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archeabacteria is a unicellular bacteria. live in extreme habitats. one of the first to live on the earth.Thermophiles are heat lovers. Methanogens produce methane gas. Halophiles are salt lovers.

eubacteria is a common bacteria. most use oxygen few cannot live in teh presence of oxygen. decomposers. used in food making. causes diseases. bioremediation is bacteria thaqt eat oil spills.

shapes of bacteria are as followed: cocci round, bacilli rod, spirilla spiral, planes staph, chains strepto.

you can classify bacteria by gram staining which is a procedure that stains the bacteria. some bacteria stain pink other stain purple. gram stain positive is purple and when its stain is negative its pink. this method tells the scientist what kind of wall the bacteria has. agar is another method for classifying bacteria it is a media that is used to grow bacteria. strict aerobe grow only in the presence of oxygen and anaerob grow in the absence of oxygen.facultative anaerobe prefer oxygen enviorments but can grow throughout a medium. some can metabolism certain substances like lactose which can metabolize lactose differential media is some shows different reactions and selective media is som ecan grow certain bacteria.

viewing in a microbe resolution can be increased useign immersion oil. allows the light ray to go directly through the objective lens.

reproduction is binary fission.

conjugation is where a bacteria gives its dna to another bacteria.