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1
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Chromosome

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Thread like structure inside bacterial cell

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Where is DNA found in prokaryotic cells

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Cytoplasm

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3
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Plasmids

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Mobile rings of DNA
Can be transferred between bacteria

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4
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What do bacteria lack

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Mitochondria, ER, Golgi bodies, lysosomes

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Cell membrane

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Inner layer surrounding bacteria cytoplasm, responsible for transporting, nutrients and waste

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Cell wall

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Middle layer surrounding cytoplasm, composed of a glycoprotein called peptidoglycan

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Peptidoglycan

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Provides rigidity/shape to bacterium

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Gram-positive

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Bacteria with large cell walls, and no capsule

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Capsule

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Outer layer of cytoplasm
Helps protect bacteria from being destroyed through phagocytosis

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Graham negative

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Bacteria containing a capsule

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Pili

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Protein tubes that are found in some bacteria

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12
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Attachment pili

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Helps bacteria attached to surfaced/host

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13
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Sex Pili

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Used in sexual reproduction to transfer DNA from bacterium to bacterium

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Flagellum

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Use for locomotion

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15
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Aerobic bacteria, use what form of respiration

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Cellular respiration
Fermentation

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Fermentation

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Process of metabolizing sugars in an absence of oxygen

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17
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Waste products of fermentation

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Lactic acid
Methane
Alcohol

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18
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Photrophs

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Get energy through photosynthesis

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Heterotrophs

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Get energy by consuming other organisms

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20
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Chemo troughs

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Get energy from inorganic chemical sources:
Sulfur
Methane
Magnetic metal particles

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21
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What 2 forms can DNA in a bacterium be found

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Chromosome
Plasmid

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22
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Chromosome

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Primary DNA of bacteria cell; first structure
Provides genes necessary for survival
Are circular

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Plasmid

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Second DNA structure
Consists of genes unnecessary for survival but give an advantage in stressful conditions

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24
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When is chromosome replicated

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Cell division

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25
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Vertical gene transfer

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Passing of genes from generation to generation

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Horizontal gene transfer

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Passing of genes between co-existing organisms

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27
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Transduction

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Form of horizontal gene transfer where DNA is transferred between bacteria through bacteriophages

28
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Transformation

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Uptake of plasmids by bacterial cell
Used by scientists to insert desirable genes into bacteria
Ex. Insulin in E.coli

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Conjugation

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Direct transfer of genes using sex pillus
Allows for sexual reproduction

30
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Asexual reproduction

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When single bacteria produces 2 genetically identical daughter cells

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Binary Fission

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Form of asexual reproduction where parent cytoplasm is evenly distributed btw daughter cells

32
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Budding

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Type of asexual reproduction where daughter cell grows inside parent and pinches off once matured
Do not take equal amount of cytoplasm like binary fission

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Colony

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Cluster of genetically identical bacteria resulting from asexual reproduction
Low genetic diversity (easy to destroy)

34
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Sexual reproduction can be achieved through:

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Transformation
Conjugation

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Saprophytes

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Micro organisms that obtain nutrients from dead organisms

36
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Nitrogen fixation

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Convert inorganic nitrogen in atmosphere into a usable form

37
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What percent of cells in your body are human

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10%

38
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How many different species of bacteria are found in body

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10,000

39
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Micro biome

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Diversity of bacteria that populate in human body

40
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3 essential roles of micro biome

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Fight off pathogens
Digest nutrients
Remove toxins

41
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Micro biome can be compromised through:

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Illness
Antibiotics

42
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Opportunistic pathogens

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Organisms that don’t normally pose a threat, but can establish disease when immune system is compromised
Ex. C.Diff

43
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6 different methods of protection from pathogenic bacteria

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Sterilization
Disinfectants
Antiseptics
Pest control
Vaccines
Antibiotics

44
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Food infection

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Eating food containing toxin-producing bacteria

45
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Food poisoning

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Eating food containing only the bacterial toxin

46
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Botulism

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Bacteria produces powerful neurotoxin that paralyzes muscles

47
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3 ways that bacteria cause disease

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Causing inflammation/host cell death
Producing toxins
Overwhelming host tissue due to quantity of cells

48
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Sepsis

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Body wide infection by a bacteria

49
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Septic shock

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Infection so large it isn’t responding to treatment
Ex. Flesh eating disease

50
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3 ways humans can alter genetics

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Transformation of plasmid
Transduction of bacteriophage
Mutagenesis

51
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Recombinant DNA

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Synthetically made DNA (designer plasmids)

52
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What 2 genes do scientist want from designer plasmids

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Gene producing protein of commercial/medical value
Gene for antibiotic resistance

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Purpose of antibiotic gene

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Allow scientists to select for colonies that have been successfully transformed

54
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Reporter gene

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Codes for protein that makes transformed colonies easily identifiable
Results in fluorescence

55
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LacZ

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Key reporter gene in biology
Results in fluorescence (turns blue)

56
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Mutagenesis

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Process of causing mutation in an organism
Currently used in development of antibiotics and to modify antibiotic gene so it’s more effective against resistance

57
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BT toxin

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Bacterial toxin used as insecticide since 1920s

58
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Antibiotics

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Chemicals that destroy bacteria/limit growth

59
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Overuse of antibiotics leads to:

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antibiotic resistance

60
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Most historically important antibiotic:

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Pencicillin

61
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Pencicillin

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Works by interrupting cell wall growth

62
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Fungi/bacteria both have what structure

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Cell wall

63
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Fungal cell wall

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Made of chitin

64
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Bacterial cell wall

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Made of peptidoglycan

65
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Why might penicillin not work

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If bacteria isn’t growing (causing tears in cell wall)
If bacteria has developed antibiotic resistance

66
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How is resistance to penicillin created

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Caused by bacteria producing an enzyme that breaks down penicillin protein

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