This is my pond water that I collected samples from and found these specific types of cells in it. These images are not mine but the different types of cell structures are what I found in my pond water and are underlined and numbered 1-5. Pictures are not to scale
#1. Gloeocapsa: may be unicellular or made up of small groups of cells grouped within concentric mucilage envelopes. (http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/clip_image00657.jpg)
#1. Gloeocapsa: may be unicellular or made up of small groups of cells grouped within concentric mucilage envelopes. (http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/clip_image00657.jpg)
#2. Microcystis: is a common species of cyanobacteria (often called blue-green algae) that blooms in the fresh and low salinity portions of the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays and can become quite striking if it floats and forms a surface scum. (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/hab/microcystis)
#3. Bacilli: A straight or slightly bent rod that requires oxygen for growth and can cause disease. Also produces endospores and some parasites. (http://chestofbooks.com/health/disease/Pathology-2/images/Bacillus-of-malignant-oedema-x-about-1000.jpg)
#4. Streptocus: Essentially is a a bacteria that chains up together that resemble a string of beads. Streptococci are microbiologically characterized as gram-positive and non-motile. Streptococcus contains a variety of species, some of which cause disease in humans and animals. (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130916171204-erythromycin-resistant-group-a-streptococcus-horizontal-gallery.jpg)
#5. Spirilla: any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum,certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
Vocabulary
#1. Cancer: A disease of uncontrolled cell proliferation
#2. Proto-oncogenes: A gene that encodes for a protein that regulates cell division
#3. Oncogenes: A gene that tells the cell to divide in the absence of normal instructions
#4. Tumor Suppressor: A gene that encodes for a protein that tells a cell not to divide
#5. Mutations: Abnormal cell structures
#6. Meiosis: When a cell divides into two by replicating the original cell
#2. Proto-oncogenes: A gene that encodes for a protein that regulates cell division
#3. Oncogenes: A gene that tells the cell to divide in the absence of normal instructions
#4. Tumor Suppressor: A gene that encodes for a protein that tells a cell not to divide
#5. Mutations: Abnormal cell structures
#6. Meiosis: When a cell divides into two by replicating the original cell
Prokaryotic Cells
- A single cell with no membrane-bound nucleus or any other membrane bound organelle
- Able to live and thrive in various types of environments including extreme habitats such as hydro-thermal vents, hot springs, swamps, wetlands, and guts of animals
- They reproduce A-sexually through process called binary fission, during this single DNA molecule replicates and the original cell is divided into two identical cells
- Two different kinds include bacteria and Archaea
- Four main structures are plasma membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and genetic material
- Able to live and thrive in various types of environments including extreme habitats such as hydro-thermal vents, hot springs, swamps, wetlands, and guts of animals
- They reproduce A-sexually through process called binary fission, during this single DNA molecule replicates and the original cell is divided into two identical cells
- Two different kinds include bacteria and Archaea
- Four main structures are plasma membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and genetic material
Eukaryotic Cells
- Contain membrane bound organelles
- Contains a Nucleus
- Lives in Animals and Plants unlike prokaryotic cells that live in bacteria and archaea
- Has larger ribosomes
- Has cell walls only in plant cells and fungi
- Contains a Nucleus
- Lives in Animals and Plants unlike prokaryotic cells that live in bacteria and archaea
- Has larger ribosomes
- Has cell walls only in plant cells and fungi