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Bacteria 🦠 Flashcards

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Bacteria range in size from :

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0.2 - 2U ( breath )
2 - 10U ( length )

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2
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Smallest bacteria 🧫

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Mycoplasma

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3
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Mycoplasma range in size from ?

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100-200nm

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4
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Cell wall is absent in ?

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Mycoplasma

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5
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Archaeo bacteria donot contain ?

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Peptigoglycan

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Size of bacteria 🧫 in single dimension🔅

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0.1 - 600 nm

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7
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Cell wall 🧱

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  • rigid
  • determines shape
  • protects from osmotic lysis
  • made up of peptigoglycan
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Who developed the technique of gram staining?

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Christian Gram 💕

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9
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Role of capsule :

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Adherence of bacteria 🦠🧫
Polysaccharide+protein

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10
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Which provides pathogenicity and protects from phagocytosis?

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Slime capsule

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Flagella function :

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▶️ no microtubules

▶️ Flagellin — protein

▶️ Spin movement ( 360°) +ve and -ve

▶️ Helps in motility

▶️ Originate from basal body , a structure beneath cell membrane

▶️ rigid

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12
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Nucleoid function :

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Single , circular dsDNA

Total abscence of nuclear membrane , nucleoplasm , nucleolus o.

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Mesosomes function?

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✓invagination of cell membrane

✓in the form of vescicles , lamellae , tubules

✓ replication , cell - division , respiration , export of enzyme , photosynthesis , nitrogen fixation

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14
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Plasmid function

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✓small fragment of extra genetic material dsDNA

✓serves as vectors for genetic engineering

✓ ribosomes —- ☑️

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Pilli function

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🦪 hollow , filamentous appendages smaller than flagella

🦪 It helps in conjugation

🦪 Made up of special protein — pilin

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16
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The structure which allows bacterium to survive extended period of heat / dryness ?

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Endospore

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17
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Cell membrane function:

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✓Lies inside cell wall ( Lipid+ protein )

✓act as respiratory structure as mitochondria is absent ❎

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18
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Shapes of Bacteria 🦠🧫

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✔️ cocci ( non - flagellated )

❤️ Monococcus ⚪

❤️ Diplococcus 🟢🟢 (pair / two)

❤️ Tetrad (4 )🔘🔘🔘🔘

❤️ Streptococcus (chain like ) ⛓️

❤️ Staphylococci (grape like )🍇

❤️sarcina (octet) 🎱

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19
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Examples of shapes of Bacteria :

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💮 vibrio / comma – vibrio cholera

💮 Cocci —- Streptococcus Pneumoni / neisseria meningitidis a

💮Bacilli —- E.coli /Pseudomonas

💮spirilla : Treponema palladium

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20
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Phases of Growth

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Notepad

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21
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enzyme present in alimentary canal bacteria of herbivores which help in the digestion of cellulose is ?

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Cellulase ( present in appendix or in caecum of goat )

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22
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Who discovered technique of conjugation

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Laderburg and Tatum ( 1946 )

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23
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Who discovered technique of transduction ?

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Laderburg and zinder ( 1952 )

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24
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Transformation technique was discovered by

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Fred Griffith ( 1928 )

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25
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Riboflavin is discovered by

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Clostridium

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26
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Pathogenic bacteria considered as

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Invisible enemies of men

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27
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E.coli is used in / as ?

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🌼 Insulin

🌼 Growth hormones

28
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Sexually transmitted diseases are transferred through

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👉Blood fluid
👉 saliva
👉body fluid
👉reproductive ejacuation

29
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E.coli is found in ?

30
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Moist heat help in

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Coagulation of protein

31
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Dry heat help in ?

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Oxidation of chemical constituents

32
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First antibiotic discovered from ?

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Fungi ( 1940 ) —- penicillin

33
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Nucleoid is visible in light microscope after staining with

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Feulgen stain

34
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Dormant thick wall desiccation resistant body is

35
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Bacterial spore are ?

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👻 heat resistant

👻 desiccation resistant

👻 May be Endo /exo spore

36
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Prokaryotes has ?

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70s ribosomes

37
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Eukaryotes have

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80s ribosomes

38
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Streptomycin is used :

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Against bacterial infection

39
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Athlete’s foot is caused by ?

40
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Example of aerobic bacteria

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Pseudomonas

41
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Example of anaerobic bacteria

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Spirochete

42
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Example of facultative bacteria

43
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Example of microaerofilic bacteria

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Camphylo bacter

44
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Gram positive have thickness

45
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Gram Negative have thickness

46
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Chemical used on living tissues that inhibit the growth of microorganisms

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Antiseptics

47
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Oxidizing and reducing agents which inhibit the growth and use on non living organism are

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Disinfectant

48
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Example of symbiotic bacteria is

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E.g
Rhizobium radicuola — occurring as symbiont in nodulated roots of leguminous plants ☘️🌵 E.g pisum sativum

49
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Spirillum is ?

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Thick / rigid / spiral

50
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Spirochete is ?

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Thin / flexible / spiral

51
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Cell envelope of bacteria includes

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{ capsule , slime , cell wall 🧱 }

52
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What are chemotherapytic agent

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Chemicals and antibiotics ( vaccines ) destroy natural defense and stop the growth of bacteria microbes

53
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Which are used in sterilization process

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Gamma rays

54
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Permanent discloration of teeth is caused by

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Tetracycline

55
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Darkly stained nucleus

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Lactobacillus

56
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Heat sensitive / antibiotics sterilized by ?

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Membrane filters

57
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Edward Jenner discovered vaccine against ( 1796 )

58
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The S in 70 or 80 ribosomes stands for ?

59
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Which is used as nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture and for inreasing soil fertility

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Nostoc anabena

60
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Intestinal disorder occurs in ?

61
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Bacterial cell wall lack

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Cholesterol

62
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UHS :

Q) when the division of cells in three planes the arrangement is known as ?

63
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Gut living symbiont e.coli is found ?

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Rod shaped

64
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Treatment by using attenuated culture of bacteria

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Vaccination

65
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Name the nutrition resulted by feeding on dead and decay matter

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Saprophytic

66
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Functionally measosomes can be compared with?

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Mitochondria

67
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The structure which contain gene for drug resistance in bacteria are

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