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Bacterial Diversity Flashcards

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What are the three domains?

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  • Bacteria
  • Archaea
  • Eukarya
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What revolutionised classification?

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16S rRNA phylogenetic

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Where is the prokaryotic taxonomy catalogues?

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Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

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How are bacteria distinguished?

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By Gram stain

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What are the types of Gram stain?

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  • Gram-positive

- Gram-negative

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What is a Gram-positive?

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  • Very simple cell wall structure
  • Does not involve outer phospholipid bilayer
  • Thick outer layer of peptidoglycan
  • Stain purples
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What is a Gram-negative?

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  • Phospholipid bilayer
  • Thinner layer of peptidoglycan
  • Thicker phospholipid bilayer (asymmetric)
  • Stains pink
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Which Gram stains pink?

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Gram-negative

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9
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Which Gram stains purple?

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Gram-positive

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How do you have a greater speciation in some genera?

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Using multigene analysis

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How is there better speciation in some genre by using multigene analysis?

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16S rRNA is further divided by multi locus sequences typing picking genes around the genome

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What type of Gram is proteobacteria?

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Gram-negative

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How is proteobacteria divide?

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  • Alpha - α
  • Beta-β
  • Gamma - γ
  • Delta - δ
  • Epsilon - ε
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Describe proteobacteria:

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  • Metabolically diverse
  • Many environmental habitats (symbiont/nitrogen-fixers/aquatic environment)
  • Major human pathogens exhibit chemotrophy under aerobic conditions
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What is an alpha proteobacteria?

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Rhizobiales

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What are the genus of Rhizobiales?

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Agrobacterium
Bradyrhizobium
Nitrobacter
Rhizobium

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What feature does Agrobacterium have?

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Plant pathogen

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What feature does Bradyrhizobium have?

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Symbiotic nitrogen fixer

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What feature does Nitrobacter have?

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Nitrifying

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What feature does Rhizobium have?

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Symbiotic nitrogen fixer

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What do Bradyrhizobium/Rhizobium do?

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  • Form symbiosis with plants

- Fix nitrogen to ammonia

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What is a beta proteobacteria?

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Neisseriales

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What are the genus of Neisseriales?

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Neisseria

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What are the features of neisseria?

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  • Human pathogen
  • Characteristic diplococci
  • Medically important species (Meningitis/gonorrhoea)
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What is a gamma proteobacteria?

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Enterobacteriales

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What are the genus of Enterobacteriales?

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Shigella
Escherichia
Salmonella

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What are the features of Shigella/Salmonella?

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  • Human pathogen

- Responsible for serious food poisoning

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What are the features of Escherichia?

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  • Human commensal, some pathogens
  • Common inhabitant of intestinal tract but uncommon pathogen
  • Very important research tool (e.g E.coli)
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What are Enterobacteriales?

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  • Largest sub-group of the proteobacteria

- Most pathogenic species in this group

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What is a delta proteobacteria?

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Spirilla

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What are the genus of Spirilla?

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Bdellovibrio

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What are the features of Bdellovibrio?

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  • Uses other bacteria as a host
  • Curved bacteria
  • Potential antimicrobial (wide spread in soils and aquatic environments)
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33
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What is an epsilon proteobacteria?

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Campylobacterales

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What are the genus of Campylobacterales?

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Campylobacter

Helicobacter

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35
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What are the features of Campylobacter?

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  • Human pathogen
  • Highly motile bacillus, curved
  • Medically important species (foodborne disease)
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What are the features of Helicobacter?

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  • Human pathogen
  • Has multiple flagella
  • Causes stomach ulcers
37
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What Gram is bacteriodetes an example of?

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Gram-negative

38
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What are the four major orders of Bacteroidetes?

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  • Sphingobacteriales
  • Cytophagales
  • Flavobacteriales
  • Bacteroidales
39
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What are the types of Gram-positive bacteria divided?

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  • Low G+C

- High G+C

40
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On what bases are Gram-positives divided?

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Based on the %GC content in the genome

41
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Is this a high or low G+C?

atagagctaa ttattggaaa agataaaaag gggataagaa taaataaagt tcctttacaa

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Low G+C

42
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Is this a high or low G+C?

acaatgggcg caagcctgat gcagcaacgc cgcgtgaggg acgacggcct tcgggttgta

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High G+C

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What are low G+C known as?

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Firmicutes

44
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What are high G+C known as?

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Actinobacteria

45
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What are the different orders of low G+C?

