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Bio Ch 20 Flashcards

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Virus

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associated with a number of plant, animal, and human diseases; biological enigma

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Capsid

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all viruses have; composed of protein subunits and an inner core of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA, but not both)

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Obligate intracellular parasites

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viruses; can’t reproduce outside a living cell

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Bacteriophages (phages)

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viruses that parasitize bacteria

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Lytic Cycle

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5 stages: attachment, penetration, biosynthesis, maturation, & release

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Lysogenic Cycle

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infecting phage does not immediately proliferate, but may do so sometime in the future; in the meantime, the phage is latent (not actively replicating)

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Prophage

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while latent, the viral DNA is called this

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Lysogenic Cells

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prophage is replicated along with the host DNA and all subsequent cells (called this) carry a copy of the prophage genome

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Retroviruses

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animal viruses with an RNA genome that is converted into DNA within the host cell by a special enzyme called reverse transcriptase

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Reverse Transcriptase

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special enzyme that converts an RNA genome into DNA within a host cell

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Emerging Viruses

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new or previously uncommon illnesses caused by viruses that are able to infect large numbers of humans; AIDS, West Nile encephalitis, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Ebola hemorrhagic fever, and avian influenza (bird flu)

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Viroids

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naked strands of RNA (not covered by a capsid); causes crop diseases (potatoes, coconuts, citrus)

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Prions

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proteinaceous infectious particles; cause a number of fatal brain diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE’s); proteins that normally exist in an animal, but have a different conformation/structure; cause infection by interacting with a normal protein and altering its structure

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Neurogenerative Diseases

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TSE’s; those that destroy nerve tissue in the brain; ex = mad cow disease

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Prokaryotes

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bacteria & archaea; fully functioning, living, single-celled organisms

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Flagella

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some prokaryotes move by means of this; bacterial type has a filament composed of strands of the protein flagellin wound in a helix

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Fimbriae

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short bristlelike fibers extending from the surface of many prokaryotes

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Nucleoid

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dense area in a prokaryote where a single chromosome consisting of a strand of circular DNA is found

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Plasmids

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many prokaryotes have accessory rings of DNA called this; can be extracted and used to carry foreign DNA into host bacteria during genetic engineering processes

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Binary Fission

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prokaryotes reproduce asexually by means of this

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Conjugation

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two bacteria temporarily linked together, often by means of a conjugation pilus; while linked, the donor cell passes DNA to a recipient cell

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Transformation

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occurs when a cell picks up free pieces of DNA from its surrounding medium; this DNA has been secreted by live prokaryotes or released by dead ones

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Transduction

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bacteriophages carry portions of DNA from one bacterial cell to another

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Bacteria

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more common type of prokaryote

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Peptidoglycan

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part of the cell wall of bacteria; = complex of polysaccharides linked by amino acids

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Gram-positive bacteria

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single plasma membrane; thick peptidoglycan layer, stains dark purple

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Gram-negative bacteria

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stains lighter purple or lacks purple color completely; peptidoglycan layer is sandwiched between 2 plasma membranes; this extra, outer membrane reduces the amount of Gram stain that binds to the peptidoglycan, so iodine-dye complex is washed away; 2nd dye (safranin) needed to stain bacteria pink so that it can be seen under a microscope

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Obligate Anaerobes

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some bacteria are this; unable to grow in the presence of free oxygen

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Facultative Anaerobes

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some bacteria are this; able to grow in either the presence or the absence of gaseous oxygen

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Photoautotrophs

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photosynthetic; use solar energy to reduce CO2 to organic compounds

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Chemoautotrophs

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carry out chemosynthesis; oxidize inorganic compounds such as hydrogen gas, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia to obtain the necessary energy to reduce CO2 to an organic compound

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Chemoheterotrophs

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take in organic nutrients

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Saphrotrophs

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aerobic bacteria that decompose almost any large organic molecule into smaller ones that can be absorbed; AKA decomposers

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Symbiotic relationships

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2 different species live together in an intimate way

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Mutualism

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both species benefit from their association

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Commensalism

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Only one species benefits while the other is unaffected

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Parasitism

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one species benefits while harming the other

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Pathogens

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parasitic bacteria that cause diseases

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Endospores

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some of the deadliest pathogens form these when faced with unfavorable environmental conditions

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Toxins

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in almost all cases, the growth of microbes themselves does not cause disease; the poisonous substances they release, called this, are the pathological portion

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Cyanobacteria

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Gram-negative bacteria with a number of unusual traits; photosynthetic

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Lichens

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cyanobacteria in association with fungi form these that can grow on rocks

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Archaea

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at one time thought to be unique group of bacteria; in 1977, Woese and Fox discovered that the rRNA of archaea has a different sequence of bases than the rRNA of bacteria

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Methanogens

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Methane makers; obligate anaerobes found in environments such as swamps, marshes, and the intestinal tracts of animals; chemoautotrophs; use H2 to reduce CO2 to methane (biogas)

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Halophiles

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archaea that require high salt concentrations (usually 12 - 15%); use chloride pumps that use halorhodopsin to pump chloride to the inside of the cell to prevent water loss; aerobic chemoheterotrophs

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Thermoacidophiles

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isolated from extremely hot, acidic environments, such as hot springs, geysers, submarine thermal vents, and around volcanoes; chemoautotrophic anaerobes; use hydrogen as electron donor and sulfur (or sulfur compounds) as terminal electron acceptors for their ETC’s; H2S and protons (H+) are common products

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