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1
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Robert Hooke

A

All living things are composed of little boxes or cells.

Cell Theory

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2
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Rudolf Virchow

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Cells arise from preexisting cells.

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3
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Cell Theory

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All living things are composed of cells and come from preexisting cells.

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4
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Microscope

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5
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Francisco Redi

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Filled jars with decaying meat. Jars covered in fine net had no maggots. Jars open had maggots.
Where did the maggots come from?

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John Needham

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Put boiled nutrient broth into covered flask.

  • Nutrient broth heated, then placed in sealed flask had microbial growth.
  • Heated flasks were transported outside before sealed in a lab.
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7
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Lazzaro Spallanzani

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Boiled nutrient solutions in flasks.

-Heated in flask then sealed had no microbial growth.

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8
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Louis Pasteur

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Demonstrated that microorganisms are present in the air.

-Relationship between microbes and disease, immunity, and antimicrobial drugs.

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9
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Fermentation

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Conversion of sugar to alcohol to make beer and wine.

-Bacteria that use alcohol and produce acetic acid spoil wine by turning it into vinegar.

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10
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Pasteurization

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Application of high heat for a short time.

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11
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Ignaz Semmelwise

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Advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal fever from one OB pt to another.

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12
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Joseph Lister

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Phenol solutions kill bacteria in surgery.

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13
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Robert Koch

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Proved bacteria can cause disease.

-Anthrax was killing cattle.

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14
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Edward Jenner

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First person to use vaccination.

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15
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Paul Ehrlich

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Developed first synthetic arsenic drug to treat syphilis.

-Salvarsan

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16
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Alexander Fleming

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Discovered first antibiotic.

-Penicillin

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17
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Rebecca Lancefield

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The use of immunology to identify some bacteria according to serotypes (variants within a species).

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18
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George Beadle & Edward Tatum

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Genes encode a cell’s enzymes.

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19
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Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, Maclyn McCarty

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DNA was the hereditary material.

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20
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Francois Jacob & Jacques Monod

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Discovered the role of mRNA in protein synthesis.

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21
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How are organisms written?

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  • Are italicized or underlined.
  • Are “Latinized” and used worldwide.
  • Genus: first name and always capitalized.
  • Species: Follows and is not capitalized.
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22
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Why is Archaea no longer a bacteria?

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They lack peptidoglycan.

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23
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Spontaneous Generation

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The hypothesis that living organisms arise from nonliving matter is called spontaneous generation.
-According to spontaneous generation, a “vital force” forms life.

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24
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Biogenesis

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Living organisms arise from preexisting life.

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25
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Experiments that lead to biogenesis.

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  • Jars covered with fine net vs. open jars with maggots.

- Bioled nutrient broth into covered flask (variables were not controlled)

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26
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Virus Fun Fact

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Viruses are replicated ONLY when they are in a living host cell.

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27
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Microscope Types

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  • Phase-contrast microscopes
  • DIC (differential interference contrast)
  • Fluorescence Microscopes
  • Electron Microscope
  • Scanning acoustic microscope (SAM)
  • Compound
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28
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Compound Microscope

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Has a series of lenses and uses visible light as its source of illumination.
-2 Magnifying lenses

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29
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Resolution

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The ability of the lenses to distinguish fine detail and structure
-you can see distinctly TWO different objects. (!!!!)

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30
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Oil Immersion

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Preserves the direction of the lights rays at the highest magnification.

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31
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Very detailed as far as things on the internal structures of living microorganisms.

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Phase-contrast microscopes

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32
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Gives very brightly colored images and has almost a 3D image look.

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DIC (differential interference contrast) microscope

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33
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The ability of substances to absorb short wavelengths of light and give off light at a longer wavelength. (Hit with UV light)

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Fluorescence Microscope

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34
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Have a much better resolution and are much more precise than compound microscopes. They use a beam of electrons rather than a beam of light.
-Images are black and white.

A

Electron Microscope.

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35
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Consists of interpreting the action of a sound wave sent through a specimen. So a sound wave of specific frequency travels through the specimen, and a portion of it is reflected back every time it hits a interface within the material.

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Scanning acoustic microscope (SAM)

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36
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  • Very important in the medical field.
  • Detect cells that grow on top of things like tissue (tumors or cancer).
  • Detects by sound waves.
A

Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM)

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37
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Colorizing the microorganisms with dye that emphasizes certain structures.

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Staining.

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38
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We will use heat to fixate using the benson burner to fixate the microbes which is called…

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Heat Fixation.

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39
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Identifies bacteria as either gram-negative or gram-positive.

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Gram Stain

40
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Primary stain that is used on a gram stain.

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Crystal Violet

41
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A substance that we use in order to make a stain latch on better. Iodine.

A

Mordant.

42
Q

Removes the purple from the cells of gram-negatives. (Alcohol or acetone)

A

Decolorizer

43
Q

A contrasting color to the primary stain. (Safarnin)

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Counter stains.

44
Q

Exception to gram stains

A

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

45
Q

Cocci/coccus

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round or circular

46
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bacillus

A

rod shaped

47
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coocbacillus

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oval shape

48
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spirochete

A

squiggly line

49
Q

Cannot be seen without negative staining

A

Capsules

50
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A resting period for some bacteria that are extreme resistant.

