-like organisms" ], "answer_start": [ 1366 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria display a wide diversity of shapes and sizes, called morphologies. Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length. However, a few species are visible to the unaided eye — for example, Thiomargarita namibiensis is up to half a millimetre long and...
Are bacteria cells smaller than eukaryotic cells?
{ "text": [ "one-tenth the size" ], "answer_start": [ 102 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria display a wide diversity of shapes and sizes, called morphologies. Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length. However, a few species are visible to the unaided eye — for example, Thiomargarita namibiensis is up to half a millimetre long and...
What is the common name for shapes and forms of bacteria?
{ "text": [ "morphologies" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria display a wide diversity of shapes and sizes, called morphologies. Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length. However, a few species are visible to the unaided eye — for example, Thiomargarita namibiensis is up to half a millimetre long and...
How big is Epulopiscium bacteria?
{ "text": [ "0.7 mm" ], "answer_start": [ 353 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria display a wide diversity of shapes and sizes, called morphologies. Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length. However, a few species are visible to the unaided eye — for example, Thiomargarita namibiensis is up to half a millimetre long and...
What are one of the smallest bacteria?
{ "text": [ "genus Mycoplasma" ], "answer_start": [ 408 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria display a wide diversity of shapes and sizes, called morphologies. Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length. However, a few species are visible to the unaided eye — for example, Thiomargarita namibiensis is up to half a millimetre long and...
Is ultramicrobacteria is well examined?
{ "text": [ "not well-studied" ], "answer_start": [ 563 ] }
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Bacteria
Most bacterial species are either spherical, called cocci (sing. coccus, from Greek kókkos, grain, seed), or rod-shaped, called bacilli (sing. bacillus, from Latin baculus, stick). Elongation is associated with swimming. Some bacteria, called vibrio, are shaped like slightly curved rods or comma-shaped; others can be s...
What shape does usually cocci type of bacteria can be?
{ "text": [ "spherical" ], "answer_start": [ 34 ] }
572fa02704bcaa1900d76b0a
Bacteria
Most bacterial species are either spherical, called cocci (sing. coccus, from Greek kókkos, grain, seed), or rod-shaped, called bacilli (sing. bacillus, from Latin baculus, stick). Elongation is associated with swimming. Some bacteria, called vibrio, are shaped like slightly curved rods or comma-shaped; others can be s...
What type of bacteria usually takes rod-shaped form?
{ "text": [ "bacilli" ], "answer_start": [ 128 ] }
572fa02704bcaa1900d76b0b
Bacteria
Most bacterial species are either spherical, called cocci (sing. coccus, from Greek kókkos, grain, seed), or rod-shaped, called bacilli (sing. bacillus, from Latin baculus, stick). Elongation is associated with swimming. Some bacteria, called vibrio, are shaped like slightly curved rods or comma-shaped; others can be s...
What shape Spirochaetes are?
{ "text": [ "tightly coiled" ], "answer_start": [ 354 ] }
572fa02704bcaa1900d76b0c
Bacteria
Most bacterial species are either spherical, called cocci (sing. coccus, from Greek kókkos, grain, seed), or rod-shaped, called bacilli (sing. bacillus, from Latin baculus, stick). Elongation is associated with swimming. Some bacteria, called vibrio, are shaped like slightly curved rods or comma-shaped; others can be s...
What shape was newly discovered bacteria from deep under Earth?
{ "text": [ "branching filamentous types with a star-shaped cross-section" ], "answer_start": [ 542 ] }
572fa02704bcaa1900d76b0d
Bacteria
Most bacterial species are either spherical, called cocci (sing. coccus, from Greek kókkos, grain, seed), or rod-shaped, called bacilli (sing. bacillus, from Latin baculus, stick). Elongation is associated with swimming. Some bacteria, called vibrio, are shaped like slightly curved rods or comma-shaped; others can be s...
Can shape of bacteria be beneficial to their survival?
{ "text": [ "can influence the ability of bacteria to acquire nutrients" ], "answer_start": [ 845 ] }
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Bacteria
Many bacterial species exist simply as single cells, others associate in characteristic patterns: Neisseria form diploids (pairs), Streptococcus form chains, and Staphylococcus group together in "bunch of grapes" clusters. Bacteria can also be elongated to form filaments, for example the Actinobacteria. Filamentous bac...
