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BACTERIAL CELL: STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS Flashcards

1
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Bacteria

(formerly_______)

A

eubacteria

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Characteristics of bacteria

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Procaryotic (no nuclear membrane) Unicellular
Free living
Composed of RNA and DNA
Multiply by binary fission

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Archaea (formerly_____)

Kingdom_____

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Procaryotes

Archaebacteria

Monera

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4
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BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY

SIZE:

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0.2 – 2.0 µm by 1-10 µm

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Size

Staphylococcus aureus -
Escherichia coli –
Thiomargarita namibiensis

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0.5-1.5 µm in diameter

2 µm in length

100-750 µm

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6
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Bacteria

Shapes

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SHAPE: spherical, rod-shaped, spiral

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7
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Bacteria arrangement

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Cocci
Bacilli
Spiral

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– sphere-shaped bacterium

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Coccus

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COCCI

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diplococci
staphylococci
streptococci
tetrad
octad (sarcina)

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10
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– rod-shaped bacterium

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Bacillus

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BACILLI

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in singles
diplobacilli
streptobacilli
coccobacilli
palisade (fence-like)

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– rigid, helical cell wall, single flagella at each end

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Spirillum

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– corkscrew, axial filaments/internal flagella

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Spirochete

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14
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Procaryotic cells have three architectural regions
________(proteins attached to the cell surface) in the form of flagella and pili;

________ consisting of a capsule, cell wall and plasma membrane;

________that contains the cell genome (DNA) and ribosomes and various sorts of inclusions.

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appendages

cell envelope

cytoplasmic region

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15
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Filamentous protein attached to the cell surfaces that provide swimming movement

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Flagella

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16
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Parts of a flagella

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Filament
Hook
Basal body

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17
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Rotates to move (360)

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Flagellum

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18
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H antigen

Hauch

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Flagellin

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19
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Flagellar Arrangement

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(a) Monotrichous
(b) Amphitrichous
(c) Lophotrichous
(d) Peritrichous

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20
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______have flagella which project in all directions.

______rotation of flagellar motors results in random re-orientation for the bacterium, but ______rotation produces approximate straight-line motion.

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E. coli

Clockwise (CV)

counter-clockwise (CC)

21
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Internal Flagella

Filaments

A

Axial Filaments
Periplasmic filaments

22
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enclosed between cell wall & cell membrane of spirochetes

Motility (corkscrew fashion)

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Internal flagella

23
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•_____ affect critical biological functions including nutrient acquisition, motility, dispersion, stress resistance, and interactions with other organisms.

24
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Filamentous
Some of them form branching filaments resulting in a network of filaments called_____

25
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Sometimes slightly flatten when they are adjacent to one another

26
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Many spirilla are rigid and capable of movement especially group of
______are long, slender, and flexible

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Spirochetes

27
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DIPLOCOCCI

Examples

A

• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Moraxella catarrhalis
• Neisseria gonorrhae

28
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TETRADS

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• Aerococcus
• Pediococcus
• Tetragenococcus

29
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STREPTOCOCCI
Cocci in chains

A

• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Streptococcus agalactiae

30
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STAPHYLOCOCCI
Cocci in clusters

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• Staphylococcus aureus

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SARCINA
Cocci in cubes consisting of eight cells

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• Sarcina ventriculi
• Sarcina ureae

32
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Cocci in chains

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STREPTOCOCCI

33
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Cocci in clusters

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STAPHYLOCOCCI

34
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Cocci in cubes consisting of eight cells

35
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BACILLI
Most bacilli appear as…

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single rods

36
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DIPLOBACILLI

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• Coxiella burneti
• Moraxella bovis
• Klebsciella rhinoscleromatis

37
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Appear in pairs after division

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DIPLOBACILLI

38
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SINGLE ROD

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• Bacillus cereus

39
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Arranged in chains as the cells divide in one plane

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STREPTOBACILLI

40
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STREPTOBACILLI

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• Streptobacillus moniliformis

41
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Short and stumpy that they appear ovoid
They look like coccus and bacillus

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COCCOBACILLI

42
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COCCOBACILLI

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• Haemophilus influenzae
• Gardnerella vaginalis
• Chlamydia trachomatis

43
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Curved bacteria that can range from a gently-curved shape to a corkscrew-like spiral

44
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Comma shaped bacteria with less than one complete turn or twist in the cell

45
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VIBRIO

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• Vibrio cholerae

46
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Rigid spiral structures, spirillum with many turns can superficially resemble spirochetes

They do not have outer sheath and endoflagella but have typical bacterial flagella

47
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SPIRILLUM

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• Campylobacter jejuni
• Helicobacter pylori
• Spirillum winogradskyi

48
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Have a helical shape and flexible bodies, move by means of axial filaments which look like flagella contained beneath a flexible external sheath, but lack typical bacterial flagella

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SPIROCHETES

49
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SPIROCHETES

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• Leptospiral spp.
• Treponema pallidum
• Borrelia recurrentis

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