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BIO111: Microbiology > Chapters 2 & 3 > Flashcards

Chapters 2 & 3 Flashcards

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Eukaryote

A

“true nucleus”

Membrane bound organelles and membrane systems

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Prokaryote

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“pre-nucleus”

No nucleus or other internal membrane bound organelles

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3 Main shape of Bacteria

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Coccus (Cocci)
Bacillus (Bacilli)
Spirillus (Spirilli)

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Coccus (Cocci)

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Spherical

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Bacillus (Bacilli)

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Rods

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Spirillus (Spirilli)

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Spirals

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Vibrio

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Comma shaped cells

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Spirochete

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More tightly coiled spirals

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Pleomorphic

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Irregular shaped

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Di

prefix

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Two

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Strep

prefix

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long chain

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Staph

prefix

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Irregular clusters

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Coccus

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1 singles sphere shaped cell

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Diplococcus

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2 sphere shaped cells connected

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Tetrad

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clusters of four cocci together

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Streptococcus

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long chains of cocci

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staphylococcus

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irregular clusters of cocci

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Sarcina

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Clusters of 8, 18, 32 or more cocci cells in a perfect cube shape

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Bacillus

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single rod shaped cell

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Diplobacillus

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2 rod shaped bacilli connected

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Streptobacillus

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Chains of rod shaped bacilli

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Palisades

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side-by-side arrangement of bacilli

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4 biochemisty groups

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Proteins
Carbs
Lipids
Nucleic Acids

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Proteins

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amino acids joined by peptide bonds, often with complex foldings
Ex. enzymes, most hormones, collagen

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Carbohydrates

A 
basic structure CH2O
simple sugars Glucose (C6H12O6)
Comples carbs (polysaccharides like cellulose and chitin)
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Lipids

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hydrophobic

  • triglycerides and phospholipids contain glycerol and fatty acids
  • steroids (cholestrol and sex hormones) are variations of 4 carbon ring structure
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Cell Membrane

Prokarya

A 
Phospholipid bilayer (40%) embedded with proteins (60%)
Fluid mosaic model
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3 layers of the cell envelope

Prokarya

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Cell membrane
Cell wall
Glycocalyx

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Phospholipid Bilayer

Prokarya

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One phospholipid molecule has:
Two hydrophobic tails
Hydrophilic head of glycerol and phosphate

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Phospholipid comparisons

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-Bacteria and Eucarya - fatty acid tails
- Archaea - tails made of isoprene with branches
Also differences in glycerol and how glycerol links to hydrophobic tails

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30
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Prokaryote membrane functions

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Transport

Enzymes

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Transport

Prokaryote membrane functions

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Selectively permeable
(Osmosis, Facilitated diffusion, active transport, secretion)
Integral Proteins (Carrier Proteins, Channel proteins -aqua proteins for faster water transport)

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Enzymes

Prokaryote Membrane functions

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Metabolic Pathways

  1. Synthesis of extracellular structures
  2. Electron transport and ATP synthesis
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33
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Difference between Animal and Fungal cell membranes

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Animal - cholesterol

Fungal - ergosterol

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Eucarya Cell Membrane

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Receptor proteins - cell communication can recognize foreign cells
Sterols - give strength to cell membranes
Lipid Rafts - groups of proteins and lipids

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35
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Cell Wall

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  • Lacking in animal cells and some protists(protozoa)
  • Found in most bacteria and Archaea
  • Bacteria genus Mycoplasma has NO CELL WALL (sterols for strength)
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Cell Wall function

A

Maintain Shape
Protection from environment
Protection from osmotic pressure

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37
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Bacteria normally live in what kind of solution

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Hypotonic

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38
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Peptidoglycan composition

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Only found in bacteria

Two major subunits: Alternating glycan molecules and tetrapeptide chains

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Glyan Molecules

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simple sugar + amino acid (amino sugars)

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Two types of glycans

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NAM - N-acetylmuramic acid
NAG - N-aceytlglcosamine
alternating chains NAG_NAM_NAG_NAM

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Tetrapeptide chains

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String of 4 amino acids
Link together the glycan chains
- peptide interbridges (Gram +)
- direct connection (Gram - )

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Gram Stain

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Hans Christian Joachim Gram in 1882

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Gram Positive Cell Wall

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One thick peptidoglycan layer (upto 30 layers)
Teichoic Acid
Periplasm