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  • Lactobacillales
  • Bacillales
  • Clostridiales
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What are the genus of Lactobacillales?

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Lactobacillus

Streptococcus

47
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What are the genus of Bacillales?

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Straphylococcus

Bacillus

48
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What are the genus of Clostridium?

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Clostridium

49
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What are Lactoballius and Streptococcus members of?

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Lactic acid bacteria

50
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What are lactic acid bacteria?

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  • Produce lactic acid during metabolism

- Tolerant to low pH

51
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What acidic by-products are produce from Straphylococcus, Bacillus and Clostridium?

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  • Butyric acid
  • Propionic acid
  • Acetic acid
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What are the features of Lactobacillus?

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  • Lactic acid produces
  • Human commensal (fermented products - yogurts)
  • Variable size
53
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What does lacto mean?

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Milk

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What does bacillus mean?

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Rod shaped

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What are the features of Streptococcus?

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  • Many human pathogens
  • Human commensals
  • Medically relevant (subdivide by haemolytic)
56
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What does strepto mean?

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Twisted chain

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What does coccus mean?

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Spherical/round

58
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What are the features of Staphylococcus?

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  • Some human pathogens

- Medically important pathogens (boils, produces toxin/MRSA)

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What does Staphyl mean?

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Grape

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What are the features of Bacillus?

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  • Rod shape
  • Endospores (enables survival during extremes of environments)
  • Human pathogens
  • Medically important
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What are the features of Clostridium?

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  • Anaerobes
  • Endospores
  • Human pathogen
  • Location of spores help to identify the species
  • Medically important
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What an order of high G+C?

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Actinomycetales

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What are the genus of Actinomycetales?

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Actinmyces
Frankia
Streptomyces

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What are the features of Actinmyces?

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  • Filamentous
  • Branching
  • Human pathogen
  • Facultative anaerobe
  • Look like fungal hyphae under microscope
  • Important fro soil ecology
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What are the features of Frankia?

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  • Symbiotic nitrogen fixers
  • Filamentous
  • Carry out nitrogen fixation in soil
  • Atmospheric N to ammonia
66
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What are the features of Streptomyces?

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  • Filamentous
  • Produce antibiotics
  • Form mucelium
  • Produce sports called conidia
  • Occurs during nutrient depletion
67
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Are conidia the same as endospores?

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NO

68
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What is must commons sub-division containing many human pathogens?

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γ- proteobacteria

69
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Why do we know so much about the Gram negative Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Gram positive Firmicutes?

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They are easily cultural and grown in the lab

70
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How can we study non-culturable bacteria?

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  • Culture independent analyses
  • Assess phylogeny into species group
  • FISH (Fluorescent in situ hybridisation)
71
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What is culture independent analysis to identifying non-culturable bacteria?

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fluorescent oligonucleotides bind specific DNA

72
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What are examples of fluorescent oligonucleotides?

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  • DAPI
  • Acridine orange
  • SYBR Green 1
73
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What is assess phylogeny/classify bacteria into species group to identifying non-culturable bacteria?

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Phylogenetically classify non-culturable bacteria you need to study the 16S rRNA gene of the bacteria

74
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What is FISH in relation to identifying non-culturable bacteria?

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Different coloured oligonucleotides match different 16S rRNA sequences

75
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What is an ecosystem?

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Sum of all organisms and abiotic factors in a particular environment

76
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What is symbiosis?

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Mutualism and commensalism

77
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How is mutualism symbiosis?

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Both species benefit

78
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How is commensalism symbiosis?

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One species benefits, the other neither harmed nor benefited

79
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What is syntrophy?

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Two or more organisms catabolising a nutrient that can not be catabolised by one on its own

80
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What is an example of commensalism to mutualism?

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Bacteria living in our large intestine supply us with vitamin K

81
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What is species richness?

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The total number of species present in an ecosystem

82
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What is species abundance?

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The proportion of each species in an ecosystem

83
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What are Archaea more suited to?

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Extreme conditions below the photic zone

84
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What is microbial ecology interaction with plants?

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  • Legume-root nodule symbiosis

- Essential in fixing nitrogen and suppling to plants

85
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What is microbial ecology interaction with mammals?

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  • Human microbiome project

- Gut microbiome

86
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What is facultative anaerobe?

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Makes ATP via aerobic respirations if oxygen is present BUT can also do anaerobic respiration

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What is obligate aerobe?

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Cannot make ATP in absence of oxygen

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