What is the usual form for Neiserria bacteria?
{ "text": [ "diploids (pairs)" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
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Bacteria
Many bacterial species exist simply as single cells, others associate in characteristic patterns: Neisseria form diploids (pairs), Streptococcus form chains, and Staphylococcus group together in "bunch of grapes" clusters. Bacteria can also be elongated to form filaments, for example the Actinobacteria. Filamentous bac...
What type of bacteria is surrounded by a capsule?
{ "text": [ "Filamentous bacteria" ], "answer_start": [ 305 ] }
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Bacteria
Many bacterial species exist simply as single cells, others associate in characteristic patterns: Neisseria form diploids (pairs), Streptococcus form chains, and Staphylococcus group together in "bunch of grapes" clusters. Bacteria can also be elongated to form filaments, for example the Actinobacteria. Filamentous bac...
What well known bacteria structure chains?
{ "text": [ "Streptococcus" ], "answer_start": [ 131 ] }
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Bacteria
Many bacterial species exist simply as single cells, others associate in characteristic patterns: Neisseria form diploids (pairs), Streptococcus form chains, and Staphylococcus group together in "bunch of grapes" clusters. Bacteria can also be elongated to form filaments, for example the Actinobacteria. Filamentous bac...
What does typically Staphylococcus look like?
{ "text": [ "clusters" ], "answer_start": [ 213 ] }
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Bacteria
Many bacterial species exist simply as single cells, others associate in characteristic patterns: Neisseria form diploids (pairs), Streptococcus form chains, and Staphylococcus group together in "bunch of grapes" clusters. Bacteria can also be elongated to form filaments, for example the Actinobacteria. Filamentous bac...
Formation of what can be related to fungal mycelia?
{ "text": [ "branched filaments" ], "answer_start": [ 469 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria often attach to surfaces and form dense aggregations called biofilms or bacterial mats. These films can range from a few micrometers in thickness to up to half a meter in depth, and may contain multiple species of bacteria, protists and archaea. Bacteria living in biofilms display a complex arrangement of cell...
What does bacteria use to adhere to surfaces?
{ "text": [ "biofilms" ], "answer_start": [ 69 ] }
572fa3e9b2c2fd140056827e
Bacteria
Bacteria often attach to surfaces and form dense aggregations called biofilms or bacterial mats. These films can range from a few micrometers in thickness to up to half a meter in depth, and may contain multiple species of bacteria, protists and archaea. Bacteria living in biofilms display a complex arrangement of cell...
How extent can biofilm be?
{ "text": [ "up to half a meter in depth" ], "answer_start": [ 158 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria often attach to surfaces and form dense aggregations called biofilms or bacterial mats. These films can range from a few micrometers in thickness to up to half a meter in depth, and may contain multiple species of bacteria, protists and archaea. Bacteria living in biofilms display a complex arrangement of cell...
What is part of secondary structure in the complex formation of bacteria?
{ "text": [ "microcolonies," ], "answer_start": [ 390 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria often attach to surfaces and form dense aggregations called biofilms or bacterial mats. These films can range from a few micrometers in thickness to up to half a meter in depth, and may contain multiple species of bacteria, protists and archaea. Bacteria living in biofilms display a complex arrangement of cell...
What is the purpose of networks of channels in microcolonies?
{ "text": [ "to enable better diffusion of nutrients" ], "answer_start": [ 450 ] }
572fa3e9b2c2fd1400568281
Bacteria
Bacteria often attach to surfaces and form dense aggregations called biofilms or bacterial mats. These films can range from a few micrometers in thickness to up to half a meter in depth, and may contain multiple species of bacteria, protists and archaea. Bacteria living in biofilms display a complex arrangement of cell...
Which bacteria is more difficult to eradicate?
{ "text": [ "bacteria protected within biofilms" ], "answer_start": [ 782 ] }
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Bacteria
Even more complex morphological changes are sometimes possible. For example, when starved of amino acids, Myxobacteria detect surrounding cells in a process known as quorum sensing, migrate toward each other, and aggregate to form fruiting bodies up to 500 micrometres long and containing approximately 100,000 bacterial...
What is the vital nutriment for Myxobacteria?