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Teichoic Acid

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Amino acids, sugars, glycerol, phosphate - from cell membrane through cell wall
Present only in Gram +

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Periplasm

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Gel like substance in between membrane and peptidoglycan

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Gram Negative Cell Wall

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2 parts outter and inner
1. thin Peptidoglycan + Periplasm = periplasmic space
2. Phospholipids
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
Lipoproteins
Porin
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Penicillin

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interferes with synthesis of peptide inter-bridges in Gram positive

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48
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Lysozyme

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an enzyme that digests glycan (NAG NAM)

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49
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Why are gram - bacteria less sensitive to antimicrobial medication

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because of its outer membrane

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Glycocalyx

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Outside cell wall
Usually made of polysaccharides
2 kinds: Capsule or Slime layer

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Glycocalyx function

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  1. Protect from dehydration
  2. Attachment to tissue (biofims and teeth)
  3. Protection from white blood cells (phagocytosis)
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52
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Bacteria Flagella

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  • long, thin - special flagella stain
  • Rigid, hair-like - made of FLAGELLIN
  • Rotate 360
  • Used to enter host cell
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Structure of Bacteria Flagella

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Filament
Hook
Basal body

54
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Filament

A

spiral chains of protein form a hollow tube

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Hook

A

curved protein structure, connects filament to cell structure

56
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Basal body

A

ringed protein structure, anchors to cell membrane and cell wall, “motor”of flagella

57
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-Trichous

58
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Mono

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Amphi

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Lopho-

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Peri-

62
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Flagella arrangement found in….

A

ALL spirilla
half of bacilli
few cocci

63
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Eucarya flagella

A
  • covered with plasma membrane
  • groupings of mictotubule proteins
  • Basal body - anchor, different arrangement of microtubules than flagellum
  • Whip like motion
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Axial fibrils

A

found in spirochetes

used to burrow into host cell

65
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Gliding

A

polysaccharide slime or surface proteins used for movement

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Pili

A
  • Shorter and thinner than flagella
  • long hollow filament of PILIN proteins
  • Adhesive tip for attachment
67
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2 Types of Pili

A

Fimbriae and sex pili

68
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Fimbriae

A

Usually many found on a bacteria cell
Stick to surfaces and other fimbriae
Allow for invasion of host tissue
Example: E.Coli

69
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Sex Pili

A
  • longer than fimbriae, less numerous (usually 1 or 2)
  • In Gram - bacteria and some Gram +
  • Used in conjugation
70
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Conjugation in Sex pili

A

Sex pilus directly links the cytoplasm of one cell to another, plasmid DNA travels through the sex pilus

71
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Nucleic Acids

A

DNA and RNA

72
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Monomer

A

nucleotide = pentose sugar, nucleobase (A,G,C,T,U) and phosphate

73
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DNA

A

double helix, sugar-phosphate backbone

74
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RNA

A

shorter, single stranded

rRNA, mRNA, tRNA involved in protein systhesis

75
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Bacterial Chromosome

A
  • Single, circular, double stranded DNA
  • contains genes that code for cell maintenance and growth
  • Contains 3000 - 4000 genes
  • Area where DNA is found is called NUCLEOID
  • DNA is supercoiled with various proteins (histones only in Archaea and Eucarya)
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Area where DNA is found in a bacteria chromosome

77
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Plasmids

A

Very small, circular pieces of DNA

  • Free floating in cell
  • contain few genes to 1000 genes
  • supercoiled
78
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Plasmids, are they essential

A

Not essential but helpful
drug resistance
enzyme and toxin production

79
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What domain are Plasmids found

A

Bacteria, Archaea and SOME Eucarya

80
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Ribosomes

A

Bacterial cell contains 15,000
Protein synthesis
60% rRNA and 40% proteins

81
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Ribosome subunits

A

2 (small and large)

82
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Bacteria and Archaea subunits

A

30S and 50S = 70S total

83
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Eucharya subunits

A

40S and 60S = 80S

84
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Mitochondria and chloroplast Sunits

A

70S ribosomes

85
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S units

A

Svedberg units - measure size of ribosome and subunits

Higher S = heavier RNA

86
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Endosymbiotic theory

A

Engulfs the cell and uses it instead of digesting it

87
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Cytoplasmic Inclusions/Granules

A
  • Storage of organic energy (glycogen and PHB)
  • gases for floatation in aquatic systems
  • storage of essential elements as inorganic crystals (sulfer granules & volutin)
  • Some enclosed by membranes (storage particles)
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Volutin

