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Fill in the blanks HOE

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Compound Light Microscopes

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  • Use visible light to illuminate cells
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Bright-field scope

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  • Type of light microscope
  • Visualized by the differences in contrast between specimen and surroundings
  • Two sets of lenses from the image: objective lens (10x-100x) and ocular lens (10x-20x)
  • Max: 2000x
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Fill in the blanks for a bright-field scope

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Magnification

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the ability to make an object larger

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Resolution

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the ability to distinguish 2 adjacent objects as seperate and distinct (limit of resolution for light microscope is about 2 mewm/200 nm

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Microscope vs microscopy vs micrograph

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microscope: object, microscopy: action, micrograph: resulting image

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Calculating magnification

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ocular x objective

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How does resolution work?

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  1. Two points can be distinguished if they are atleast .2 mewm apart
  2. light must pass between two points for them to be viewed as seperate objects
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As wavelength decreases, resolution..

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improves
- because the shorter the wavelength the easier it is to fit through

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How to improve contrast in light microscopy

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Staining!

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How does staining work?

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  • Using dyes that are organic compounds, they bind to specific cellular materials
  • Some microbes already are pigmented (ex. chloropyll make a microbe green)
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Examples of common stains and their colours

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Methylene blue - blue
Safranin - pink/red
Crystal violet - purple

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Chromophore

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charged portion of a dye

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Simple staining

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One dye used to colour specimen

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Basic dye vs acidic dye in simple staining

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Basic - positively charged chromophore - binds to negatively charged molecules on cell surface
Acidic - negatively charged chromophore - repelled by cell surface - stains background - good for looking at cell shape and size

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Differential stains

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gram stain - separates bacteria into 2 groups based on cell wall structureg

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Gram positive vs gram negative in differential stains

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gram positive: cells that retain a primary stain (purple)
gram negative: cells that lose the primary stain (take colour of counterstain - red/pink

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Acid fast stain

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  • for acid fast bacteria
  • detects mycolic acid in the cell wall of mycobacterium
  • mycobacterium - retains a primary stain (pink)
  • everything else - colour of counterstain (blue)
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Endospore stain

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internal structures and super resistant to killing
- endospore - retains primary - green
- cells - counterstained - pink

  • bacillus athracis
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Disadvantages to stains

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it kills the cells because its being dyed and heated - so we can’t use it for motiltiy

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Phase-contrast microscopy

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  • phase ring amplifies differences in the refractive index of cell and surroundings - doesn’t change the bacteria
  • used for live samples
  • dark cells with a light background
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Dark field microscopy

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  • less common
  • specimen is illuminated with a hollow cone of light
  • only refracted light enters the objective
  • specimen appears as a bright object on a dark background
  • used to observe bacteria that doesn’t stain well
  • triponema pallium
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Fluorescence microscopy

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  • used to visualize specimens that fluoresce
  • emit light of one color when illuminated with another colour of light
  • cells may fluoresce naturally (absorbs light at 430 nm - blue-violet and emits at 670 bm - red)
  • cells may fluoresce after staining with dye
    cyanobacteria
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Differential Interference contrast (DIC) microscopy

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  • uses a polarizer to create 2 distinct beams of polarized light
  • gives structures a 3D appearance (endospores, vacuoles, granules)
  • Structures not visible by bright-field microscopy are sometimes visible with this
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Confocal scanning laser microscopy

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  • uses a computerized microscope coupled with a laser source to generate 3D image
  • computer can focus the laser on single layers of the specimen
  • different layers can be compiled for a 3D image
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Electron microscopy

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  • uses electrons instead of photons (light) to image cells and structures
  • wavelength of electrons is much shorter than light - higher resolution
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TEM

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transmission electron microscope
- electron beamed focused on specimen by a condenser - magnets used as lenses
- electrons that pass through the specimens are focused by two sets of lenses - compound microscope
- electrons strike a fluorescent viewing screen
- goes through cell

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Tem magnification, resolution, size, staining

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  • high magnification and resolution (0.2 nm)
  • specimen is thin (20-60 bm)
  • must be stained with metals (lead or uranium), bind to cell structure to make it more electron dense, to see visualization of structures at molecule level
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SEM

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  • specimen is coated with a thin film of heavy metal (gold)
  • an electron beam scans the object
  • scattered electrons are collected by a detector and an image is produced
  • allows an accurate 3D image of the specimens surface
  • looks at surface of cell
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Coccus

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plural: cocci
spherical
ex) streptococcus pyogenee

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Bacillus

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plural: bacilli
rod shaped
ex) e.coli

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Spirillium

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plural spirilla
spiral shaped
ex) spirillum volutans

