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2: Bacteria Flashcards

1
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Name for spherical shaped bacteria

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Coccus

Cocci

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2
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Rod-shaped bacteria

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Bacillus

Bacilli

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3
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Comma-shaped bacteria

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Vibrio

Vibrios

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4
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Bacteria responsible for cholera

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Vibrio cholerae

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5
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Bacteria responsible for anthrax

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Bacillus anthracis

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Bacteria responsible for scarlet fever

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Bacteria responsible for syphillis

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Treponema pallidum

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Types of bacteria shapes

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Spherical
Rod
Comma
Spiral
Variable
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Rod-shaped bacteria growing in branching filaments of cells

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Hyphae

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10
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A clump of hyphae bacteria

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Mycelia

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Bacteria cells joined together in a smooth unbranded filament

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Trichomes

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12
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Typical bacteria size

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0.5-4 micrometers width

1-15 micrometers long

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13
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Typical eukaryotic cell size

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10-200 microns

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14
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Lower limit on bacteria cell size

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0.2 microns - volume required for genome, proteins and ribosomes

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15
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Typical virus size

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10 nm (bacteria - 1000nm)

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16
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Epulopiscium fishelsoni

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Name = guests at a banquet of fish
Located in the gut of surgeon fish
Originally thought to be eukaryotic protests
700 microns in length
Makes 100s of copies of its genome
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17
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Thiomargarita namibiensis

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0.5mm wide

Contains many copies of its genome

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18
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Benefit to being small

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Higher surface:volume ratio = easier to inhibit low nutrient environments

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DNA containing region of bacteria

20
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DNA compression in bacteria

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1 - coating the backbone with cations (magnesium, potassium, sodium) to neutralize the backbone and enable DNA to be packed together
2 - molecular glue made of small positively charged proteins that interact with the phosphate backbone
3 - topoisomerase enzyme compresses DNA by nicking the DNA strand, twisting it and winding it tighter then reattaching (super coiling)

21
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Inclusion bodies

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Sulphur globules- insoluble elemental sulphur is a source of electrons for further oxidation for energy production

Carbon storage = starch or polyhydroxybutyrate, a form of bio plastic

22
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Gas compartment

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Microcompartment

Buoyancy control in aquatic environments

23
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Carboxysomes

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Location of carbon fixation reactions
Use ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) - takes carbon dioxide and turns it into organic carbon during the dark reactions of photosynthesis

24
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Magnetosomes

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Associate with a very small subset of bacteria
Chains of magnetite
Acts as a compass for the organism

25
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Purpose of cytoskeleton

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Keep everything in the right place
Define the shape of the cell
Assist with basic operations like division

26
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MreB

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Controls the overall shape of the cell

In its absence, cells are coccoid

27
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FtsZ Protein

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Forms a band in the middle of an elongating cell for division

28
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Par proteins

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Division of cytoskeleton component of cell
ParM = binds to ATP to separate plasmids
ParR = bind to plasmid and ParM lament

29
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Aquaporins

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Peter agre and Roderick MacKinnon
Protein channels
Osmosis of water down its gradient

30
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Facilitated Diffusion

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Protein in cytoplasmic membrane allowing substrate or solute to pass down its concentration gradient
Does not require ATP
I.e. aquaporin

31
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Co-Transport

Symport vs Anti-port

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Symport: Solute lower in concentration outside the cell uses the diffusion of another product in high concentration outside the cell to come in
Antiport: substance at high concentration inside the cell used to import a substance at low concentration out of the cell

32
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Active Transport

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Uses ATP
Sending out a protein to bind to a solute that’s in low concentration outside of the cell
Proteins such as siderophores to bind to iron p

33
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Where are D-isomers of amino acids found?

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Peptidoglycan layer

34
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Where is DAP found

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Diaminopimelic acid is an amino acid found in the peptide cross links within e. Coli

35
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Peptidoglycan layer (cell wall) vs plasma membrane

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Freely passing through cell wall vs permeability layer

36
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Transglycosylation

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Enzymatic reaction attaching NAG to NAM

37
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Transpeptidation

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Covalently attaching one peptide chain to a neighbouring peptide chain, losing one amino acid in the process (5 to 4)

38
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Funcriok of FtsI

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Catalyzed the transpeptidation reaction for cross linking the peptide chain1

39
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Function of penicillin

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Binds to FtsI to prevent transpeptidation from occurring

40
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Function of lysozyme

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Attacks beta-1,4-glycosidic bonds (backbone of the peptidoglycan)
Hydrolyzing the bond between NAG and NAM

41
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Function of lysostaphin

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Cleaves the glycine interbridge found in the peptidoglycan layer of staphylococcus aureus

42
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Bacterial defence for lactam antibiotics (inhibiting TtsI)

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Beta-lactamase : cleaves the bing within the beta-lactam ring and destroys the antibiotic
Outsmarted by adding clavulanic acid by interfering with the beta-lactamase to allow the lactam antibiotics to work

43
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Single flagellum

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Monotichous

44
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One flagellum on each side

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Ampitrichous

45
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Tuft of flagellum coming out of one end

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Lophottichous

46
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Surrounded by flagellum all around

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Peritrichous

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