Learning Objectives for "Prokaryotic Cell Anatomy: Inclusion Bodies and Organelles Used for Photosynthesis"
After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.
1. Name three major types of photosynthetic bacteria and briefly describe where its photosynthetic system is located.
2. State the function of the following inclusion bodies:
A. cyanophycin granules
B. carboxysomes
C. gas vacuoles
D. polyhydroxybutyrate and glycogen granules
E. magnetosomes
F. volutin granules and sulfur granules
Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.
Last updated: August, 2018
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Gary Kaiser