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Chapter 27: Bacteria & Archaea Flashcards

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What are prokaryotes?

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Organisms who’s cells lack a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles

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Prokaryotes are masters of ________ and _________.

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adaptation, metabolism

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What does it mean to be masters of adaptation?

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An organism can thrive almost everywhere (Including places too acidic, salty, cold, hot etc.)

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What does it mean to be masters of metabolism?

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Organisms have numerous methods for obtaining carbon and energy

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Prokaryote cells are _________ (smaller/bigger) than many eukaryote cells.

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smaller

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Define unicellular

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Organisms that are made of only one cell (All functions are carried out within one cell)

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Are prokaryotes unicellular or multicellular?

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Unicellular

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What are the 3 different morphologies of bacteria?

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Coccus Bacillus Spirillum

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What do coccus bacteria look like?

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Sphere shaped

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What do bacillus bacteria look like?

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Rod shaped (Oblong oval cheeto thing)

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What do spirillum bacteria look like?

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Twists like a spiral (Zigzag thingy)

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In eukaryotes with cell walls (plants), the walls are usually made up of cellulose or chitin. What do bacterial cell walls contain?

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Peptidoglycan

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What is peptidoglycan?

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A polymer consisting of sugars and amino acids that form a mesh-like layer outside the plasma membrane of bacteria, forming a cell wall.

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There are two types of cell walls, what are they?

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Gram-positive (Gram +) Gram-negative (Gram -)

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Describe a Gram-positive cell wall.

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  • Purple after staining
  • Retains the crystal violet colour after staining
  • Single layered, straight cell wall
  • Rigid (less elastic)
  • Large amount of peptidoglycan
  • No outer membrane
  • Not pathogenic to humans/animals
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Describe a Gram-negative cell wall.

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  • Pink after staining
  • Clear (does not retain the crystal violet colour) after staining
  • Two layered, wavy cell wall
  • Elastic (less rigid)
  • Smaller amount of peptidoglycan
  • Outer membrane present
  • Pathogenic to humans/animals
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17
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Which picture is Gram-positive and Gram-negative?

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A is Gram-positive

B is Gram-negative

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18
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Flagella affect ______.

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motility

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Some prokaryotes have specialized membranes that perform metabolic functions. What are the two prokaryotes?

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  1. Aerobic Prokaryotes
  2. Photosynthetic Prokaryotes (cyanobacteria)
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What specialized membrane do Aerobic Prokaryotes have?

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Infolding of the plasma membrane

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What specialized membrane do Photosynthetic Prokaryotes have?

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Thylakoid membranes (similar to those in chloroplasts)

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If you see a cell wall and it has peptidoglycan in the cell wall, it must be ________.

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Bacteria

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What is a capsule?

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A sticky, dense layer of polysaccharide/protein that surrounds the cell wall of many prokaryotes.

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What three factors give rise to high levels of genetic diversity in prokaryotes?

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  1. Rapid reproduction
  2. Mutation
  3. Genetic recombination
25
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What is rapid reproduction and mutation?

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When populations reproduce with mutations (due to insertions, deletions and base-pair substitutions in DNA) at a rapid rate.

26
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What is genetic recombination and what are the 3 steps?

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  • The combining of DNA from two sources
  1. Transformation
  2. Transduction
  3. Conjugation
27
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In genetic recombination, what is transformation?

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  • A change in genotype and phenotype due to the cell’s take up of pieces of DNA from a leftover lysed cell
28
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In genetic recombination, what is transduction?

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  • When bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) carry bacterial genes from one host cell to another
  • The recipient cell’s chromosome becomes a combo of DNA derived from two cells
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In genetic recombination, what is conjugation?

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  • DNA is transferred between two prokaryotic cells that are temporarily joined.
  • A pilus of the donor cell attaches to the recipient and retracts, pulling the two cells together, like a grappling hook.
  • DNA is transferred
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What is Prokaryote Metabolism?

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The different methods of which prokaryotes use and aquire their carbon and energy

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What are the 6 nutritional modes?

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  1. Photoautotroph
  2. Chemoorganoautroph
  3. Chemoautotroph
  4. Photoheterotroph
  5. Chemoheterotroph
  6. Chemolithotroph
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What are autotrophs?

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Organisms that synthesize their own carbon source from an inorganic carbon source (photosynthesis/chemosynthesis).

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What are heterotrophs?

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Organisms that cannot synthesize their own carbon source and need to obtain it from the environment.

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What are photoautotrophs?

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Organisms that synthesize their own carbon source while obtaining energy (ATP) from a light source (phototrophs).

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What are chemoorganoautotrophs?

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Organisms that synthesize their own carbon source while obtaining energy (ATP) from organic (organotrophs) molecules (consisting of both C and H).

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What are chemoautotrophs?

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Organisms that synthesize their own carbon source while obtaining energy (ATP) from inorganic (lithotroph) molecules (missing either C or H).

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What are photoheterotrophs?

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Organisms that cannot synthesize their own carbon source and obtain energy (ATP) from a light source (phototrophs).

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What are chemoheterotrophs?

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Organisms that cannot synthesize their own carbon source and obtain energy (ATP) from organic (organotrophs) molecules (consisting of both C and H).

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What are chemolithotrophs?

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Organisms that cannot synthesize their own carbon source and obtain energy (ATP) from inorganic (lithotroph) molecules (missing either C or H).

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41
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What are other prokaryote metabolic adaptations?

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  1. Oxygen
  2. Nitrogen Metabolism
  3. Metabolic Cooperation
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How does oxygen play a role in prokaryote metabolism?

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There are prokaryotes that are:

  1. Obligate aerobes
    - need an aerobic environment to survive
  2. Obligate anaerobes
    - need an anaerobic environment to survive
  3. Facultative anaerobes
    - prefer anaerobic conditions, but can survive in aerobic too
43
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Why is nitrogen metabolism essential and how do prokaryotes do it?

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  • Essential for the production of amino acids and nucleic acids in all organisms
  • Prokaryotes perform Nitrogen Fixation; converting atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3)
  • When prokaryotes perform nitrogen fixation it also helps other plants (who cannot obtain nitrgoen from the atmosphere)
44
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How does metabolic cooperation work?

A

Cells in a biofilm (surface-coating colonies) secrete signaling molecules that recruit nearby cells, causing the colonies to grow. This allows them to use environmental resources they could not use as individual cells.

45
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What are cyanobacteria?

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  • Gram-negative photoautotrophs.
  • Only prokaryotes with plantlike, oxygen-generating photosynthesis.
46
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What is an extremophile?

A

An organism that grows in extreme conditions or habitats

47
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What are the 6 types of extremophiles?

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  1. Hyperthermophiles (Extreme thermophiles)
  2. Psychrophiles
  3. Acidophile
  4. Alkaliphile
  5. Halophile
  6. Barophile
48
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What is a hyperthermophile?

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An organism that thrives in extremely hot environments

  • typically above 60 °C (140 °F)
  • preferably 80°C
49
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What is a psychrophile?

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An organism that thrives in extremely cold environments
- roughly -20 °C to 10°C

50
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What is an acidophile?

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An organism that lives in an acidic environment
- at or below pH3

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What is an alkaliphile?

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An organism that lives in an alkaline (basic) environment
- at or above pH9

52
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What is a halophile?

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An organism that lives in a high salinity (salty) environment
- at least 2M of NaCl for growth

53
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What is a barophile?

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An organism that lives in a high pressure environment

54
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True or False:

Only Archaea are extremophiles

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False

Many Bacteria and Eukaryotes are also extremophiles

55
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What are the main differences between Archaea and Bacteria?

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