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Bacterial Growth and Metabolic Pathway Flashcards

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1
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What type of cell division does a rod-shaped bacteria undergo?

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Binary fission

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Describe binary fission in a rod-shaped bacteria:

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  1. Cell elongation
  2. Septum formation
  3. Completion of septum; formation of walls; cell separation
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3
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Give examples of rod-shaped bacteria that undergo binary fission:

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  • Escherichia coli
  • Salmonella typhi
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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How can cell division differ in bacterial growth?

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Different morphological forms

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What are the two different morphological forms of cell division?

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  1. Equal products of cell division

2. Unequal products are so division

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Is binary fission an unequal product of cell division or an equal product of cell division?

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Equal products of cell division

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What are four types of unequal products of cell division?

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  1. Simple budding
  2. Budding from hymphae
  3. Cell division of stalked organisms
  4. Polar growth without differentiation of cell size
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What are the three main players that facilitate bacterial growth at a cellular level?

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MreB
FtsZ
Min system

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What is MreB?

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Actin homologue - bacterial cytoskeleton protein

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How does MreB facilitate bacterial growth?

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Elongation growth by incorporation of new cell wall material along longitudinal axis

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What is FtsZ?

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Tubulin homologue - cytokinesis ring

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How does FtsZ facilitate bacterial growth?

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Fundamental element of septum formation, septum contraction and cell division

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What is min system (MinC)?

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Midcell selection

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14
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How does MinC facilitate bacterial growth?

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Robust positioning of FtsZ at midcill and only midcill over the lifetime of each cell

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15
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Fill in the gap:

MreB, FtsZ and MinC are highly …… inside the cell

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Dynamic

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16
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What is the motion of MreB directly coupled to?

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Wall synthesis

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17
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How does bacterial growth differ with different bacterial species?

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  • Different shapes
  • So different versions of cell division proteins
  • and different cell wall-synthesising machines
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18
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What factors determine culture growth?

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  • Availability of nutrients
  • Presence or absence of oxygen
  • Temperature
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19
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How can we describe the growth of bacteria in one generations time?

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  • mass and cell number doubles

- exponential growth

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20
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What are the four phases of bacterial growth phases?

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  • Lag phase
  • Exponential phase
  • Stationary phase
  • Death phase
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21
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What is an anoxic zone?

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Lack of oxygen

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22
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What is an oxic zone?

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Oxygen present and dissociates in liquids

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23
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What is the limitation of microorganisms that like to grow in low oxygen conditions?

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Difficult to grow in lab due to sensitivity to oxygen

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24
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What is one of the most important factors of culture growth of bacteria?

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Temperature

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25
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What can occur to growth of bacteria in a minimum temperature?

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Membrane gelling; transport processes so slow that growth cannot occur

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26
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What can occur to growth of bacteria in optimum temperature?

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Enzymatic reactions occurring at maximum possible rate

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27
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What can occur to growth of bacteria in maximum temperature?

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Protein denaturation; collapse of cytoplasmic membrane; thermal lysis

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28
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Do all bacteria like the same temperature?

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No, each species have their own optimum temperature

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29
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What are the three different sources of metabolic diversity?

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  • Energy source
  • electron source
  • carbon source
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30
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What are the two subtypes of energy sources?

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  • Phototrophs

- Chemotrophs

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31
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What is phototrophs?

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Light

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32
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What is chemotrophs?

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Oxidation of organic or inorganic compounds

33
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What are the two subtypes of electron sources?

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  • Lithotrophs

- Organotrophs

34
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What is lithotrophs?

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Reduced inorganic molecules

35
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What is organotrophs?

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Organic molecules

36
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What are the twosubtypes of carbon sources?

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  • Autotrophs

- Heterotrophs

37
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What is autotrophs?

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CO2 sole or principle biosynthetic carbon source

38
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What is heterotrophs?

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Reduced, preformed, organic molecules from other organisms

39
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What are the 5 major nutritional classes?

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  • Photolithoautotroph
  • Photoorganoheterotroph
  • Chemolithoautotroph
  • Chemolithoheterotroph
  • Chemoorganoheterotroph
40
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What is the carbon source of Photolithoautotroph?

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Co2

41
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What is the energy source of Photolithoautotroph?

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Light

42
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What is the electron source of Photolithoautotroph?

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Inorganic e- donor

43
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What is the carbon source of Photoorganoheterotroph?

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Organic carbon

44
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What is the energy source of Photoorganoheterotroph?

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Light

45
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What is the electron source of Photoorganoheterotroph?

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Organic e- donor

46
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What is the carbon source of Chemolithoautotroph?

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CO2

47
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What is the energy source of Chemolithoautotroph?

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Inorganic chemicals

48
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What is the electron source of Chemolithoautotroph?

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Inorganic e- donor

49
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What is the carbon source of Chemolithoheterotroph?

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Organic carbon

50
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What is the energy source of Chemolithoheterotroph?

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Inorganic chemicals

51
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What is the electron source of Chemolithoheterotroph?

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Inorganic e- donor

52
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What is the carbon source of Chemoorganoheterotroph?

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Organic carbon

53
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What is the energy source of Chemoorganoheterotroph?

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Organic chemicals

54
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What is the electron source of Chemoorganoheterotroph?

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Organic e- donor

55
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What is the carbon source for heterotrophs?

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Organic carbon

56
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Describe glycolysis (simply):

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  1. Remove electrons from organic carbon and adds those to NAD, making NADH
  2. Produces 2 molecules ATP
  3. Geneterates pyruvate as a key molecule
57
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What must be present for pyruvate to be oxidative to CO2?

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Oxygen

58
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What is the outcome of the citric acid cycle?

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NADH

CO2

59
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What cycle is the most important for the production of NADH?

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Citric acid cycle

60
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Why is a NADH important?

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Electrons stored in NADH

61
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What is the next cycle after the citric acid cycle?

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Electron transport chain

62
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What doe electrons in the electron transport chain reduce?

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The terminal acceptor O2 to H2O

63
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How is the membrane energised in the electron transport chain?

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Protons are pumping across the membrane to the outside

64
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What is the energy produced by the proton pump drive?

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Oxidative phosphorylation through ATP synthase

65
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How many ATP molecules are produced during the electron transport chain?

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36

66
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How do anaerobic respiration differ from aerobic respiration?

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  • Lack of oxygen

- Use of different terminal electron acceptors

67
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What are the different terminal acceptors in anaerobic respiration?

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-SO4^2-, NO3^-, CO2, Fumarate etc

68
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What terminal acceptor is used in denitrification?

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Nitrate

69
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What is the reduced product of the electron acceptor nitrate?

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Nitrite

70
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When does termination occur?

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If no oxygen as terminal electron acceptor

71
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What occurs during fermentation in relation to the terminal electron acceptor?

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Organic compound is both electron donor and acceptor

72
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Is fermentation an efficient process?

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No

73
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How many molecules of ATP is produced through fermentation?

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2

74
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How is a NADH recycles?

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Reducing pyruvate to lactate and other fermentation products

75
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What is the process of the reduction of pyruvate to lactate?

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Homofermentative

76
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What is the process of reduction of pyruvate to mixed products?

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Hetero-fermentative

77
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What are the final results in electron transfer to nitrate?

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Nitric oxide, Nitrous oxide and dinitrogen

78
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What are the concerns of denitrification?

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  • Nitric oxide = ozone depleting gase
  • Nitrous oxide = greenhouse gase
  • Human intervention aka fertilisers

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