{ "text": [ "amino acids" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
572fa576b2c2fd140056829a
Bacteria
Even more complex morphological changes are sometimes possible. For example, when starved of amino acids, Myxobacteria detect surrounding cells in a process known as quorum sensing, migrate toward each other, and aggregate to form fruiting bodies up to 500 micrometres long and containing approximately 100,000 bacterial...
Why do cells of Myxobacteria migrate towards each other?
{ "text": [ "aggregate to form fruiting bodies" ], "answer_start": [ 213 ] }
572fa576b2c2fd140056829b
Bacteria
Even more complex morphological changes are sometimes possible. For example, when starved of amino acids, Myxobacteria detect surrounding cells in a process known as quorum sensing, migrate toward each other, and aggregate to form fruiting bodies up to 500 micrometres long and containing approximately 100,000 bacterial...
How hard to treat bacteria cells in a passive state?
{ "text": [ "more resistant" ], "answer_start": [ 623 ] }
572fa576b2c2fd140056829c
Bacteria
Even more complex morphological changes are sometimes possible. For example, when starved of amino acids, Myxobacteria detect surrounding cells in a process known as quorum sensing, migrate toward each other, and aggregate to form fruiting bodies up to 500 micrometres long and containing approximately 100,000 bacterial...
What bacteria do in fruiting bodies?
{ "text": [ "multicellular organisation" ], "answer_start": [ 436 ] }
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Bacteria
The bacterial cell is surrounded by a cell membrane (also known as a lipid, cytoplasmic or plasma membrane). This membrane encloses the contents of the cell and acts as a barrier to hold nutrients, proteins and other essential components of the cytoplasm within the cell. As they are prokaryotes, bacteria do not usually...
What is a cell membrane?
{ "text": [ "lipid" ], "answer_start": [ 69 ] }
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Bacteria
The bacterial cell is surrounded by a cell membrane (also known as a lipid, cytoplasmic or plasma membrane). This membrane encloses the contents of the cell and acts as a barrier to hold nutrients, proteins and other essential components of the cytoplasm within the cell. As they are prokaryotes, bacteria do not usually...
What does membrane accomplish?
{ "text": [ "barrier to hold nutrients, proteins and other essential components" ], "answer_start": [ 171 ] }
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Bacteria
The bacterial cell is surrounded by a cell membrane (also known as a lipid, cytoplasmic or plasma membrane). This membrane encloses the contents of the cell and acts as a barrier to hold nutrients, proteins and other essential components of the cytoplasm within the cell. As they are prokaryotes, bacteria do not usually...
Do bacteria have membrabe-bound organelles in their cytoplasm?
{ "text": [ "do not" ], "answer_start": [ 306 ] }
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Bacteria
The bacterial cell is surrounded by a cell membrane (also known as a lipid, cytoplasmic or plasma membrane). This membrane encloses the contents of the cell and acts as a barrier to hold nutrients, proteins and other essential components of the cytoplasm within the cell. As they are prokaryotes, bacteria do not usually...
Absence of what make bacteria belong to prokaryotes?
{ "text": [ "true nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts and the other organelles" ], "answer_start": [ 437 ] }
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Bacteria
The bacterial cell is surrounded by a cell membrane (also known as a lipid, cytoplasmic or plasma membrane). This membrane encloses the contents of the cell and acts as a barrier to hold nutrients, proteins and other essential components of the cytoplasm within the cell. As they are prokaryotes, bacteria do not usually...
What bacteria was observed as before prokaryotic cytoskeleton was discovered?
{ "text": [ "simple bags of cytoplasm" ], "answer_start": [ 559 ] }
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Bacteria
Many important biochemical reactions, such as energy generation, use concentration gradients across membranes. The general lack of internal membranes in bacteria means reactions such as electron transport occur across the cell membrane between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic space. However, in many photosynthetic bac...
What is crucial for biochemical reactions?
{ "text": [ "concentration gradients across membranes" ], "answer_start": [ 69 ] }
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Bacteria
Many important biochemical reactions, such as energy generation, use concentration gradients across membranes. The general lack of internal membranes in bacteria means reactions such as electron transport occur across the cell membrane between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic space. However, in many photosynthetic bac...
