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Chapter 3- Bacteria and Archaea Flashcards

1
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Prokaryotes differ from eukaryotes in blank and blank

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Size and simplicity

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2
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Cell shape

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Morphology

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3
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Spherical morphology

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Coccus

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Cylindrical morphology, rods

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Bacillus

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5
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Spiral morphology, rigid helices

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Spirillum

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Cocci pairs

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Diplococci

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Cocci Chains

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Streptococci

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Cocci grape-like clusters

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Staphylococci

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4 cocci in a square

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Tetrads

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10
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8 perpendicular cocci

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sarcinae

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11
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2 Bailli

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Diplobacilli

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12
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Chains of Bacilli

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Streptobacilli

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13
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Several parallel Bacilli

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Pallisade

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14
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Very short rods

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Coccobacilli

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15
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Comma shaped, resemble rods

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Vibrios

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16
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Flexible helices

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Spirochetes

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17
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Network of long, multinucleate filamentous cells

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Mycelium

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18
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Organisms that are variable in shape

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Pleomorphic

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19
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Advantage of being a small cell

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Greater surface area to volume ratio, allows for greater nutrient exchange

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20
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Cell envelope consists of

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Structures exterior to cell wall, cell wall, cell membrane

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21
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Cell membrane functions

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Barrier, regulate transport, energy metabolism, protein attachment, and chemical receptors

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22
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Membrane that is somewhat liquid, somewhat solid

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Fluid mosaic model

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23
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Lipids with polar and non polar ends

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Amphipathic lipids

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Polar ends

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Hydrophilic

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25
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Non polar tails

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Hydrophobic

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26
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Cytoplasmic membrane has blank but not blank

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Hopanoids, sterols

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27
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Three types of membrane proteins

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Peripheral, integral, and transmembrane

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28
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Loosely connected membrane protein on cytoplasmic side

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Peripheral

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29
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Embedded membrane protein that projects outward

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Integral

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30
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Membrane protein that completely crosses from one side to another

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Transmembrane

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31
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Lipids in eukaryotic membranes used for strength and stabilization

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Sterols

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32
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Same as Sterols but in Bacteria

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Hopanoids

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33
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If membrane is too cold

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Solidification

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34
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If membrane is too hot

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Thermal lysis

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35
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To correct fluidity if too cold

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Increase unsaturated fatty acids, minimize van der waals forces

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36
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To correct fluidity if too hot

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Increase saturated fatty acids, maximize van der waals forces

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37
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Transport that does not need ATP

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Passive

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38
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Transport that requires ATP

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Active

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39
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Transport that does not require a transport protein

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Simple

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40
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Transport that requires a transport protein

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Facilitated

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41
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Movement of water from high concentration to low concentration

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Osmosis

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42
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3 factors that determine how a molecule moves across a membrane

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Charge, shape, and size

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43
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Ligand binds specific protein receptors on the cell surface

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Receptor-mediated transport system

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44
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Simultaneous transport and chemical modification of transported substance

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Group translocation

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45
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Main function of cell wall in prokaryotes

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Prevent osmotic lysis

46
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Pressure from water entering the cell causing the cell to rupture

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Osmotic lysis

47
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Hypertonic solution causing a cell to shrivel and die

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Plasmolysis

48
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Enzyme that breaks the bond between N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid

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Lysozyme

49
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Inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis

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Penicillin

50
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Stain purple and have a thick layer of peptidoglycan

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Gram positive

51
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Stain pink and have a thin layer of peptidoglycan and outer membrane

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Gram negative

52
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Structural polysaccharide in the cell walls of Bacteria

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Peptidoglycan

53
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Gram positive cell wall is blank percent peptidoglycan

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90

54
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Negatively charges molecule in gram positive cell wall that helps maintain the cell envelope

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Teichoic acid

55
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Lies between plasma membrane and cell wall of gram positive bacteria

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Periplasmic space

56
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Periplasmic space of gram positive is blank compared to gram negative

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Smaller

57
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Enzymes secreted by gram positive bacteria

