Chapter 7 - Microbial Growth & Reproduction Flashcards
eukaryotic microbes may reproduce blank or blank
sexual (meiosis), asexual (mitosis)
microorganisms must replicate blank and cytoplasm and cytoplasmic structures
genetic material
for both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, there are two common ways that cells blank
divide
cell gets roughly twice its size and then divides the genetic material and cytoplasm equally between two cells in this division
binary fission
a piece of the cell breaks off to form a new cell then grows bigger
budding
sequence of events from formation of a new cell through the next cell division
cell cycle
Ftsz protein is involved in this kind of cell division to form blank
binary fission, septum
most bacteria divide by blank
binary fission
most bacterial chromosomes are what shape
circular
site at which replication is terminated, located opposite the origin
terminus
group of proteins needed for DNA synthesis
replisome
actin homolog, plays role in determination of cell shape as spiral inside cell periphery, and chromosome segregation
MreB
plasmids carry proteins that are necessary for blank
segregation
formation of cross walls between daughter cells
septation
increase in cellular constituents that may result in increase in size, increase in number
microbial growth
growth usually refers to blank rather than growth of blank
population, individual cells
this can be solid or liquid prepped and needs to grow, transport, and store microorganisms in the lab
culture media
culture media must contain all blank for for microbe to grow
nutrients
contain some ingredients of unknown composition and or concentration type of media
complex media
protein hydrolysates prepared by partial digestion of various protein sources
peptones
media containing minimal nutritional requirements for a particular microbe; varies from microbe to microbe
minimal medium
medium containing much more than minimal; may have proteins, amino acids, starches, monosaccharides, ion, lipids
rich medium
complex media will probably have one of these
peptone, tryptone, extracts
microbes go faster in blank media
rich
support the growth of many microbes (rich media)
supportive/general purpose media
general purpose media supplemented by blood or other special nutrients
enriched media
bacteria like the blank in blood
iron
favor the growth of some microbes and inhibit others example is blank
selective media, macConkey agar
MacConkey agar selects for blank bacteria
gram negative
blank media allows different microbes to grow differently but doesn’t inhibit
differential
population of cells arising from a single cell developed by robert koch
pure culture
agar technique that involves spreading out the microbes with the loop to get single colonies
streak plate
small volume of liquid and glass rod then spread it over the plate to find single colonies
spread plate
sample is serially diluted and diluted samples are mixed with liquid agar then are poured into sterile dish
pour plate
culture plates can be used to determine the number of blank microbes in an original sample
viable
bacteria in a culture in a blank medium creates a growth blank
close, curve
growth phase that does not always occur and is the interval between when a culture is inoculated and when growth begins
lag phase
log phase of growth where cells are growing and dividing; maximum growth rate
exponential phase
growth curve phase where rate of population is zero because cell divisions = cell deaths
stationary phase
cell deaths are greater than cell divisions and there is not enough nutrients in medium to feed colony
death phase
cells alive, but dormant, capable of new growth when conditions are right
Viable But Not Culturable