AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

THE GENETICS OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bacteria are unicellular
A
True
B
False
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Microorganisms can be unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). They include bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, and viruses. Bacteria are single celled microbes that lack a nucleus. Archaea are like bacteria, but they have different structures and properties.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bacteria are not multicellular. They are unicellular organisms, possessing only one cell. All functions required to sustain life like growth, metabolism, reproduction, etc are carried out by a single cell in bacteria.

Detailed explanation-3: -False. Some fungi are multicellular. Example of a multicellular fungus is bread mould.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bacteria are unicellular microorganisms and thus are generally not organized into tissues. Each bacterium grows and divides independently of any other bacterium, although aggregates of bacteria, sometimes containing members of different species, are frequently found.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bacteria and archaea are all unicellular prokaryotes. Eukaryotes do have cell nuclei and their structures are more complex. Yeasts and algae are examples of unicellular eukaryotes. Unlike prokaryote cells, eukaryote cells have organelles, cell organs fulfilling important functions in the cell.

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