Chapter 1 The Microbial World Flashcards

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Non-living microbes are ?

A

acellular

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Viruses, viroid,and prions are?

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non-living microbes

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3
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Prokaryotes, Archea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes are ?

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living microbes

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4
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What are microbes?

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minute living things that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye

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5
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Only a minority of microbes are ?

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pathogenic (disease causing)

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6
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_________ are simple, single-celled unicellular organisms

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bacteria

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7
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Enclosed in a nuclear envelope, bacterial cells are called ?

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prokaryotes

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8
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Bacteria are enclosed in cell walls composed of carbohydrate and protein complex called?

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peptidoglycan

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9
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__________ consist of prokaryotic cells, but their cell walls lack peptidoglycan

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archea

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10
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__________ are organisms whose cells have a distinct nucleus containing a cells DNA, surrounded by the nuclear membrane

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eukaryotes

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11
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__________ is a multi-cellular and unicellular eukaryote

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fungi

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12
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Fungi cannot carry out _______

A

photosynthesis

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13
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_________ are unicellular eukaryotic microbes

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protozoa

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14
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Protozoa move by pseudopods such as?

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flagella and cilia

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15
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_______ are photosynthetic eukaryotes with a wide variety of shapes with both sexual and asexual forms.
Usually unicellular

A

algae

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16
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_______ are much different from other microbe groups

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viruses

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17
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Viruses are?

18
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The viruses core contains?

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one type of nucleic acid. RNA or DNA

19
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The viruses core is surrounded by?

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a lipid membrane called an envelope

20
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Viruses are only considered living when?

A

they multiply in the host cells they infect

21
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obligate intracellular parasite is another name for?

22
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______ is a non-living piece of nucleic acid

A

viroid (plant pathogens)

23
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_______ are protein that is 100% fatal if infected

A

prion (attacks neurological tissue)

24
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________ have no nucleus, no organelles (primitive)

A

prokaryotes

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Taxonomic Hierarchy
``` Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species ```
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What does nomenclature mean?
naming organisms
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Nomenclature has a 2 part naming system
Genus and Species
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Spontaneous generation
hypothesis that living organisms arise from non-living matter, a "vital force" forms life
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Biogenesis
hypothesis that the living organisms arise from preexisting life
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1857-1914 was the?
The Golden Age of Microbiology
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_________ is the conversion of sugar to alcohol
fermentation
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Microbial growth causes food spoilage, bacteria that spoils alcohol is?
Acetic Acid
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________ is the high application of heat for a short time
Pasteurization
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The study of bacteria
bacteriology
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the study of fungi
mycology
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the study of viruses
virology
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the study of protozoa
parasitology
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the study of immunity
immunology
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the study of how microbes inherit traits
microbial genetics
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the study of how DNA directs protein sythesis
molecular biology
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the study of an organisms genes
genomics
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DNA made from 2 different souces
recombinant DNA