ch6 Flashcards
phototrophs
use light as an energy source
chemotroph
use potential energy stored in chemical compounds as an energy source
lithotroph
chemotroph that uses inorganic chemical compounds for electrons
organotroph
uses organic chemical compounds for electrons
heterotroph
obtains Carbon from other organisms
autotroph
makes C starting with CO2 and using carbon fixation, produces glucose
photophosphorylationn
uses electron transport chain, PMF, chemiosmosis, ATP synthase to generate ATP energy (2 pathways)
oxygenic
uses H2O to produce O2
anoxygenic
uses something other than H2O, no release of O2
mixotroph
photoheterotroph, lithohereotroph, can also use small organic carbon sources
essential nutrients
compounds a bacteria itself cant make but must gather from the environment to grow and divide
nitrogen fixation
nitrogen fixers remove nitrogren from air and convert it to ammonia
nitrification
nitrogen fixers convert ammonia into nitrate
denitrification
denitrifiers convert nitrate to nitrogen gas
nitrogen cycle
cycle of N2 gas being fixed, nitrified, and denitrifed back into N2 gas
obligate anaerobe
needs no oxygen to survive, has no enzymes to protect against oxygen radicals
obligate aerobe
needs oxygen to survive, contains SOD and catalase
microaerophile
needs a low amount of oxygen to survive, low amounts of SOD and catalasef
facaultative anaerobe
grows best with oxygen, but can grow without it. contains SOD and catalase
aerotolerant anaerobe
tolerates oxygen and grows throughout, has SOD but not catalase
chemically defined media
minimilistic media, all chemical compounds are known
complex media
has other extract on media for fascidious bacteria growth
photosystem II
photolysis of water with absorbed energy from light that produces hydrogen and electrons. the electrons produced enter the ETC and pump the protons to produce ~3 ATP
photosystem I
electrons from ETC enter PSI and get excited by light, enter a second ETC. 2 NADPH produced