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  1. cocci
  2. bacillus
  3. spirillum
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Spirochete

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corkscrew
ex) treponema pallidum

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Budding and appendaged bacteria

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looks like a balloon
ex) caulobacter crescentus
- has the long part of attachment

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Filamentous bacteria

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ex) streptomyces griseus

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  1. spirochete
  2. budding and appendaged bacteria
  3. filamentous bacteria
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What does morphology not predict

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physiology, ecology, phylogeny

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Selective forces in morphology

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  1. optimization for nutrient uptake
  2. swimming motility in viscous environments or near surfaces
  3. gliding motility
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Prokaryotic sizes and examples

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  1. average - E.coli (1.0x3.0 mewm)
  2. very small - mycoplasma genitalium (0.3 mewm)
  3. very large - epulopiscium fishelsonii (80x600 mewm)
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Advantages to being small

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small cells have more surface area relative to cell volume than large cells (higher surface to volume ratio)
- support greater nutrient exchange per unit cell volume
- tend to grow and adapt faster than larger cells

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Cellular organisms less than ___ in diameter are unlikely

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0.25 mewm

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Open oceans tend to contain ___

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small cells (0.2-0.4 mewm in diameter)

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Why are pathogenic bacteria small

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they are missing genes - get these functions of issing genes from hosts

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Membrane is made out of

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  • phospholipid bilayer
  • hydrophobic: fatty acids point inward
  • hydrophilic: glycerol-phosphate and points to external environment
  • can exist in many different chemical forms as a result of variation in the groups attached to the glycerol backbone
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Phospholipid structure

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ester phospholipids:
- glycerol
- 2 fatty acids
- phosphate
- optional side chain
amiphipathic: has polar and non-polar characteristics
polar: molecule carries full or partial charge - hydrophilic
non-polar: molecule is uncharged - hydrophobic

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How are these stabilized

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  • 8-10nm wide
  • embedded proteins
  • stabilized by hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions
  • Mg and Ca ions help stabilize the membrane through ionic bonds with negative charges on the phospholipids
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Membrane proteins in gram negative

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in gram-negative bacteria;
- interacts with proteins that bind substrates or process large molecules for transport
- interacts with proteins involved in important cell functions like energy-yielding reactions

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Integral vs peripheral membrane proteins

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integral: firmly embedded in the membrane
peripheral: one portion anchored in the membrane

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Archaeal Membranes

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  • ether linkages in phospholipids
  • archael lipids lack fatty acids - isoprenes instead
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Lipid monolayers and bilayers and heat

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bilayer - not heat resistance
monolayer - heat resistance

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What type of prokaryote are lipid monolayers found

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hyperthermophilic archaea- likes high temps

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Membrane functions

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  1. surrounds the cell - seperates cytoplasm from environment
  2. highly selective permeable barrier - enables concentration of specific metabolites and excretion of wastes products (concentration gradient to represent the needs of the cell)
  3. protein anchor - holds transport proteins in place
  4. energy conservation - generation of proton motive force
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Carrier-mediated transport systems

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  • shows saturation effect
  • highly specific
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Uniporters, symporters, antiporters

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  1. transport in one direction across the membrane
  2. cotransporters
  3. transport a molecule across the membrane while simultaneously transporting another molecule in the other direction
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Simple transport example

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Lac permease of E.Coli
- lactose is transported into e coli by lac permease a symporter that moves 2 molecules (lactose and H+) across a membrane in the same direction
- energy-driven

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Group translocation example

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phosphotransferase system in E. Coli
- sugar is phosphorylated during transport across the membrane
- moved glucose, fructose and mannose
- PEP donates a P to a phosphorelay system
- P is transferred through a series of carrier proteins and deposited onto the sugar as its brought into the cell

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ABC Transport systems

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  • uptake of organic compounds and inorganic nutrients and trace metals
  • high substrate specificity - picky
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Gram-negative ABC transport system

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periplasmic-binding proteins and ATP-driven transport proteins

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Gram-positive ABC transport system

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substrate-binding lipoproteins (anchored to external surface of cell membrane) and ATP-driven transport proteins

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Cell wall in bacteria and archaea

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  • outside the cell membrane
  • rigid
  • determines cell shape
  • not a major permeability barrier
  • porous to most small molecules
  • protects the cell from osmotic changes
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Functions of the cell wall

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  • prevents cell expansion (protects from osmotic lysis)
  • protects against toxic substances (large hydrophobic molecules)
  • pathogenicity - helps evade host immune system and bacterium stick to surfaces
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Peptidoglycan

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  • species of bacteria seperated into 2 groups based on gram stain
  • provides strength to cell wall
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Do archaea have peptidoglycan

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Naur!!!