A

phosphate storage (metachromatic)

89
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What are Endospores

A
  • Small, protected, dormant bacteria
  • Cannot divide, degrade or synthesize while dormant
  • Genetically identical to original cell
90
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When are Endospores formed

A
  • in unfavorable conditions (starvation, desiccation)
  • Germinates under favorable conditions to become a vegetative cell
  • For survival, not reproduction
  • Energetically very costly to produce
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Endospores - WHO

A
  • Only some Gram-positive rods
  • Bacillus and Clostridium species
  • Diseases from endospore forming bacteria - botulism, tetanus
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A normal cell when not dormant is called a

A

vegetative cell

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Endospores How they form

A
  • One spore formed from one bacteria cell
  • DNA duplcates, septum forms in cell
  • “mother cell” engulfs “forespore”
  • Peptidoglycan material added to forespore
  • Mother cell degrades
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Endospore layers

A

Spore coat
Cortex
Core

95
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Spore coat
(endospore)
A

outer layer - protein - protection from chemicals and enzymes
sometimes EXOSPORIUM is present

97
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Cortex

endospore

A

middle layer - peptidoglycan - keeps spore dry, helps to resist heat and radiation

97
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Extreme Resistance of Endospores

A
  • high temperatures, desiccation, freezing, radiation, and many chemicals of toxins
  • Endospores 1000s of years old can still germinate
  • Can quickly return to vegetative state
  • preventing endospore contamination: moist heat of pressurized steam using an autoclave
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Core

endospore

A

inner part - contains and protects bacteria’s DNA

Core also contains calcium salts and dipicolinic acid

99
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Ecoli facts

A

Gram -
Normal microbiota or possibly virulent
single bacillus with flagella and fimbriae
Many different strains ex. Shiga toxin producing E.Coli

100
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Element

A

Matter made of one type of atom

101
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How many naturally occurring elements

102
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Which 4 elements are most common in organisms***

A

Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus

103
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Atoms

A

the smallest part of an element that still has the properties of that element

104
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3 subatomic particles that compose atoms

A

Protons
Neutrons
Electrons

105
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Protons

location and charge

106
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Neutrons

A

Neutral

Nucleus

107
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Electrons

Location and charge

A

Negative

Shells, Orbitals

108
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Atomic Number

A

the number of protons

109
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atomic weight

A

the total number of protons and neutrons

110
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What is an isotope

A

Atoms for the same element with different numbers of neutrons

111
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What is a molecule

A

two or more atoms (ions) chemically bonded

112
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Chemical bond

A

energy that holds atoms (ions) together

113
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Covalent bond

A

form by equal sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms
Polar (unequal sharing)
Nonpolar (equal sharing)

114
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Ionic Bond

A

formed because of the transfer of electrons between two atoms

115
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Hydrogen bond

A

the attraction of the positive hydrogen end of a polar molecule to the negative nitrogen or oxygen end of another polar molecule.
THE WEAKEST BOND

116
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What is an Ion

A

an electrically charged atoms: an atom either gains or looses an electron

117
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anion

A

an atom that gains an electron and becomes -

118
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cation

A

an atom that loses an electron and becomes +

119
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pH

A

measurement of hydronium H+ ions in a solution

0-14

120
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buffer

A

reacts with a strong acid/base to for a weak acid/base; resists pH change

121
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Diffusion

A

movement of molecule or ions from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration of that molecule achieving equilibrium

122
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Osmosis

A

movement of water molecules from an area of high concentration of H20 to an area of lower concentration through a selectively permeable membrane

123
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Hypertonic

A

Higher concentration of solutes outside the cell

124
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Hypotonic

A

lower concentration of stuff outside the cell

125
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Isotonic

A

same osmotic pressure as body fluids

126
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What happens if a cell is placed in a hypertonic or hypotonic solution

A

hypertonic - cell will shrink

hypotonic - cell will expand and possibly explode

127
Q

Mitochondria

function

A

ATP production

128
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Chloroplast

function

A

Use photosynthesis to make ATP for energy

129
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Ribosome

function

A

Protein synthesis

130
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Golgi apparatus

A

refines processes and packages proteins from ribosomes into packages

131
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

function

A

molecular transport of protein

132
Q

Three organelles which have a double membrane and contain DNA

A

Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Nucleus

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