Bacteria and Archaea Flashcards

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Bacteria and Archaea similarity

A

Single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bounded organelles

1-10 Um

can grow at above 80

circular chromosomes

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2
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Bacteria and Archaea Difference

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Bacteria use Peptidoglycan for cell wall.
Archaea use Pseudo-peptidoglycan.

B use fatty acid for membrane.
A use non-fatty acid

B use chlorophyll in photosynthesis
A don’t

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3
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Plasmids

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Circular DNAs apart from the chromosome in the Prokaryotes cells

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4
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Ribosome

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where proteins assembled.

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5
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Coccus (shape)

A

Spherical 圆球

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6
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Bacillus (shape)

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rod 长条

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7
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Spirillum (shape)

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spiral 捲条

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8
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Pili (pilus-singular)

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organelle that allow cells to adheres to ojects

the sex pili can transfer DNA

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9
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Taxis

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a response that cells move towards or away from the external food, light O2 or light

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10
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Autotrophs

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Use Carbon from CO2

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11
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Heterotrophs

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Carbon from organic sources : ie from the host

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12
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Phototrophs

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Energy from Sun (plant)

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13
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Chemotrophs

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Energy from in or organic chemicals

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14
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Transformation

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Part of horizontal gene transfer (foreign gene)

Naked DNA or plasmid enter the cell

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15
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Transduction

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Part of horizontal gene transfer (foreign gene)

Virus contains DNA from another cell

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16
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Conjugation

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Part of horizontal gene transfer (foreign gene)

Sex pilis connected the cells and transfered.

17
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Staphylococcus aureus

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a bacterium that is a member of the Firmicutes, and is frequently found in the human respiratory tract and on the skin.

18
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Methicillin-resistant S. aureus, abbreviated MRSA

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is one of a number of greatly feared strains of S. aureus which have become resistant to most β-lactam antibiotics.