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This fungus is the cause of thrush and diaper rash.

This flagellated protozoan causes African Sleeping Sickness.

What product made during fermentation causes bread to rise? 

The plasma membranes of bacteria have a function that is unique in bacteria.  Bacteria use their plasma membranes for ____________________________.    Eukaryotes perform this function using certain organelles.

___________________________ is the theory that microbes can invade other organisms and cause diseases.

You are staining a Gram-negative bacterium and forgot the mordant step (but continued with the rest of the procedure). What result do you expect at the end of the Gram stain?

Pictured below is this bacterial arrangement, defined as irregular clusters.  

These thin structures found on the bacterial surface are used to transfer DNA from one cell to another and are used in twitching motility.

You discover a new bacterium in a pond. You stain the new bacterium and observe pink rod bacteria. What can you conclude from this?

You are staining a Gram-positive bacterium and forgot the decolorization step (but continued with the rest of the procedure). What result do you expect at the end of the Gram stain?