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Gram-positive vs gram-negative cell wall structure

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Gram-negative: 2 layers - LPS and peptidoglycan
Gram-positive: 1 later - peptidoglycan

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What is peptidoglycan made of

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  • A polysaccharide
  • N-acetylglucosamine
  • N-acetylmuramic acid
  • amino acids
  • lysine or diaminopimelic acid (DAP)
  • cross-linked differently in gram+ and gram-
  • forms glycan tetrapeptide
  • beta 1,4 linkage
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How can peptidoglycan vary

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  • 100 different structures
  • vary in peptide cross-links or interbridge
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Is an interbridge present in gram-negative bacteria

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naur!

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Gram-positive cell wall

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90% peptidoglycan
- teichoic acids (acidic substances) embedded in cell wall

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Lipoteichoic acids

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teichoic acids covalently bound to membrane lipids

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Peptidoglycan
- backbone formed of ___ and ___ connected by _____________
- crosslinks formed by _________
- peptidoglycan strand is ________ and allows for ______________ (It needs this to ____________)
- some cell walls can be _______ layers thick

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  • backbone formed of NAM and NAG connected by glycosidic bonds
  • crosslinks formed by peptides
  • peptidoglycan strand is helical and allows for 3d crosslinking. it needs this to hold them together
  • some cell walls can be 50-100 layers thick
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prokaryotes that lack cell walls and what replaces their cell walls?

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  • Mycoplasmas - sterols in cytoplasmic membrane
  • Thermoplasma - lipoglycans in membrane
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lipopolysaccharide layer

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  • a lipid with many sugars
  • The outer membrane
  • Total cell wall contains 10% peptidoglycan
  • consists of core polysaccharide and O-polysaccharide
  • LPS replaces most of phospholipids in outer half of outer membrane
  • Lipid A (endotoxin) is toxic
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periplasm

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  • space located between cytoplasmic and outer membrane
  • gel-like consistency
  • has many proteins
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porins

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channels for movement of hydrophilic low-molecular-weight substances

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Bacteria outer membrane summary

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Cell wall and gram stain relationship

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  1. Stained with crystal violet - it gets stuck inside cell
  2. Flushed with alcohol - + not extracted, - is extracted
  3. gram positive bacteria have thick cell walls - it becomes dehydrated during the alcohol step so pores in wall close and prevents colour from escaping
    gram negative bacteria - alcohol penetrates OM and colour is extracted from cell so its clear
  4. stained with safranin - + purple is darker than pink so u cant see it, - is stained pink and red
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Archael cell walls

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  • no peptidogly
  • no outer membrane
  • instead they have pseudomurein
  • some archaea dont have pseudomurein
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What is pseudomurein composed of

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  • polyscharride
  • N-acetylglucosamine
  • N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid
  • beta 1,3 linkage
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Differences in peptidoglycan and pseudomurein

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Peptidoglycan:
- N-acetylmuramic acid
- beta 1,4 linkage
- structure has L and D
Pseudomurein:
- N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid
- beta 1,3 linkage
- structure it has L only

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S-layer

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  • archaea cell wall type
    archaea and bacteria
  • proteins and glycoprotein
  • paracrystalline structure (hexagonal, tetragonal, trimer)
  • some archaea only have S-layer
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Why are archaea resistant to lysozyme and penicilin?

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They lack peptidoglycan

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Cytoplasm

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material bounded by plasma membrane

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Protoplast

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PM and everything within
- macromolecules
- soluble proteins
- DNA and RNA

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Protein functions

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  • enzymes that catalyze chemical reactions
  • transport proteins - move other molecules across membranes
  • structural proteins - help determine shape of cell and cell division
  • proteins are made of polypeptides (a long polymer of amino acids joined by peptide bonds)
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Nucleoid

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  • region that containes genome
  • typical bacterial genome: single circular double stranded DNA chromosome
  • may have one or more plasmids - smaller circular dsDNA, self-replicating, carry non-essential genes (selective advantage)
  • DNA: carries genetic info of all cellsR
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Ribosome

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  • site of protein synthesis
  • bacteria have 70s ribosome
  • 30s subunit (small subunit) - protein and 16s rRNA
  • 50s subunit (large subunit) - protein and 23s and 5s rRNA
  • cytoplasmic ribosome that make cytoplasmic proteins
  • PM associated with ribosomes - membrane proteins that are exported from the cellc
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Capsules and slime layers

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  • expresses sometimes
  • polysaccharides and protein layers
  • think or thick
  • attachment to surfaces
  • protects against phagocytosis
  • resist drying out
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biofilm

