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1 - Bacterial Ultrastructure and Morphology Flashcards

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1
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Describe nucleus of prokaryotes

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nucleoid: primitive without cell membrane

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2
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Describe nucleus of eukaryotes

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true nucleus: DNA is enclosed in nuclear membrane

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Distinguishing cell membrane characteristic of prokaryotes

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No carbohydrates

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4
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Do prokaryotes have cytoskeleton?

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Nope.

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5
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Describe DNA of prokaryotes.

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Single, circular, no histones

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Cell division of prokaryotes

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binary fission

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7
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Average diameter of bacteria

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0.5 to 2.0 um

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4 forms of bacteria

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spiral, rod, vibrio, spherical

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Describe spherical bacteria

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coccus/cocci, may occur singly, in chain or clusters

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10
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Describe rod form of bacteria

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bacillus/bacilli, no cluster arrangement

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11
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What is a coccobacilli?

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A very short form of bacilli that appers like cocci.

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12
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Describe vibrio form of bacteria.

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curved bacteria, single turn with comma shape

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13
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Describe spiral bacteria.

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Has series of turns and twists that may or may not have hook. Can be regular or irregular.

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14
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3 components of the general structure of bacteria.

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cell surface, cytoplasm, cell appendages

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15
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This cellular component confers the bacterium’s rigidity and shape and is responsible for its VIABILITY.

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Cell Wall

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16
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Type of cell wall of a bacterium

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peptidoglycan layer

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17
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Other term for peptidoglycan layer

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murein sacculus (mucopeptide)

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18
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An immediate precursor of lysine in bacterial synthesis that is unique in bacterial cell wall

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diaminopimelic acid

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19
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(-) vs (+): Has multilayered cell wall.

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Gram positive bacteria

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20
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(-) vs (+): Has periplasmic space in its cell wall to separate peptidoglycan layer from cytoplasmic membrane

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Gram negative bacteria

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21
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(-) vs (+): Cell wall is almost exclusively peptidoglycan

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Gram positive bacteria

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22
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(-) vs (+): Cell wall commonly produces exotoxins

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Gram positive bacteria

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23
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(-) vs (+): Layer of cell wall that is unique in gram negative bacteria

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Outer membrane

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24
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(-) vs (+): Components of the outer layer of the cell wall of a gram negative bacteria.

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Lipid A endotoxin, core polysaccharide, O antigen

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25
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Responsible for virulence and negative charge of cell surface in gram positive bacteria.

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Teichoic acid

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26
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Teichoic acid is a polymer of?

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Ribitol or glycerol phosphate

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27
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(-) vs (+): Has a more complex cell envelope.

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Gram negative bacteria

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28
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(-) vs (+): Has transmembrane proteins in its cell wall.

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Gram negative bacteria.

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29
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Transmembrane protein in a gram negative bacteria’s cell wall that maintains the integrity of the outer membrane.

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Integral proteins

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30
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Transmembrane protein in a gram negative bacteria’s cell wall that facilitates entry of small molecular substance.

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Porins

31
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What do you call the plasma membrane of prokaryotes?

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cytoplasmic membrane

32
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Thin, ductile, elastic, TRILAMINAR structure that encloses the cytoplasm.

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Cytoplasmic membrane

33
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Function of the cytoplasmic membrane.

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For selective permeability. Acts as a selective barrier.

34
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Describe the phospholipid bilayer of a bacteria’s cytoplasmic membrane.

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Inner hydrophobic, outer hydrophilic

35
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The enzymes in the cytoplasmic membrane of a bacteria are for?

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ATP production via electron transport chain

36
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These are infoldings/invaginations in the cytoplasmic membrane that contain circular or tubular structure attached to DNA chromatin for cell replication/division

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Mesosomes

37
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Well-defined mucoid polysaccharide structure on the cell wall that protects the wall from desiccation

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Capsule or glycocalyx

38
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Property of the capsule that prevents the bacteria’s ingestion by WBC.

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Anti-phagocytic properties

39
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If the capsule or glycocalyx is loosely adherent to the cell wall.

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Slime layer

40
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Other functions of the capsule/glycocalyx aside as protection from desiccation.

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source of nutrition, adhesion to environment

41
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This contains the prokaryote’s genome

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Nucleoid

42
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In eukaryotes, the outermost nuclear membrane is continuous with the?

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endoplasmic reticulum

43
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The number of nucleoids (chromosome) in a bacteria depend on…

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Growth conditions

44
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These are self-replicating DNA molecules independent of chromosomal DNA

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Plasmids

45
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True or false. Plasmids cannot be inserted into the bacterial genome.

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False. Plasmids may be inserted into the bacterial genome and thus can be transferred between bacteria.

46
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True or false. Plasmids cannot confer resistance to antibiotics.

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False

47
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True or false. Plasmids may kill other bacteria.

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True. They have antibacterial activity.

48
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These are storage for reserve materials/excess food and energy/reservoir of structural building blocks in the cytoplasm

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Inclusion bodies/granules

49
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An inclusion body that is produced when source of nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus is limited and there is excess carbon in medium.

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Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB)

50
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An inclusion body that is produced when carbon is in excess and together with PHB is used as carbon source when protein and nucleic acid synthesis is resumed.

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Glycogen

51
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Inclusion bodies or granules of phosphate produced when there are large reserves of inorganic phosphate

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Volutin or metachromatic or Babes-Ernst granules

52
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Why are volutin granules termed monochromatic?

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Because they stain red with a blue dye,as in corynebacteria diphtheriae

53
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Granules produced by Myobacterium tuberculosis

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Much granules

54
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A dominant but viable state of bacterium that is formed when triggered by near depletion of nutrients.

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Spores

55
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This resting cell is highly resistant to desiccation, heat and chemical agents.

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Spores

56
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What happens to a spore when favorable nutritional conditions are available?

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They germinate to produce a single, vegetative cell.

57
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Give example of an aerobic and anerobic spore.

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Aerobic - bacillus

Anaerobic - clostridium

58
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Composed of RNA and protein, factories upon which proteins are made.

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Ribosomes

59
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Describe ribosomes of bacteria

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80s monomers with subunits 50s and 30s

60
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The thread-like, rigid flagella appendage that is responsible for locomotion or motility is composed entirely of which protein subunit?

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Flagellin

61
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Some of the immune responses are directed against these proteins on the flagella.

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Highly antigenic/H antigens

62
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A single flagella at one end and is polar.

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Monotrichous arrangement

63
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A tuft of flagella at one end.

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Lophotrichuos arrangement

64
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Flagella all over the bacteria

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Peritrichuous

65
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Responsible for the swarming appearance of a flagella in a culture.

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Proetus

66
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Single polar flagella at both ends.

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Amphitrichuos

67
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Rigid, hair-like appendages that are shorter and finer than flagella.

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Pili or fimbriae

68
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The pili or fimbriae is usually found in which type of bacteria.

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Gram negative bacteria

69
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Pili or fimbriae is composed of which protein subunit?

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Pilins

70
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These minor proteins are responsible for the attachment of pili.

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Adhesins located at the tip of pili

71
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True or false. The pili is not antigenically distinct between different bacteria.

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False

72
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This type of fimbriae plays a role in adherence of symbiotic and pathogenic bacteria to host cells and is evenly distributed over the surface.

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Ordinary or common fimbriae

73
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This type of fimbriae is responsible for attachment of donor and recipient cells in bacterial conjugation.

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Sex pili

74
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The transfer of genetic material from once bacterial cell to another.

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Bacterial conjugation.

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