NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM MONERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
organelle used by bacteria for respiration is ____
A
mesosom
B
mitochondria
C
ribosome
D
nucleus
E
nucleic acid
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The plasma membrane of the bacterial cell has some invaginations called the mesosome. These along with increasing the surface area for respiratory activity contains some respiratory enzymes for respiration. Hence, the site of respiration in bacteria is the mesosome.

Detailed explanation-2: -Final answer: The site of aerobic respiration in the bacterial cell walls is mesosome.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mesosomes are specific structures found in bacteria. They are caused by plasma membrane invagination. They contribute to DNA replication and respiration. The primary function is to increase the surface area of the plasma membrane.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mesosomes serve in DNA replication and guide distribution of duplicated bacterial chromosomes into the two daughter cells during cell division. They also carry the enzymes for aerobic respiration and increase the surface area for the same.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mesosomes are structures of prokaryotic cells formed by folded invaginations (sometimes described simply as “infoldings") of the plasma membrane. Enzymes associated with respiration of the prokaryotic cell, e.g. a bacterium, are located on the infoldings. Not All prokaryotic cells have mesosomes.

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