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  • community of bacteria associated with a surface
  • stronger together
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fimbriae

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  • filamentous protein structures
  • stick to surfaces or form pellicles
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pili

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  • filamentous protein structure
  • longer than fimbriae
  • surface attachment
  • gene exchange between cells (for better genes) - horizontal
  • type 4 pili for twitching motility
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cell inclusion bodies

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visible aggregates in cytoplasm

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carbon storage polymers

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  • poly-B-hydroxybutyric acid - lipid storage
  • glycogen - glucose polymer
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inorganic inclusions

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  • polyphosphate granule - volutin - storage of phosphate and energy
  • sulfur globules - storage of sulfur used in energy generation
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magnetosomes

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  • magnetic inclusions
  • intracellular granules that give the cell magnetic properties
  • allows it to orient itself in a magnetic field
  • bacteria migrate along earths magnetic magnetotaxis
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gas vesicles

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  • give buoyancy
  • spindle-shaped, gas-filled structures
  • made of proteins
  • function by decreasing cell density
  • impermeable to water
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endospores

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  • highly differentiated cells resistant to heat, harsh chemicals and radiation
  • hibernating stage of bacterial life cycle
  • ideal for dispersal via wind, water or animal gut
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how to kill endospore

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autoclave - pressure and heat

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what kind of gram bacteria produces endospores

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gram positive

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endospore growth

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  • vegetative - capable of normal growth (metabolically active)
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protective features of endospores

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  • Layers
    1. spore coat and cortex for protection against chemicals, enzymes, physical damage and heat
    2. two membranes - pearmeability barriers against chemicals
  • Core
    3. dehydrated - protects against heat
    4. ca-dipicolinic acid and SASPs (small acid soluble proteins) that protect against DNA damage
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What can endospores resist

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  1. boiling for hours
  2. uv radiation
  3. chemical disinfectants
  4. drying
  5. age
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Stage 1. Asymmetric cell division
- DNA replicates
- identical chromosomes pulled to opposite ends of the cell

Stage 2. Septation
- divides cell into 2 unequal compartments - both have their own chromy
- forespore
- mother cell

Stage 3. Mother engulfs forespore
- forespore surrounded by 2 membrances

Stage 4. formation of the cortex
- thick layers of peptidoglycan form between 2 membranes
- highly cross-linked layer (core)
- loosely cross-linked layer (cortex)a

Stage 5. coat synthesis
- protein layers surround the core wall
- spore coat
- exosporium (found in some G+ and non-essential)
- protect the spore from chemicals and enzymes
- accumulates in spore; calcium, dipicolinic acid and small acid soluble proteins (SASPs) accumulate in the core to help stabilize DNA

Stage 6. endospore matures
- core is dehycrated
- 10-30% of a vegetative cells water content

Stage 7. mother cell is lysed
- mother cell disintegrates
- mature spore is released

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flagella

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  • hollow protein filaments
  • for motility
  • must be stained to view
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monotrichous

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single flagella
1. polar - on the side
2. sub polar on bottom or top

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amphitrichous

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flagella at opposite ends

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lophotrichous

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multiple flagella in a single tuft

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peritrichous

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flagella distributed around the cell

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flagella structure

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  1. filament
  2. hook
  3. basal body
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filament in flagella

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  • helical protein 20 mewm long
  • composed of identical protein subunits - flagellin
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hook in flagella

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  • flexible coupling between filament and basal body
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basal body in flagella

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consist of central rod that passes through a series of rings
1. L - LPS layer
2. P - peptidoglycan
3. MS - membrane
4. C - cytoplasm - associated with membrane

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Energy in flagella

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-energy to turn the flagella comes from the proton motive force (PMF)
- gradient of protons (H+) across the cytoplasmic membrane - high H+ on outside and low H+ on inside
- MOT proteins form a channel that allows H+ to move into cytoplasm
- flagellum turns like a propellar to drive cell forward

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flagellar synthesis

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  • several genes are required for flagellar synthesis and motility
  • MS ring is made first
  • other proteins and hooks are made next
  • filament grows from tip
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Peritrichous vs polar cells swimming motions

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peri - move slowly in a straight line
polar - more more rapidly and spin more

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Gliding motility

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  • flagella independent motlity
  • slower and smoother than swimming
  • needs surface contact
  • mechanisms: type 4 pili for twitching (ATP hydrolysis) and gliding specific proteins (proton motive force)
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Taxis

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directed movement of cells in response to chemical or physical gradients

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chemotaxis, phototaxis, aerotacis, osmotaxis, hydrotaxis

