Chapter 3 Flashcards
What are the 5 bacterial growth requirements?
Metal ions Energy sources Need/Lack of oxygen Optimum temperature pH
What are the 5 bacterial nutritional growth requirements?
Metal ions Organic carbon sources Nitrogen Phosphorus Sulfur
What is an example of these metal ions?
Iron
What do the bacteria obtain their energy from? (2 points)
Light
Chemical reactions
What are the bacteria that obtain their energy from light known as?
Phototrophs
What are the bacteria that obtain their energy from chemical reactions known as?
Chemotrophs
What are the 2 forms of Carbon which the bacteria obtain?
Organic
CO2
What are the bacteria that obtain organic carbon known as?
Heterotrophs
Which bacteria do these heterotrophs include?
Most pathogenic
What are the bacteria that obtain CO2 known as?
Autotrophs
What are the 5 classifications of bacteria according to their oxygen requirements?
Strict:
Aerobes
Anaerobes
Facultative anaerobes
Microaerophilic
Aerotolerant anaerobes
Describe the presence of oxygen in Strict Aerobes growth
A must
What cannot be carried out by Strict Aerobes?
Fermentation
What do Strict Aerobes lack?
Catalase
Superoxide Dismutase
What is an example of Strict Aerobic bacteria?
Pseudomonas
What happens to Strict Anaerobes in presence of oxygen?
Killed
What do Strict Anaerobes lack?
Catalase
Superoxide Dismutase
Peroxidase
What is an example of Strict Anaerobes?
Bacteroides
What do the Facultative Anaerobes do to their growth?
Switch
What do the Facultative Anaerobes switch between?
Metabolic types
What are the 2 metabolic types which Facultative Anaerobes switch between?
Aerobic
Anaerobic
What is an example of Facultative Anaerobic bacteria?
Staphylococci
What happens to Microaerophilic bacteria in presence of oxygen?
Grow well
killed
Which oxygen do Microaerophilic bacteria grow well at?
Low concentrations
Which oxygen are Microaerophilic bacteria killed at?
High concentrations
What are 3 examples of Microaerophilic bacteria?
Vibrio
Helicobacter
Campylobacter
What do Aerotolerant Anaerobes do with oxygen?
Tolerance
What do Aerotolerant Anaerobes cannot do with oxygen?
Usage
What do Aerotolerant Anaerobes live by?
Fermentation
What do Aerotolerant Anaerobes have?
Superoxide Dismutase
What is an example of Aerotolerant Anaerobic bacteria?
Clostridium perfringes
Define Oxygen Tolerance
Bacterial ability to detoxify aerobic respiration by-products
What are these 2 aerobic respiration by-products?
Superoxide
Hydrogen peroxide
What are the 2 enzymes produced by the bacteria that detoxify these 2 aerobic respiration by-products?
Superoxide dismutase
Catalase
What is the function of Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase so they detoxify these 2 aerobic respiration by-products?
Conversion
What does Superoxide Dismutase convert?
Superoxide
What does Superoxide Dismutase convert Superoxide to?
Hydrogen Peroxide
Which 2 bacteria produce Superoxide Dismutase?
Aerobic
Aerotolerant
What does Catalase convert?
Hydrogen Peroxide
What does Catalase convert Hydrogen Peroxide? (2 points)
Water
Oxygen
Which bacteria produce Catalase?
Aerobic
How is sugar metabolism achieved? (3 points)
Glycolysis
Krebs cycle
Oxidative Phosphorylation
What is the most common pathway?
Glycolysis
What is stored in Glycolysis?
Chemical energy
What is this chemical energy needed for?
Biosynthetic purposes
What are the 2 forms in which this chemical energy is stored as, in Glycolysis?
ATP
NADH
What are the 3 types of respiration?
Aerobic
Anaerobic
Fermentation
What is involved in Aerobic and Anaerobic respirations?
Final hydrogen recipient