Ch19 monera (prokaryotae)

Question 1

autotrophic bacteria

Answer 1

bacteria capable of making their own food using energy

Question 2

photosynthetic bacteria

Answer 2

bacteria that use sunlight to make their own food

Question 3

chemosynthetic bacteria

Answer 3

bacteria that are capable of making their own food using energy from a chemical reaction

Question 4

heterotrophs

Answer 4

are organisms which are not capable of making their own food

Question 5

saprophytes

Answer 5

organisms which get thier food from dead organisms commonly called decomposers

Question 6

symbiotic organisms

Answer 6

organisms of one species that live in close relationship with a second species where at least one organism benefits

Question 7

parasitism

Answer 7

where two organisms of different species live together, where one benefits and causes harm to the other

Question 8

pathogens

Answer 8

disease-causing organisms

Question 9

antibiotics

Answer 9

chemicals produced by micro-organisms thata re toxic to bacteria

Question 10

sterile

Answer 10

free from all microbes

Question 11

asepsis

Answer 11

means excluding microbes from as much of the environment as possible

Question 12

bioreactor

Answer 12

a vessel (usually large) in which cells, organisms or enzymes are placed to manufacture specific products

Question 13

continuous flow method

Answer 13

of production involved maintaining the microbes in the log phase of growth by the addition of fresh medium

Question 14

batch flow method

Answer 14

of production is when a fixed amount of nutrients are added to a bioreactor which is emptied of its contents at the end of production