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Beta, Delta, Gamma, Epsilon Proteobacteria Flashcards

1
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Where do Proteobacteria source substrates from?

A

anaerobe zones in habitats

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Gram stain of Proteobacteria

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negative
pink

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4 Orders of Class Betaproteobacteria

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Neisseriales
Burkholderiales
Nitrosomonadales
Hydrogenophilales

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Neisseria

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  • non-motile
  • aerobe
  • cocci
  • capsules and pili
  • chemoorganotrophic
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Where is Neisseria found?

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mucous membranes of mammals

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Burkholderia

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  • aerobe
  • mesophilic
  • straight rods
  • polar flagella
  • catalase and oxidase +
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Burkholderia cepacia

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  • mineralize organic materials
  • plant pathogen
  • hospital infects
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Genus Bordetella

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  • related to Burkholdelia
  • aerobe
  • coccobacilli
  • chemoorganotrophs
  • organic sulfur and nitrogen for growth
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Bordetella pertussis

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  • non-motile capsule
  • infects human epithelial cells of respiratory tract
  • pertussis (whooping cough)
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Bordetella bronchiseptica

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  • motile
  • coccobacilli
  • kennel cough in dogs
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Nitrosomonadaceae

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  • Nitrosomonas
  • Nitrosococcus
  • Nitrosospira
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Thiobacillus (Hydro)

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  • chemolithotrophs
  • colourless sulphur bacteria
  • not photosynthetic
  • oxygen as electron acceptor
  • acid-mine draining
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Thiobacillus denitrificans

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  • electron DONORS: hydrogen sulfide, thiosulfate, ferrous iron for ETC
  • electron ACCEPTOR: oxygen or nitrate
  • DENITRIFICATION: nitrate to nitrogen gas
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4 Orders of Class Gammaproteobacteria

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  • Purple Sulfur bacteria
  • Pseudomonadales
  • Vibrionales
  • Enterobacteriales
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Purple Sulfur Bacteria

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  • Anoxygenic photosynthesis
  • electron DONORS: HS or H2
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Pseudomonas

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  • straight/slightly curved rods
  • motile
  • aerobe
  • chemoheterotroph
  • CAC cycle
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Impact of Pseudomonadales

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  • mineralize organic molecules
  • plant pathogens and opportunistic human pathogens
  • food decay (P.fluorescens)
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Vibrionaceae

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  • straight or curved rods
  • motile
  • D-glucose as only carbon and energy source
19
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Vibrio cholerae

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faecal transmitted, water-borne pathogen

20
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Vibrio fischeri

A

biolumination

21
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Enterobacteriaceae

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distinguished from other Gram-negative rods by the ABSENCE of oxidase

22
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Genera witihin Enterobacteriaceae

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  • Escherichia
  • Shigella
  • Salmonella
  • Enterobacter
  • Serratia
23
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Mixed Acid Fermentation

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Proteus, Escherichia, Salmonella, Shigella
lactic acid, acetic acid, succinate, formic acid (CO2 and H2) ,ethanol

24
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Butanediol Fermentation

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Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Serratia
butanediol, ethanol, CO2

25
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Beta-hemolysis

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  • complete lysis on blood agar
  • clear zone
  • E.coli, Streptococcus pyogenes
26
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Impact of Enterobacteriales

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  • E.coli in colon
  • fecal contamination of water
  • normally part of human intestinal tract
27
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E.coli Pathotypes (diarrheagenic)

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  • associated with diarrhoea
  • Shiga toxin-producing E.coli
  • Enterotoxigenic E.coli
  • Enteroinvasive E.coli
  • Enteropathogenic E.coli
  • Enteroaggregative E.coli
  • Diffuse adherent E.coli
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Salmonella (Enterobacteriales)

A

gastric fever and gastroenteritis
food-borne or sewage

29
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Shigella (Enterobacteriales)

A

bacillary dysentery

30
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Klebsiella (Enterobacteriales)

31
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Yersinia (Enterobacteriales)

A

plague, spread by fleas

32
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Erwinia (Enterobacteriales)

A

plant disease

33
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3 Orders of Class Deltaproteobacteria

A

chemoorganotrophs
- Desulfovibrionales
- Bdellovibrionales
- Myxococcales

34
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Desulfovibrionales

A

recycle sulfur
occur in sediments

35
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Desulfovibrionales Energy Production

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  • anaerobic conditions
  • drive ATP synthase
36
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Bdellovibrio

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  • aerobe
  • curved rods
  • thick polar flagella
  • predatory organism to Gram- neg bacteria
  • beneficial to humans
37
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Bdellovibrio Life Cycle

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  1. non-growing predatory: swims into prey, penetrates cell wall with enzymes
  2. intracellular reproductive phase: periplasm, uses cellular components of prey
38
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Myxococcales

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  • aerobe
  • rods
  • life-cycle with fruiting bodies and dormant myxospores
39
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Myxococcales Digestion

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food PRESENT:
- antibiotics and digestive enzymes that lyse bacteria and yeast

food SCARCE:
- aggregate
- fruiting body formed
- dormant myxospore developed (sporangiola)

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Class Epsilonproteobacteria

41
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Campylobacter (Epsilon)

A

both pathogenic and non-pathogenic

42
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Campylobacter fetus (Epsilon)

A
  • abortions in sheep and cattle
  • septicaemia and enteritis in humans
43
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Helicobacter pylori (Epsilon)

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  • gastritis and peptic ulcers
  • survive the acidic stomach environment
  • overproduction of urease

Micros 244 (15 decks)

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