What kind of membrane do bacteria cells are filled with?
{ "text": [ "light-gathering membrane" ], "answer_start": [ 405 ] }
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Bacteria
Many important biochemical reactions, such as energy generation, use concentration gradients across membranes. The general lack of internal membranes in bacteria means reactions such as electron transport occur across the cell membrane between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic space. However, in many photosynthetic bac...
How does electron transit occur in bacteria?
{ "text": [ "between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic space" ], "answer_start": [ 236 ] }
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Bacteria
Many important biochemical reactions, such as energy generation, use concentration gradients across membranes. The general lack of internal membranes in bacteria means reactions such as electron transport occur across the cell membrane between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic space. However, in many photosynthetic bac...
Can membrane of bacteria create lipid structure?
{ "text": [ "light-gathering complexes may even form lipid-enclosed structures" ], "answer_start": [ 437 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and their genetic material is typically a single circular DNA chromosome located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. The phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Po...
What is genetic make of bacteria?
{ "text": [ "a single circular DNA chromosome" ], "answer_start": [ 87 ] }
572fab18947a6a140053cb3b
Bacteria
Bacteria do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and their genetic material is typically a single circular DNA chromosome located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. The phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Po...
Where is DNA chromosome of bacteria located?
{ "text": [ "in the cytoplasm" ], "answer_start": [ 128 ] }
572fab18947a6a140053cb3c
Bacteria
Bacteria do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and their genetic material is typically a single circular DNA chromosome located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. The phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Po...
How does nucleoid look?
{ "text": [ "irregularly shaped body" ], "answer_start": [ 151 ] }
572fab18947a6a140053cb3d
Bacteria
Bacteria do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and their genetic material is typically a single circular DNA chromosome located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. The phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Po...
What are the exceptions of non-internal membrane bacteria?
{ "text": [ "phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Poribacteria" ], "answer_start": [ 275 ] }
572fab18947a6a140053cb3e
Bacteria
Bacteria do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and their genetic material is typically a single circular DNA chromosome located in the cytoplasm in an irregularly shaped body called the nucleoid. The nucleoid contains the chromosome with its associated proteins and RNA. The phylum Planctomycetes and candidate phylum Po...
What is the purpose of polyribosomes in bacteria?
{ "text": [ "production of proteins" ], "answer_start": [ 639 ] }
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Bacteria
Some bacteria produce intracellular nutrient storage granules for later use, such as glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates. Certain bacterial species, such as the photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, produce internal gas vesicles, which they use to regulate their buoyancy – allowing them to move up or down ...
What types of intracellar nutrient can bacteria produce?
{ "text": [ "glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates" ], "answer_start": [ 85 ] }
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Bacteria
Some bacteria produce intracellular nutrient storage granules for later use, such as glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates. Certain bacterial species, such as the photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, produce internal gas vesicles, which they use to regulate their buoyancy – allowing them to move up or down ...
What gas vacuoles are respoonsible for in bacteria?
{ "text": [ "to control their buoyancy" ], "answer_start": [ 1418 ] }
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Bacteria
Some bacteria produce intracellular nutrient storage granules for later use, such as glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates. Certain bacterial species, such as the photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, produce internal gas vesicles, which they use to regulate their buoyancy – allowing them to move up or down ...
What are the most common nonliving compositions in bacteria?
{ "text": [ "glycogen, lipid droplets, crystals, and pigments" ], "answer_start": [ 954 ] }
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Bacteria
Some bacteria produce intracellular nutrient storage granules for later use, such as glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates. Certain bacterial species, such as the photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, produce internal gas vesicles, which they use to regulate their buoyancy – allowing them to move up or down ...
How does gas vesicles produced by Cyanobacteria help her to move in water?
{ "text": [ "move up or down into water layers with different light intensities" ], "answer_start": [ 304 ] }
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Bacteria
Some bacteria produce intracellular nutrient storage granules for later use, such as glycogen, polyphosphate, sulfur or polyhydroxyalkanoates. Certain bacterial species, such as the photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, produce internal gas vesicles, which they use to regulate their buoyancy – allowing them to move up or down ...
What are chromatophores used for?
