exam 2 Flashcards
what is kochs 1st postulate
- the microbe must be present in individuals suffering from the disease and absent in healthy individuals
kochs second postulate
the microbe must be isolated and grown in pure culture
kochs 3rd postulate
injection of the microbe into a healthy animal should cause the disease symptoms to appear
kochs 4 postulate
the microbe should be isolatable again from the diseased animal and shown to be identical in size, shape, and color to the original microbe
bacteria can live on____ substrate to form__
mucilage, colonies
example of mucilage
plaque on teeth. ecology of the mouth, different bacteria colonize different parts of the mouth.
what do microorganisms compete for
space
what is penicillins mode of action
it prevents the cross-linking of small peptide chains in peptidoglycan
what do probiotics do
introduce of live friendly bacteria into a patients digestive tract. ex. fecal flora
the ecological importance of probiotics
co exist with other organisms. amphibian species have natural bacteria that fight off fungal infections.
2 strategies of bioremediation
- fertilizing contaminated sites to encourage the growth of existing bacteria and archaea that degrade toxic compounds.
- seeding, adding specific species of bacteria to contaminated sites
prokaryotes are what type of group
paraphyletic
taxonomy of eukaryotes
eu-true karyo- cell
what is the outgroup between archaea eukarya and bacteria?
bacteria
bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes, what are some common features?
-absence of a nucleus, membrane enclosed cytoplasmic organelles, cytoskeleton. -unicellularity
-presence of DNA RNA enzymes to transcribe and translate genetic code into protein
binary fission vs mitosis
fission involves the replication and division of a single chromosome, while mitosis imultiple chromosomes.
bacteria is what group
monophyletic
shared traits for bacteria
-circular dna, not in nucleus
-no cytoskeleton
-no mitosis- instead fission
prokaryotes have what that bacteria doesn’t have
-peptidoglycan in cell walls (polymer of amino groups)
thick layer and a purple color indicates what
gram positive
what is the earliest fossil of life
cyanobacteria-3.5 billion.
the signature RNA sequence is found in what
ALL tested archaea and eukarya but NO bacteria
archaea characteristics (habitat, group, oxygen, etc.)
live in extreme habitats, monophyletic, low oxygen, high temp, extreme salinity
synapomorphies for archaea
absence of peptidogylycan in cell walls, unique lipids in cell membrane, unique genes