A

Endospores

51
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Stain used to penetrate Endospores

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Malachite green.

52
Q

Looks like cells with one huge cell.

A

bacillus endospores

53
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Looks like a lollipop or sperm

A

clostridium endospores.

54
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Monotrichous

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1 tail

55
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Amphitrichous

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1 tail at each end

56
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Lophotrichous

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2 tails at each end

57
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Peritrichous

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multiple tails.

58
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Bacteria move in one direction for a length of time.

A

Run

59
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Interruption in the the run by a very random change in direction.

A

Tumble

60
Q
  • Move toward or away from stimuli

- Receptors on the cell wall.

A

Taxis

61
Q
  • Anchored at one end of a cell
  • Rotation causes cell to move
  • Move like a corkscrew
A

Endoflagella

62
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Used to transfer DNA from one cell to another

A

Pili

63
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The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another

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Conjugation

64
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  • Responsible for cell shape
  • Prevents osmotic lysis
  • Made of peptidoglycan (in bacteria)
  • Site of some antibiotic action
A

Cell Wall

65
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Contains 2 pairs of rings

  • Outer pair of rings is anchored to various portions of the cell wall
  • Inner pair of rings is anchored to the plasma membrane
A

Gram negative Basal body

66
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Only has the inner ring present

A

Gram positive Basal Body

67
Q
  • One circular chromosome, not in a membrane
  • No histones
  • No organelles
  • Peptidoglycan complex cell walls
  • Divide by binary fission
A

Prokaryote

68
Q
  • Paired chromosomes, in nuclear membrane
  • Histones
  • Organelles
  • Polysaccharide chemical simple cell walls
  • Divide my Mitosis
A

Eukaryote

69
Q
  • Thich peptidoglycan
  • Teichoic acids
  • In acid-fast cells, contains mycelia acid
A

Gram-Positive Cell walls

70
Q
  • Thin peptidoglycan
  • No teichoic acids
  • Outer Membrane
A

Gram-Negative Cell Walls

71
Q
  • Smallest known bacteria
  • Lack cell walls
  • Sterols in plasma membrane
A

Mycoplasmas (Walking pneumonia)

72
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  • Wall-less

- Walls of pseudomurein

A

Archaea

73
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  • Selective permeability allows passage of some molecules
  • Breakdown enzymes for ATP production
  • Photosynthetic pigments on foldings
A

Plasma Membrane

74
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Movement of solute from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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Passive Diffusion; Simple diffusion

75
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Solute combines with a transporter protein in the membrane.

A

Passive Diffusion; Facilitative Diffusion

76
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The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower water

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Osmosis

77
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The pressure needed to stop the movement of water across the membrane

A

Osmotic pressure

78
Q

No net movement of water

A

Isotonic Solution

79
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Water moves into the cell an may cause the cell to burst if the wall is weak or damaged (osmotic lysis)

A

Hypotonic Solution

80
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Water moves out of the cell, causing its cytoplasm to shrink (plasmolysis)

A

Hypertonic Solution

81
Q
  • Requires a transporter protein and ATP

- Structure is not altered

A

Active Transport

82
Q
  • Requires a transporter protein and phosphoenolpyruvic acid (PEP)
  • The substance is chemically altered inside the cell so that the plasma membrane is impermeable to it and it must remain inside the cell.
A

Group Translocation

83
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  • Prokaryotes secrete on surface
  • Usually sticky
  • Made inside cell and recreated to the cell surface
A

Glycocalyx

84
Q

If it is organized and fairly attached to the cell wall

A
  • Capsule
  • Seen by negative staining
  • Prevent phagocyctosis
85
Q

If it is unorganized and loose

A

Slime Layer

86
Q

Site of protein synthesis

A

Ribosomes

87
Q

Prokaryote ribosomes

  • Small 30S with one molecule of rRNA
  • Large 50S with two molecules of rRNA
  • Several antibiotics inhibit these ribosomal subunits
A

70S Ribosomes

88
Q

Eukaryotic ribosomes

  • Large 60S (3 rRNA)
  • Smaller 40S (1 rRNA)
A

80S Ribosomes

89
Q
  • Larger bacterial cells lost their cell walls and engulfed in smaller bacterial cells
  • Organisms live within another
A

Endosymbiotic Theory

90
Q
  • Molecules are oxidized

- Final electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule

A

Cellular Respiration

91
Q

Final electron is O2

A

Aerobic

92
Q

Final electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule

A

Anaerobic

93
Q

Stops the cell from wasting chemical resources by making more of a substance than it needs
-Assembly Line

A

Feedback inhibition

94
Q
  • The energy-releasing processes
  • Breakdown of complex organic compounds into simpler ones
  • Hydrolytic reactions
A

Catabolism

95
Q
  • The energy-using processes
  • Building of complex organic molecules from simpler ones
  • Dehydration reactions
A

Anabolism

96
Q

Yellow result in Fermentation Test

A

Fermentation Occurred