{ "text": [ "photosynthesis" ], "answer_start": [ 511 ] }
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Bacteria
In most bacteria, a cell wall is present on the outside of the cell membrane. The cell membrane and cell wall comprise the cell envelope. A common bacterial cell wall material is peptidoglycan (called "murein" in older sources), which is made from polysaccharide chains cross-linked by peptides containing D-amino acids....
What composes the cell envelope?
{ "text": [ "cell membrane and cell wall" ], "answer_start": [ 82 ] }
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Bacteria
In most bacteria, a cell wall is present on the outside of the cell membrane. The cell membrane and cell wall comprise the cell envelope. A common bacterial cell wall material is peptidoglycan (called "murein" in older sources), which is made from polysaccharide chains cross-linked by peptides containing D-amino acids....
What is most common cell wall material?
{ "text": [ "peptidoglycan" ], "answer_start": [ 179 ] }
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Bacteria
In most bacteria, a cell wall is present on the outside of the cell membrane. The cell membrane and cell wall comprise the cell envelope. A common bacterial cell wall material is peptidoglycan (called "murein" in older sources), which is made from polysaccharide chains cross-linked by peptides containing D-amino acids....
Are cell walls of bacteria similar to cell walls of plants and fungi?
{ "text": [ "Bacterial cell walls are different" ], "answer_start": [ 321 ] }
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Bacteria
In most bacteria, a cell wall is present on the outside of the cell membrane. The cell membrane and cell wall comprise the cell envelope. A common bacterial cell wall material is peptidoglycan (called "murein" in older sources), which is made from polysaccharide chains cross-linked by peptides containing D-amino acids....
How can antibiotic penicillin destroy bacteria?
{ "text": [ "by inhibiting a step in the synthesis of peptidoglycan" ], "answer_start": [ 668 ] }
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Bacteria
In most bacteria, a cell wall is present on the outside of the cell membrane. The cell membrane and cell wall comprise the cell envelope. A common bacterial cell wall material is peptidoglycan (called "murein" in older sources), which is made from polysaccharide chains cross-linked by peptides containing D-amino acids....
What are the main materials of cell walls of plants and fungi?
{ "text": [ "cellulose and chitin" ], "answer_start": [ 415 ] }
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Bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria possess a thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids. In contrast, gram-negative bacteria have a relatively thin cell wall consisting of a few layers of peptidoglycan surrounded by a second lipid membrane containing lipopolysaccharides and lipoproteins. Lipopolysac...
What does gram-positive bacteria have?
{ "text": [ "thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids" ], "answer_start": [ 33 ] }
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Bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria possess a thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids. In contrast, gram-negative bacteria have a relatively thin cell wall consisting of a few layers of peptidoglycan surrounded by a second lipid membrane containing lipopolysaccharides and lipoproteins. Lipopolysac...
Why gram-negative cell bacteria is more toxic than gram-positive bacteria?
{ "text": [ "polysaccharides and lipid A" ], "answer_start": [ 370 ] }
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Bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria possess a thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids. In contrast, gram-negative bacteria have a relatively thin cell wall consisting of a few layers of peptidoglycan surrounded by a second lipid membrane containing lipopolysaccharides and lipoproteins. Lipopolysac...
What can be endotoxins called?
{ "text": [ "Lipopolysaccharides" ], "answer_start": [ 309 ] }
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Bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria possess a thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids. In contrast, gram-negative bacteria have a relatively thin cell wall consisting of a few layers of peptidoglycan surrounded by a second lipid membrane containing lipopolysaccharides and lipoproteins. Lipopolysac...
What can different structure of the cell walls of bacteria effect?
{ "text": [ "differences in antibiotic susceptibility" ], "answer_start": [ 757 ] }
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Bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria possess a thick cell wall containing many layers of peptidoglycan and teichoic acids. In contrast, gram-negative bacteria have a relatively thin cell wall consisting of a few layers of peptidoglycan surrounded by a second lipid membrane containing lipopolysaccharides and lipoproteins. Lipopolysac...
What is the main defense of human body against eye infections?
{ "text": [ "enzyme lysozyme, found in human tears" ], "answer_start": [ 1235 ] }
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Bacteria
Acid-fast bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, are resistant to decolorization by acids during staining procedures. The high mycolic acid content of Mycobacteria, is responsible for the staining pattern of poor absorption followed by high retention. The most common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria is t...