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Exoenzymes

58
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Gram negative outer membrane is composed of

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Phospholipids, lipoproteins, and lipopolysaccharides

59
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Peptidoglycan is blank percent of gram negative cell wall

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5-10

60
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Blank connects outer membrane to peptidoglycan

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Braun’s lipoproteins

61
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Three parts of lipopolysaccharides

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Lipid A, core polysaccharide, and O side chain

62
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Another name for lipid A

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endotoxin

63
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Functions of Lipopolysaccharides

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Contributes to negative charge, stabilizes outer membrane, and creates permeability barrier

64
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Gram negative outer membrane is more permeable than plasma membrane because of blank and blank

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Porin proteins and transporter proteins

65
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Polysaccharide rich material exterior to cell wall

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Gylcocalyx

66
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Two parts of Gylocalyx

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Capsule and slime layer

67
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Dense, tightly attached, regular layer of polysaccharides

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Capsule

68
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Diffuse, loosely attached, irregular layer of polysaccharides

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Slime layer

69
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Regularly structured layer of proteins exterior to cell wall

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S layer

70
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S layer adheres to outer membrane in

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Gram-negative bacteria

71
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S layer is associated with peptidoglycan surface in

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Gram-positive bacteria

72
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Functions of S layer

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Protects from in and pH changes, maintains shape, and promotes adhesion to surfaces

73
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Short thin hair-like projections on bacteria and archea

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Fimbriae or pili

74
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Function of pili

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Mediate attachment

75
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Bacteria flagella

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Thin, rigid protein structures

76
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One flagella

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Monotrichous

77
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Flagella at end of cell

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Polar Flagellum

78
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One flagella at each end of cell

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Amphitrichous

79
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Clusters of flagella

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Lophotrichous

80
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Flagella spread over entire surface

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Peritrichous

81
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Three parts of the flagella

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Filament, hook, basal body

82
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Direct cell movement due to some stimulus

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Taxis

83
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Flagella rotate like a propeller

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Bacteria flagella

84
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Bacterial flagella counter-clockwise movement

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Forward

85
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Bacterial flagella clockwise movement

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Tumble

86
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Two parts of flagella that produce torque

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Rotor and stator

87
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Spirochete motility

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use corkscrew shape

88
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Movement that involves contact with surface

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Twitching and gliding

89
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Network of fibrous proteins in cytoplasm

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Cytoskeleton

90
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Functions of cytoskeleton

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Role in cell division, protein localization, determine cell shape

91
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Site of anaerobic ammonia oxidation

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Anammoxosome

92
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Membrane bound storage structures

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Inclusions

93
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Materials found in storage inclusions

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Nutrients, metabolic end products, energy, building blocks

94
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Not bound by membranes but compartmentalized for a specific function

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Microcompartments

95
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Example of microcompartments

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Carboxysomes

96
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Site of protein synthesis

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Ribosomes

97
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Bacterial and archaea ribosomes

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70s

98
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Eukaryotic ribosomes

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80s

99
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Archaea more similar to blank than blank

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Eukarya, Bacteria

100
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Irregularly shaped region in the cytoplasm where DNA is found

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Nucleoid

101
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Extrachromosomal DNA found in closed circular DNA molecules

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Plasmids

102
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Loss of plasmids

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Curing

103
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Complex, dormant structure whose function is to survive extreme environments for the organism

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Bacterial Endospore

104
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Bacterial endospore is resistant to

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Radiation, heat, chemicals, and dessication

105
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Endospore structure from outside in

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Exosporium, spore coat, cortex, and core

106
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Blank makes an endospore resistant

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Calcium

107
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Transformation of endospore into vegetative cell complex

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Germination

108
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Three steps to formation of a vegetative cell

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Activation, germination, and outgrowth

109
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Prepares cell for germination

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Activation

110
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Cell absorbs nutrients, spore swelling and rupture, loss of resistance, and increased metabolic rate

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Germination

111
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Emergence of vegetative cell

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Outgrowth

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