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chemo - response to chemicals
photo - light
aero - oxygen
osmo - ionic strength
hydro - water

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Example of chemotaxis

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  • E.coli
  • bacteria repsonded to temporal not spatial difference in chemical concentration
  • run and tumble behavior
  • attractants and repellants are sensed by chemoreceptors
  • the net movement - run more and tumble less to attractant
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Measuring chemotaxis

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  • Measured by inserting a capillary tube containing an attractant or a repellants in a medium of motile bacteria
  • seen under a microscope
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Eukaryote cell size

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  • lower surface area to volume ratio
  • larger than pro
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Key differences in pro and euk

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Nucleus, chloroplast and mitochondria

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nucleus - genetic info - multiple linear dsDNA chromosomes
chloroplasts - site of photosynthesis, chlorophyll, surrounded by 2 membranes, DNA and ribosomes (70s)
mitochondria - site of respiration and oxidative phosphorylation, surrounded by 2 membranes. DNA and ribosomes (70s)end

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Endosymbiotic Hypothesis

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mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved from bacteria
1. semi-autonomous - make their own DNA
2. circular choromsomes that lack histones
3. 70S ribosomes
4. 2 membranes
5. outer membrane has porins

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  • mitochondria and chloroplast mostly related to and why
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mitochondria - most closely related to Rickettsia, proteobacteria, obligate intracellular pathogens
chloroplasts - most closely related to cyanobacteria, blue green algae

Comparison of 16s rRNA gene sequences

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Viral genome, shape and size, strand number,

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  • DNA or RNA - never both
  • single stranded or double stranded
  • circular or linear
  • can be in several pieces - segmented
  • genome size:
    small - 3.6 kb for ssRNA viruses (3 genes)
    largest 150kbp for some dsDNA viruses (>100 genes)
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Viruses

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  • non-living so technically not a microorganism
  • acellular infectious particles
  • obligate intracellular pathogens
  • reproduce only inside living cell
  • lack independent metabolism
  • composed of at least 2 parts - nucleic acid genome (DNA or RNA) and protein code (capside) - nucleocapside
  • some viruses have an envelope
  • gets the rest of their parts from their host cell
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capsid

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protein coat that surrounds the genome
- allows transfer of viral genome between host cells
- made of identical polypeptides - protomer
- helical capsids - protomers form a spiral cylinder, nucleic acid genome coiled inside
ex) tobacco

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icosahedral capsids

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-regular geometric shape with 20 triangular faces
- symmetry
- protomers aggregate to form capsomeres

hpv

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binary capsids

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  • geometric head with ana attached helical tail
  • genome is carried in a polyhedral head, helical tail is used to inject DNA into a host cell
    -t4 in ecoli
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Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses

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  • viruses with complex multi-layered structure
  • larger than some bacteria

-mimivirus

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envelope

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a lipid bilayer surrounding the nucleocapsid that was acquired from the host membrance
- consists of host lipids and viral proteins - spikes
- flexible helical capsid, surrounded by an envelope
- 2 major spikes: hemaglutanin (H) and neuraminidase (N)

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viruses - host range

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  • attach to specific receptors
  • viruses infect all domains of life
  • bacteriophage (phage) - viruses that infect bacteria
  • animal viruses - infect and multiply only inside of animal cells - causes benign tumors
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viruses - host range - how many attachments?

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  • most viruses are specific to a single host species
  • virus must attach to specific receptors on the host cell surface - ex) HIV binds to CD4
    chemoreceptor on surface of some human immune system cells
  • some viruses infect more than 1 specie ex) influenza
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Viral replication cycle

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  1. Absorption - attachment to host cell - involves specific receptors on the host cell surface
  2. Penetration and uncoating - entry into a host cell - bacteriophage (usually inject their nucleid acid into the cell) - leave the capside outside the cell as a ghost
  3. Synthesis of viral nucleic acids and protein - viral genes are expressed and viral proteins are synthesized - viral genome is replicated
  4. Assembly of new virions - viral proteins are assembled into capsids and then genomes are packaaged into nucleocapsids - viruses don’t reproduce by division
  5. Release of new virions by 1. naked viruses accumulare eventually lysing the host cell to release progeny - lytic infection or 2. enveloped viruses are usually released by budding - virions push through the cytoplasmic membrane without killing the host cell - persistent infection
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Entry by animal viruses

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  • fusion with plasma membrane (envelope viruses only)
  • endocytosis - bidning to specific receptors triggers normal endocytic activity
  • once inside - the capside is removed - viral genome is released into the cell

neuraminidase allows new virions to exit the host cell
- hemagglutanin allows viruses to absorb to the next host

Microbiology (8 decks)

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