What is the most typical staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria?
{ "text": [ "Ziehl-Neelsen stain" ], "answer_start": [ 323 ] }
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Bacteria
Acid-fast bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, are resistant to decolorization by acids during staining procedures. The high mycolic acid content of Mycobacteria, is responsible for the staining pattern of poor absorption followed by high retention. The most common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria is t...
What is mycolic acid is responsible for in Mycobacteria?
{ "text": [ "staining pattern of poor absorption followed by high retention." ], "answer_start": [ 181 ] }
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Bacteria
Acid-fast bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, are resistant to decolorization by acids during staining procedures. The high mycolic acid content of Mycobacteria, is responsible for the staining pattern of poor absorption followed by high retention. The most common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria is t...
What helps Mycobacteria be resistant to decolorization?
{ "text": [ "high mycolic acid content" ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
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Bacteria
Acid-fast bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, are resistant to decolorization by acids during staining procedures. The high mycolic acid content of Mycobacteria, is responsible for the staining pattern of poor absorption followed by high retention. The most common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria is t...
What is the main pathogenic bacteria in L-form class ?
{ "text": [ "Mycoplasma" ], "answer_start": [ 574 ] }
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Bacteria
Fimbriae (sometimes called "attachment pili") are fine filaments of protein, usually 2–10 nanometres in diameter and up to several micrometers in length. They are distributed over the surface of the cell, and resemble fine hairs when seen under the electron microscope. Fimbriae are believed to be involved in attachment...
What are fimbriae?
{ "text": [ "fine filaments of protein" ], "answer_start": [ 50 ] }
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Bacteria
Fimbriae (sometimes called "attachment pili") are fine filaments of protein, usually 2–10 nanometres in diameter and up to several micrometers in length. They are distributed over the surface of the cell, and resemble fine hairs when seen under the electron microscope. Fimbriae are believed to be involved in attachment...
What are fimbriae liable for?
{ "text": [ "involved in attachment to solid surfaces or to other cells" ], "answer_start": [ 298 ] }
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Bacteria
Fimbriae (sometimes called "attachment pili") are fine filaments of protein, usually 2–10 nanometres in diameter and up to several micrometers in length. They are distributed over the surface of the cell, and resemble fine hairs when seen under the electron microscope. Fimbriae are believed to be involved in attachment...
What is the diameter of fimbriae?
{ "text": [ "2–10 nanometres" ], "answer_start": [ 85 ] }
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Bacteria
Fimbriae (sometimes called "attachment pili") are fine filaments of protein, usually 2–10 nanometres in diameter and up to several micrometers in length. They are distributed over the surface of the cell, and resemble fine hairs when seen under the electron microscope. Fimbriae are believed to be involved in attachment...
What are pili?
{ "text": [ "cellular appendages" ], "answer_start": [ 446 ] }
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Bacteria
Certain genera of Gram-positive bacteria, such as Bacillus, Clostridium, Sporohalobacter, Anaerobacter, and Heliobacterium, can form highly resistant, dormant structures called endospores. In almost all cases, one endospore is formed and this is not a reproductive process, although Anaerobacter can make up to seven end...
What are highly resistant dormant structures of certain gram-positive bacteria called?
{ "text": [ "endospores" ], "answer_start": [ 177 ] }
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Bacteria
Certain genera of Gram-positive bacteria, such as Bacillus, Clostridium, Sporohalobacter, Anaerobacter, and Heliobacterium, can form highly resistant, dormant structures called endospores. In almost all cases, one endospore is formed and this is not a reproductive process, although Anaerobacter can make up to seven end...
Is creating endospore a reproductive process?
{ "text": [ "is not a reproductive process" ], "answer_start": [ 243 ] }
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Bacteria
Certain genera of Gram-positive bacteria, such as Bacillus, Clostridium, Sporohalobacter, Anaerobacter, and Heliobacterium, can form highly resistant, dormant structures called endospores. In almost all cases, one endospore is formed and this is not a reproductive process, although Anaerobacter can make up to seven end...
What are ribosomes in endospores are enclosed in?
