ch 13 Bacteria, Protists, Fungi Flashcards

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what were Microbial Mats

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  • earliest forms of life
  • layered sheets of prokaryotes
  • got energy from oceanic hydrothermal vents
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Name the Extremophiles

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  • Halophiles = loved salty areas
  • Thermophiles = loved hot areas
  • Methanogens = lived without oxygen and released methane
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what do all Prokayotes have in common

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  • cell membrane
  • cytoplasm
  • ribosomes
  • genetic mat
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name the shapes of prokayotes

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Cocci = circular
Bacilli = cylinderish
Spirilia = spirals

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what are the unique features prokaryotic cells hav

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  • lack membrane bound organelles
  • cell wall
  • capsule
    -chromosomes in NUCLEOID
  • flagella
  • pili
  • plasmids
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what is a bacteria’s cell wall made of

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peptidoglycan (polsacc)

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Gram-Postive Cell Wall

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thicker, has more layers of peptidoglycan

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Gram-Negative Cell Wall

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thinner, fewer layers of peptidoglycan and surrounded by outer membrane

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Name Bacterial Diseases

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  • Plague in Athens
  • Plague in Justinian
  • Black Death
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what was the Antibiotic Crisis

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overuse and incorrect use of antibiotics result in bacteria becoming resistant to em

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who did MRSA affect

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people in more dense areas
- military, prisons

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name Bacterial Foodborne Diseases and where it comes from

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  • ecoli, samanella
  • comes from animal waste
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name Benefical Bacteria ; Food

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  • yogurt
  • cheese
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Bioremediation

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using prokaryotes to remove pollutants
- remove chemicals
- remove toxic metals from water
- ex oil spills

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Name Beneficial Bacteria for Humans

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  • hav mutual relationships where bacteria and I both benefit and it does not harm me
  • can absorb ions
  • Synthesize Vit K
  • trains immune system
  • maintain large intestine cells
  • form protective barrier against pathogens
  • on my skin, Antimicrobial compounds prevents infections
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16
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are Protists in the same Kingdom as either Animals, Plants or Fungi

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None
- in its own Protista

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Are Protists unicelluar or multicellular?

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both

18
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are Protists Eukaryotes or Prokayotes

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Eukaryotes
- hav nucles and organelles

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which environments are Protists mostly found

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aquatic

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Coenocytic

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hav more than one nucleus
- single cells

21
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Protist Cell Features

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  • surrounded by plasma on its outside
  • uncellular ones hav flagella and can move
22
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Protists on Humans - Bad

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  • can cause Malaria; in blood cells
  • Trypanosomes; sleeping sickness
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Protists on Plants - Bad

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-Plasmopara Viticola; causes mildew on leaves
-Phytophthora infestans; black slimes on potatoe

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Name Beneficial Protists

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  • eaten a lot; Seaweed
  • Symbiotic Relationships; can provide nutrients thru PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • Decomposers; Saprobes feed off of dead organisms, OoOMycetes GROW on dead organisms
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Can Fungi Photosynthesize?

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no, they are Hetero trophs

26
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how do Fungi reproduce

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sexually (spores) and asexually

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what is Fungi essential roles

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Decomposers

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Fungi Struture

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  • has nucleus n has organelles
  • cell wall made of chitin
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what are the stages of a Fungi

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Hyphae = vegatative
Mushrooms = reproductive stage

30
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what is the Fungi Septum

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hyphae are divided into separate cells by these end walls

31
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how do Fungi typically obtain nutrition

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Digests nutrients, and Absorbs em
- releases Exoenymes

32
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which Fungi are the ones we eat

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Basidiomycota

33
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Name Fungi Pathogens - Plants

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  • mold in food
  • decays in plant tissue
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Fungi Pathogens - Food

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  • mold in food
35
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Example of Fungi Pathogens on Humans

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  • ringworm on skin
  • Systemic mycoses in lungs
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how do Fungi decompose?

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has enzymes to break down cellulose and ligin which other organisms find hard to digest in PLANTS

37
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what do Mycoorhizal Fungi do

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  • a symbiotic relationship
    go to plant roots and uses increased surface area to channel water
38
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Fungi Benefits for Humans

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  • food
  • YEAST in food, beer n wine