Where do bacteria store their DNA? What do bacteria use to build proteins?

Question

Does this have to do with gram positive or negative

Answer 1

Hey!

Additionally, remember that bacteria are prokaryotes, so they do not have membrane bound organelles! So they conduct a lot of their metabolic pathways in the plasma membrane.

Sadia

Answer 2

Hi Red O.,

With respect to Gram staining, this is a characteristic used grossly (in the sense of broadly, as opposed to in detail) to divide bacteria according to absorption of certain dye chemicals. You could and should look up "Gram stain" as a search term to learn more detail. Another such gross division is between aerobic and anaerobic species.

Nowadays genomic sequencing, such as 16S rRNA sequencing, is more definitive, though not necessarily faster, for identifying species.

DNA Location: in nucleoid, as generally a single circular molecule.

Protein synthesis location: in ribosomes, just like in your cells.

-- Cheers, -- Mr. d.