Importance of Monerans

Last class we went over the bacteria review sheet, which included information about:

• the parts of bacteria
• the 4 phyla of bacteria
• how bacteria move
• how gram staining can help us tell the difference between bacteria (type of cell membrane) so doctors can prescribe the best antibiotics
• the different ways bacteria get food (types of autotrophs and heterotrophs)
• the different ways bacteria use the food and convert it into energy (with oxygen= obligate aerobes, without oxygen= obligate anaerobes, when either is fine=facultative anaerobes)

We also learned that bacteria are essential for life. We learned many different ways bacteria are important.

Click here for the fill in the blank notes on the importance of monerans.

Click here to see the monerans powerpoint presentation. (You have to scroll through the powerpoint presentation to get to the "Importance of Monerans" section.)

Homework:

• Virus Project due next class (Thurs., Nov.20)
• made a diagram for each of the three ways bacteria are important for our environment: draw and colour and label diagrams with 4 steps each due Thurs., Nov. 20
• bacteria quiz in two classes (Mon., Nov. 24)