Chemistry Of Microbiology- Metabolism Flashcards

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Definition of metabolism

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Sum of all chemical reactions inside a cell

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Catabolism

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Large molecules broken into smaller ones, releasing energy

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Anabolism

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Small molecules assembled into larger ones, using energy

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4
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What’s NADH

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Energy carriers specifically electron energy

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5
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Glucose breaking down into co2 + H2O + heat is what metabolic cycle

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Catabolic

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6
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Glucose into polysaccharide is what metabolic cycle

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Anabolic

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7
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What is ATP

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Very important energy carrier/ coenzyme

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What is ATP used for?

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Intracellular signaling, DNA + RNA synthesis, purinerg ie signaling, active transport, muscle contractions

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9
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Enzyme properties

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Specific substrate active site is shaped to fit, uses H2O to break up bond making products,

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10
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Can enzymes be anabolic (building things)?

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Yes

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11
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Can enzymes be regulated

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Yes

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12
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Can enzymes be autoregulated

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Yes

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13
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What dictates what metabolic processes a cell can undergo

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Enzymes

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14
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Why are metabolic/biochemical tests important

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Help identify microbes and their characteristics

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15
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What is glucose?

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Simple sugar, used by many organism to use as carbon

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16
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What is fermentation?

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Biochemical process that gets energy from carbohydrates and doesn’t need oxygen

17
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Anaerobic bacteria produces what fermentation

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Lactic acid fermentation

18
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What does lactic acid fermentation produce

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Aspergillus and lactobacillus

19
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What fermentation does yeast produce

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Alcohol fermentation

20
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What does deo nos fermentation produce

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Saccharomyces

21
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What does aspergillos and lactobacillus produce

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Lactic acid

22
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What does saccharomyces produce

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Ethanol +CO^2, ethanol, CO^2

23
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How can your cell create atp without creating byproduct

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With oxygen calling it aerobic respiration

24
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What element is used as an electron acceptor

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Oxygen