{ "text": [ "cortex layer" ], "answer_start": [ 435 ] }
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Bacteria
Certain genera of Gram-positive bacteria, such as Bacillus, Clostridium, Sporohalobacter, Anaerobacter, and Heliobacterium, can form highly resistant, dormant structures called endospores. In almost all cases, one endospore is formed and this is not a reproductive process, although Anaerobacter can make up to seven end...
What chemical compound comprises 5% to 15% of the dry weight of bacterial spores?
{ "text": [ "Dipicolinic acid" ], "answer_start": [ 496 ] }
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Bacteria
Endospores show no detectable metabolism and can survive extreme physical and chemical stresses, such as high levels of UV light, gamma radiation, detergents, disinfectants, heat, freezing, pressure, and desiccation. In this dormant state, these organisms may remain viable for millions of years, and endospores even all...
Is there a metabolism in endospores?
{ "text": [ "show no detectable metabolism" ], "answer_start": [ 11 ] }
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Bacteria
Endospores show no detectable metabolism and can survive extreme physical and chemical stresses, such as high levels of UV light, gamma radiation, detergents, disinfectants, heat, freezing, pressure, and desiccation. In this dormant state, these organisms may remain viable for millions of years, and endospores even all...
What extreme physical and chemical stresses can endospores endure?
{ "text": [ "UV light, gamma radiation, detergents, disinfectants, heat, freezing, pressure" ], "answer_start": [ 120 ] }
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Bacteria
Endospores show no detectable metabolism and can survive extreme physical and chemical stresses, such as high levels of UV light, gamma radiation, detergents, disinfectants, heat, freezing, pressure, and desiccation. In this dormant state, these organisms may remain viable for millions of years, and endospores even all...
How long can endospores of bacteria stay alive in dormant state?
{ "text": [ "for millions of years" ], "answer_start": [ 274 ] }
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Bacteria
Endospores show no detectable metabolism and can survive extreme physical and chemical stresses, such as high levels of UV light, gamma radiation, detergents, disinfectants, heat, freezing, pressure, and desiccation. In this dormant state, these organisms may remain viable for millions of years, and endospores even all...
What endospore-forming bacteria can cause tetanus disease?
{ "text": [ "Clostridium tetani" ], "answer_start": [ 771 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria exhibit an extremely wide variety of metabolic types. The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications. Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on...
What is commonly used to determine taxonomy of bacteria?
{ "text": [ "The distribution of metabolic traits" ], "answer_start": [ 63 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria exhibit an extremely wide variety of metabolic types. The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications. Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on...
How is bacterial metabolism determined?
{ "text": [ "nutritional groups" ], "answer_start": [ 299 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria exhibit an extremely wide variety of metabolic types. The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications. Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on...
What are electron acceptors accountable for?
{ "text": [ "aerobic or anaerobic respiration" ], "answer_start": [ 545 ] }
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Bacteria
Bacteria exhibit an extremely wide variety of metabolic types. The distribution of metabolic traits within a group of bacteria has traditionally been used to define their taxonomy, but these traits often do not correspond with modern genetic classifications. Bacterial metabolism is classified into nutritional groups on...
What are three main criterias of bacterial metabolism?
{ "text": [ "the kind of energy used for growth, the source of carbon, and the electron donors" ], "answer_start": [ 356 ] }
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Bacteria
Carbon metabolism in bacteria is either heterotrophic, where organic carbon compounds are used as carbon sources, or autotrophic, meaning that cellular carbon is obtained by fixing carbon dioxide. Heterotrophic bacteria include parasitic types. Typical autotrophic bacteria are phototrophic cyanobacteria, green sulfur-b...
How does heterotrophic carbon metabolism occur?
{ "text": [ "organic carbon compounds are used as carbon sources" ], "answer_start": [ 61 ] }
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Bacteria
Carbon metabolism in bacteria is either heterotrophic, where organic carbon compounds are used as carbon sources, or autotrophic, meaning that cellular carbon is obtained by fixing carbon dioxide. Heterotrophic bacteria include parasitic types. Typical autotrophic bacteria are phototrophic cyanobacteria, green sulfur-b...
When carbon metabolism is called autotrophic?
{ "text": [ "cellular carbon is obtained by fixing carbon dioxide" ], "answer_start": [ 143 ] }