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Chapter 6 - Microbial Growth Flashcards

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Physical Requirements for Growth

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-temperature
-pH
-osmotic pressure

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Chemical Requirements for Growth

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-sources of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen
-trace elements
-organic growth factors

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True Psychrophiles

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-cold-loving microbes
-can grow at 0℃
-optimum: 15℃
-cannot grow in reasonably warm room (20-25℃)
-non-pathogenic (don’t cause diseases)
-ie. bacteria in antarctica or ocean depth

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Psychrotrophs (Psychrophile group)

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-aka facultative/flexible
-more common than psychrophile
-can grow at 0℃
-optimum: 20-30℃
-cannot grow: 30℃+
-pathogenic: food spoilage (usually in the fridge)
-ie. mold, odour, slime layer

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Mesophiles

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-moderate-temp-loving microbes
-grow at a large range: 35-40℃
-optimum: 37℃ (human body temp)
-cannot grow: 50℃+
-all pathogenic: common spoilage and disease organisms

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Thermophiles

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-heat-loving microbes
-cannot grow below 45℃
-optimum: 50-60℃ (hot water)
-max: 70-80℃

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Hyperthermophiles (Thermophile group)

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-max temp: 110℃ (boiling water)
-optimum temp: 80℃+
-deep sea thermal vents or volcanoes

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Minimum Growth Temperature

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-lowest temp at which the species will grow

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Optimum Growth Temperature

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-temp at which the species grows best

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Maximum Growth Temperature

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-highest temp at which growth is possible

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pH

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-most bacteria grow best between 6.5 and 7.5
-few grow below 4 (acidic)

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Acidophiles

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-tolerant of acidity

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Osmotic Pressure

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-microbes require water for growth

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Hypertonic

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-concentration of solutes is higher outside the cell (environment is hypertonic to the cell)
-cellular water passes into high solute concentration
-cells cytoplasm shrinks (plasmolysis)

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Extreme Halophiles

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-adapted to high salt concentrations so they require them for growth

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Facultative Halophiles

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-do not require high salt concentration but can tolerate up to 2%

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Isotonic

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-same concentration of salt and water

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Hypotonic

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-osmotic pressure is unusually low
-water will enter cell

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Carbon

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-one of the most important requirements for microbial growth

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Oxygen

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-not essential for bacterial life
-divides bacteria into 5 groups

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Obligate Aerobes

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-need O₂ to complete ETC and survive
-love oxygen
-extract more energy (ATP)
-most bacteria belong to this group
-grow well
-produce SOD and catalase

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Facultative Anaerobes

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-flexible
-use O₂ for growth and metabolism when available
-when O₂ not available: goes into anaerobic cell resp or fermentation and growth is slowed
-create a variable # of ATP
-produce SOD and catalase
-ie. Escherichia Coli

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Obligate Anaerobes

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-unable to use O₂
-harmed by O₂
-undergo glycolysis but not krebs cycle or ETC
-ie. Clostridium
-NO SOD OR CATALASE

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Aerotolerant Anaerobes

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-tolerate O₂
-fermentative and can’t use O₂ for growth/metabolism
-ie. Lactobacilli
-can tolerate O₂ because they have SOD and catalase

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Microaerophiles

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-aerobic (require O₂)
-grow only in O₂ concentrations lower than the air
-ie. Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter jejuni

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Helicobacter pylori

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-causes stomach ulcers

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Campylobacter jejuni

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-GI issues
-diarrhea and cramping

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Toxic Oxygen

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-O₂ starts to generate toxic forms during metabolism

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Singlet Oxygen

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-normal O₂ that has been boosted to a high energy state ¹O₂⁻
-extremely reactive

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Superoxide Radicals

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-O₂⁻ is formed in small amounts during normal aerobic respiration
-steal electrons from other molecules

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Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)

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-an enzyme formed by some organisms attempting to grow in atmospheric O₂
-neutralizes toxic O₂⁻ by converting it into O₂ and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂)

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Peroxide Anion

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-O₂²⁻
-produced from the hydrogen peroxide produced in the SOD reaction
-is toxic because it steals from other dangerous molecules

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Catalase

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-enzyme used to neutralize the peroxide anion
-converts it to water and oxygen

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Perioxidase

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-another enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide
-reaction doesn’t produce oxygen

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Hydroxyl Radical

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-OH﹒
-most reactive intermediate form of oxygen
-no enzyme that can neutralize
-irreversible

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Biofilms

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-communities of bacteria
-thin slimy layer encasing bacteria that adheres to a surface
-biological systems
-how infection can spread

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Quorum Sensing

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-cell-to-cell communication
-coordinate activities

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Culture Medium

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-nutrients prepared for microbial growth

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Inoculum

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-introduction of microbes to a medium

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Culture

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microbes growing in (nutrient broth) or on (agar plate) a medium

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Sterile

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-medium must be sterile and contain no other microorganisms

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Agar

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-complex polysaccharide
-remains solid and sterile
-not metabolized by many microorganisms
-liquifies at 100℃
-cool down to 45℃
-incubate at 37℃

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Pure Culture

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-contains only one species or strain
-streak plate method used to isolate cultures

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Colony

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-population of cells arising from a single cell or spore

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Streak Method

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-divide petri dish into thirds
-move clockwise and dip some in each section

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Selective Media

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-used to suppress unwanted microbes and encourage desired microbes
-Bismuth sulfite agar
-ie. growing Salmonella typhus (causes typhoid fever and GI tract hemorrhaging disease)

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Differential Media

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-make it easy to distinguish colonies if different microbes
-uses blood agar
-a clear ring/empty region will appear around the colonies where hemolysis of the RBCs has occured
-ie. to grow Steptococcus pyogenes (causes strep throat)

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Selective and Differential Media

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-suppress unwanted organisms
-make it easy to distinguish colonies
-mannitol salt agar
-yellow halo that degraded the mannitol occurs
-ie. Staphylococcus aureus (skin infections, TSS, food poisioning)

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Binary Fission

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-increase in numbers, not size
-cells divide and grow exponentially

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Bacterial Growth Curve

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  1. LAG PHASE: intense activity preparing for growth but no increase in population
  2. LOG PHASE: exponential population increase, best time to give antibiotics/use radiation
  3. STATIONARY PHASE: plateau, equilibrium, deaths balance new growth
  4. DEATH PHASE: population decreases at a logarithmic rate
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Generation Time

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-time required for a cell to divide (population to double)
-time (in minutes)/number of generations

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