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Chapter 5: Environmental Influences Flashcards

0
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Organisms growing outside normal growth conditions.

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Extremophiles

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What are “normal” growth conditions:

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  1. Sea level (1 atm)
  2. Temperature 20-40 C
  3. Neutral pH
  4. 0.9% salt, and ample nutrients
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The main criterion that a microbe’s environmental habitat is based on.

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The tolerance of that organism’s proteins and macromolecular structures

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3
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Do bacteria regulate temp?

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No. They match their immediate environment.

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Each organism has an _______ temperature, as well as _______ and _______ temperatures that define its growth limits.

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Optimum; minimum; maximum

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5
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Microbes that grow at higher temps typically achieve….

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Higher rates of growth

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6
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The growth rate doubles for every…

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10 degrees Celsius rise in temp.

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7
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The typical temp growth range usually spans an organism’s optimal growth temp by…

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30-40 degrees

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Live in 0-20 degrees

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Psychrophiles

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Live in 15-45 degrees

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Mesophiles

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Live in 40-80 degrees

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Thermophiles

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Live in 65-121 degrees

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Hyperthermophiles

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12
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Heat-shock response is the result of…

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Rapid temperature change during growth activities

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What does the heat shock response activate and what do these produce?

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Activates - stress response genes

Produces - chaperones and enzymes that change membrane lipid composition

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14
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What kind of organisms have the heat shock response?

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All organisms do

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Barophiles or piezophiles are adapted to…

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Grow at very high pressures

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_______ organisms grow well over the range of 1-50 MPa, but their growth falls off thereafter

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Barotolerant

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17
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Many barophiles are also-

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Psychrophiles

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18
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Water activity

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A measure of how much water is available for use

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Water activity is measured as…

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The ratio of the soln’s vapor pressure relative to that of pure water

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20
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Most bacteria require water activity levels of

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Greater than 0.91

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Fungi can tolerate water activity levels of

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Greater than 0.86

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22
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A measure of the number of solute molecules in a solution

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Osmolarity

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Osmolarity is ________ related to water activity

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Inversely

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Aquaporins

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Membrane-channel proteins that allow water to traverse the membrane much faster than by diffusion

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Aquaporins help protect from

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Osmotic stress

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26
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Microbes’ 2 mechs to minimize osmotic stress:

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  1. In hypertonic media they protect internal water by synthesizing or importing compatible solutes (eg proline or K+)
  2. In hypotonic media, pressure-sensitive or mechanosensitive channels can leak solutes out of the cell
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27
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Require high salt conc

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Halophiles

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28
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Salt conc for halophiles

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2-4 M NaCl

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29
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To achieve a low internal conc of Na+ halophilic microbes…

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Use special ion pumps to excrete sodium and replace it with other cations, such as K+

30
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All enzyme activities exhibit______________ with regard to pH

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Optima, minima, and maxima

31
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Do bacteria regulate internal pH?

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Yes

32
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______ _______ pass through membranes and disrupt ____ homeostasis, thus killing cells

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Weak acids; pH

33
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3 classes of organisms differentiated by the pH of their growth range:

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  1. Neutralophiles
  2. Acidophiles
  3. Alkaliphiles
34
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______ _____ lakes have high salt conc and pH values as high as pH 11

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Saline soda

35
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Saline soda lakes contain

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Alkalophiles such as the archaeon Halobacterium salinarium and cyanobacterium Spirulina (flamingos)

36
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Most alkaliphiles use a ______ motive force in addition to a ______ motive force to do much of the work in the cell.

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Sodium; proton

-also rely heavily on Na/H antiporters to bring protons into the cell

37
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When cells are placed in pH conditions below the optimum….

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Protons can enter the cell and lower internal pH to lethal levels

38
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Microbes can prevent the unwanted influx of protons by..

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exchanging extracellular K+ for intracellular H+ when the internal pH becomes too low

39
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Under extremely alkaline conditions, cells use…

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Na/H antiporter to bring protons into the cell in exchange for Na

40
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Many microbes posses an emergency global response system called

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Acid tolerance or acid resistance

41
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TEA

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Terminal electron acceptor

42
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TEA in aerobic respiration

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oxygen

43
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Oxygen is toxic to cells that lack

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enzymes capable of efficiently destroying the reactive oxygen species (ROC)

44
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Only grow in oxygen

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Strict aerobes

45
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Grow in oxygen while retaining a fermentation-based metabolism

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Aerotolerant anaerobes

46
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Facultative anaerobes

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Can live with or without oxygen

47
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Grow only at lower O2 levels

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Microaerophiles

48
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3 oxygen removing techniques

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  1. Special reducing agents (thioglycolate) or enzyme systems (oxyrase) can be added to ordinary liquid media
  2. An anaerobe jar
  3. An anaerobic chamber with glove ports
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Starvation response

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Enzymes are produced to increase the efficiency of nutrient gathering and tk protect cell macromolecules

Usually triggered by accumulation of small signal molecules like cAMP

50
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Eutrophication

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the sudden infusion of large quantities of a formerly limiting nutrient

51
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Ways humans have caused nutrient pollution:

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  1. Runoff from agricultural fields, urban lawns, and golf courses
  2. Untreated or partially treated domestic sewage
52
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Killing or removal of pathogens from inanimate objects

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Disinfection

53
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Sterilization

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Killing of all living organisms

54
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Killing or removal of pathogens from the surface of living tissues

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Antisepsis

55
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Reducing the microbial population to “safe” levels

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Sanitation

56
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Decimal reduction time

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The length of time it takes an agent or a condition to kill 90% of the population

57
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Steam autoclave

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121 C at 15 psi for 20 minutes

58
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LTLT

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Low temp/ long time pasteurization (63 C for 30 min)

59
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HTST

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High temp/ short time pasteurization (72 C for 15 sec)

60
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Pasteurization kills

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Coxiella burnetii, the cause of Q fever

61
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Temp for food preservation

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4-8

62
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Long term storage of cultures:

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  1. -70 in glycerol

2. Lyophilization or freeze-drying

63
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Filters that can remove microbial cells

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Micropore filters (0.2 um)

64
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Force air through HEPA filters removing >99.9% of airborne particulate material 0.3 um in size or larger

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Laminar air flow biological safety cabinets

65
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Used for surface sterilization for has poor penetrating power

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Ultraviolet light

66
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Used to irradiate foods and other heat-sensitive items. Has high penetrating power.

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Gamma rays, e- beams, and x-rays

67
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Factors influencing the efficacy of a given chemical agent:

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  1. The presence of organic matter
  2. Kinds of organisms present
  3. Corrosiveness
  4. Stability, odor, and surface tension
68
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Phenol coefficient test

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Compares the effectiveness of disinfectants

69
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Commercial disinfectants and antiseptics

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  • ethanol
  • iodine
  • chlorine
  • ethylene oxide
70
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Mechanisms of resistance to disinfectants:

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  1. Altering fatty acid synthesis protein normally targeted by triclosan
  2. Producing membrane-spanning, multidrug efflux pumps
  3. Forming multispecies biofilms, which offer collaborative protection
71
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The use of one microbe to control the growth of another

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Biocontrol

72
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Aims to treat infectious diseases with a virus targeted to the pathogen

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Phage therapy

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