Bacteria Flashcards
Endure high temperature
Thermoduric
salt tolerant
halophile
acid tolerant
acidophile
cold loving (-40 to -20C)
Psychrophiles
Moderate temp loving (20 to 40C)
Mesophiles
Although they can grow from 20-40 ºC, but the mesophiles would
grow best at ___C that’s why they
can survive in the body.
37
Heat loving (40 to 85C)
Thermophiles
Utilizes inorganic material as source of nutrients
Autotroph
Requires organic material for growth and development
Heterotroph
uses simple inorganic forms
chemolitotrophs
Air (oxygen) requiring
Aerobe
Air (oxygen) poisoned
Anaerobe
Cannot survive in the presence of oxygen
Obligate anaerobe
Can survive with or without oxygen
Facultative anaerobe
Only need a small or minute amount of oxygen to survive
Microaerophilic
Do not need or use oxygen to survive, but they can tolerate or survive in its presence
aerotolerant
Largest bacteria; can grow up to 0.7 mm wide (macroscopic); discovered in Namibia.
Thioimargarita namibiensis
cell shape: These are rounded cells that can divide in different
planes.
cocci
cocci cell shape: Divides on a single plane and remain attached to each
other after division as pairs.
diplococci
cocci cell shape: Divides on a single plane and continues to divide
attached to each other forming a chain.
streptococci
cocci cell shape: Divides on more than three planes and appears as clusters.
Staphylococci
cocci cell shape: Divides on two planes and remain intact as packets of 4.
Tetrad
cocci cell shape: Divides on three planes and appears as packets of 8.
Sarcina
Bacilli divides only on its ___ not on its _____ axis
short axis, longitudinal
Bacilli that divides and separates
Bacillus
Oval-shaped bacilli
Cocobacillus
Bacilli that divides and remain attached
diplobacilli, streptobacilli
bacilli in singly (separate), arranged in palisade
pasilades
_____ are all singles and do not form clusters or chains
spirilla
Spirilla that is an enlarged rod
Fusiform
An example of a helical spirilla
H. pylori
An example of a spirochete spirilla and causative agent of syphilis
treponema pallidum
bacterial cell wall is mainly responsible for maintaining the ___ and __ of the bacteria cell
shape and integrity
_____ are the target of antibiotics
bacterial cell wall
Bacterial cell wall is the target of some antibiotics as they are _____
chemically different with eukaryotic cells
Bacterial cell wall consists of ____ layer which is also called the ____
peptidoglycan, murein
Peptidoglycan is a very important part of the cell wall since it differentiates the different types of microorganisms would help in the identification of bacterial cell
whether it is _______ or _____.
gram positive or gram negative
Generally, the peptidoglycan layer
consists of alternating _____ (NAG) and ________ (NAM), which are attached by peptide bridges.
N-acetyl glucosamine, N-acetyl muramic acid
bacteria that consist of thick peptidoglycan layer and is stained with purple.
Gram positive
Consists of very thin peptidoglycan layer, but it possesses an outer membrane which is mainly made up of lipopolysaccharide.
Gram negative
The outer membrane is easily dissolved in gram staining. Appearing red or pink.
Gram negative
Gram staining process involves?
Decolorizer (alcohol) -> mordant (Gram’s iodine) -> Crystal Violet-Iodine Complex (CVI complex)
_____ (found in the center) is a structure wherein there is no membrane that would bind or enclosed on it.
Nucleoid
____ is a community of different microorganisms. It is a combination of bacteria, fungi, protozoan and maybe some parasites that would protect each
other. This is usually found in canals/sewage.
Biofilm
Glycocalyx can be in the form of ________________ layer.
capsule/slime
____ glycocalyx is well organized while _____ glycocalyx is ruggedly arranged
capsule, slime
The function of capsule is to protect the bacteria form _____, ____, or _____, and it is also a ____ of bacterial cell form the process of phagocytosis.
desiccation, drying, or toxic substances, and it is also the protection
Spores is ___ a method of reproduction because there will be no increase in the number of the bacterial cell.
not
spore to vegetative cell
Germination
Endospores are chemically made up of _____ and ______. It allows the bacterial cell to produce the dormant stage. Because of this endospore formation, the cell becomes high resistant to anything that could affect the cell
dipicolinic acid and calcium
The ________ can survive an environment that would normally kill a bacterial cell in its vegetative form.
endospores
two regions of the endospore
exosporium and cortex
exosporium consist of ___ and __
spore coat and cysteine
cortex consists of ___and ____
peptidoglycan and central core
___ and ___ are genes in the bacterial cell that is activated whenever there is sporulation or endospore formation
spo and ssp
__________ are considered to be the virulence factor of some microorganisms although virulence is not only confined to the ability of the cell to produce toxins since there are other virulence factors.
Bacterial Toxin