Chapter 20 test Flashcards
archaea
- domain
- lives in harsh environments
bacteria
has both cell wall and membrane
bacillus
rod bacteria
coccus
sphere bacteria
spirillus
spiral bacteria
heterotrophs
consume energy
autotrophs
make their own energy
photoautotrophs
energy from light
chemoautotrphs
gets energy from chemical reactions
binary fission
- asexual reproduction
- bacteria splits
conjugation
- sexual repro
- exchange dna
endospores
activate when conditions are right
environment bacteria functions
decomposers
producers
medical bacteria function
can be used in medicine
human bacteria function
creates yogurt
pathogen
makes you sick
bacterial diseases
- release toxins
- kill cells
how does bacteria cause disease
through pathogens
how are bacteria infections treated
antibiotics
lyme disease
tick bites, rash
tetanus
enters body through wounds
bacterial meningitis
respiratory drops
gram staining
- either + or -
- can determine antibiotics
antibiotics
kills the cell wall of bacteria
plasmid
extra DNA in bacteria cells
prions
small proteins
wrong shapes
viroids
small stretch of proteins
virus capsid
container made of protein
virus genetic material
DNA/RNA in capsid
virus reproduction
can only happen if there is a host cell
bacteriophages
infects bacteria
retroviruses
uses RNA to make DNA
how do viruses cause disease
killing of cells
west nile virus
caused by mosquito bites
lytic infection
virus copies itself using bacteria cells
lysogenic infection
virus dna is put into hosts dna to replicate