Biological Activities Flashcards
Relationship with other microorganisms
- Competitive, mutualistic, etc.
- Biochemical/Enzymatic activities
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
-Temperature
- pH
- Osmotic pressure
- Moisture
- Gas Requirements
- Radiation
PHYSICAL FACTORS
- Energy
- C, H, O, N, P, S
- Salts
- Trace elements
- Vitamins
NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
breaking down of covalent bonds using a H2 O molecule. In biological processes, this is facilitated by enzymes
HYDROLYSIS
hydrolysis of peptide bonds during the breakdown of proteins to peptides or peptides to amino acids
PROTEOLYSIS
labelling requirement
✅ Group number/ Section
✅ Name of media
✅ Date
✅ Set-up or treatment
✅ Inoculant/ Name of Microorganism
Lactose broth with phenol red
and Durham tube
CARBOHYDRATE FERMENTATION
CARBOHYDRATE FERMENTATION pH indicator
phenol red
CARBOHYDRATE FERMENTATION captures gas
Durham tube
one molecule of glucose is ultimately converted to two molecules of lactic acid
turns the phenol red yellow
homolactic fermentation
by contrast, yields carbon dioxide and ethanol in addition to lactic acid, in a process called the phosphoketolase pathway
turns the phenol red yellow, makes air bubble in durham tube
Heterolactic fermentation
polymeric carbohydrates composed of amylose and amylopectin
STARCH
breaks glycosidic bonds of amylose and amylopectin to produce glucose, maltose and dextrin.
AMYLASE
Process in which a protein is broken down partially, into peptides, or completely, into amino acids, by proteolytic enzymes, present in bacteria and in plants but most abundant in animals.
PROTEOLYSIS
combination of proteins and peptides resulting from the partial hydrolysis of collagen
GELATINE