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Exam 2 Flashcards

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Bacteria

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No nucleus

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Archaea

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Cells do not contain a nucleus; they have a different cell wall from bacteria

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Eukarya

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cells do contain a nucleus.

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Branch Point

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indicates where two lines diverges

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Basal Taxon

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A lineage that evolved early and remains unbranched

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sister taxa

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when two lineages stem fro the same branch point

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Clade

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a grouping that includes a common ancestor and all the descendants (living and extinct) of that ancestor (also monophyletic group)

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Monophyletic

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consists of an ancestral species and all of its descendants

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Paraphyletic

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consists of an ancestral species and some, but not all, of its descendants

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Polyphyletic group

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includes distantly related species but does not include their most recent common ancestor

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limitations of phylogenetics trees

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-closely related taxa may look similar, but not always.

-if evolved under different circumstances (selection pressure) taxa may look every different

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Taxonomy

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grouping of classifying species together based on similarities & differences.

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Taxa

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hierarchy of groupings

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Linnaean classification system

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Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Dear king philip came over for good soup

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Advantages of phylogenetic classification

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-tells evolutionary history

  • does not “rank” organisms and does not suggest that 2 identically ranked groups are comparable.
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Cladistics

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method of hypothesizing relationships among organisms; divergence of taxa as a result of evolution

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Characters

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anatomical or physiological or behavioral or genetic sequences

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Shared Ancestoral character

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Characteristic found in the ancestor of a group.

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Shared derived character

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Characteristic only found in some of the organisms in a group. This is because this characteristic derived at some point, but does not include all of the ancestors in the tree.

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Maximum parsimony

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least amount of DNA base changes.

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Principle of maximum parsimony

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-fewest evolutionary events
-events occurred in the simplest, most obvious way

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Horizontal Gene transfer

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Transfer of genetic material from one species to another species.

More prevalent in prokaryotes

Mutations and HGT are important sources of genetic variation

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Three primary models of HGT

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Transformation
Transduction
Conjugation

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Transformation

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naked DNA uptaken by bacteria

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transduction

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Genes transferred from one cell to another by a bacteriophage

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Conjugation

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genes transferred between two bacterial via the pilus (direct contact)

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Transposons

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Jumping genes; mobile section of DNA that can move between genomes

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endosymbiont

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When a cell lives inside another cell with mutual benefit.

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Endosymbiotic Theory

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Eukaryotic cells are believed to have evolved from early prokaryotes that were swallowed.

ex: mitochondria and chloroplasts are both organelles suggested to have arisen via endosymbiosis.

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Classic Tree model

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Originated with Charles Darwin; does not account for HGT

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Web and Network Models

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Eukaryotes evolved not from a single prokaryotic ancestor but from a pool of many species sharing genes by HGT.

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Ring of Life Model

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Proposed that all three domains evolved from a pool of prokaryotes swapping genes via HGT.

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Discover of Viruses

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Electron microscope allowed the first views of viruses.

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First seen / discovered virus

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Tabacco mosaic Virus (TMV)

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Three hypotheses aroun the evolution of Viruses

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Regressive, Progressive or Escapist, Self replicating

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Regressive Hypothesis

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Viruses evolved from free-living cells or from intracellular prokaryotic parasites

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Progressive or Escapist Hypothesis

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Viruses originated from pieces of DNA that escaped from a host cell and gained the ability to to move between cells

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Self-replicating hypothesis

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Viruses may have originated from self-replicating entities similar to trasposons (jumping genes) or other mobile genetic elements

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Viral morphology

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  1. single virus particle, sized around 20-250 nm (super small)
  2. noncellular; lacks almost all cell components
  3. made up of nucleic acid core, capsid and SOMETIMES outer envelope.
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Virus shapes

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Helical, icosahedral, enveloped, complex

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41
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Helical

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long and cyndrical
-> ex: TMV

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42
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Icosahedral

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roughly spherical shaped (non enveloped)
-> ex: Adenovirus

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Enveloped

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have membranes surrounding the capsids
-> ex: Influenza virus

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Complex/Head and tail

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infect bateria and gave a head that is similar to icosahedral viruses and a tail shaped like helical viruses
-> ex: Bacteriophage

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Genome

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total genetic content of a virus; only codes for proteins that the virus can get w/o the host

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Viruses that encode their own enzymes use?

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RNA Dependant RNA Polymerase (RDRP)

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Why are there more errors in the enzymes RNA viruses use?

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RNA doesn’t have a self checker like DNA does, so mistakes go unchecked.

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DNA Viruses

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  1. Often double stranded but can be single stranded.
  2. Replication in nucleus
  3. Some may have DNA polymerase and so they’ll do replication in the host cell’s cytoplasam
    -> ex: small pox virus
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RNA Viruses

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  1. Usually single stranded but can be double stranded
  2. Replication happens in cytoplasam
  3. Mutations happen very often bc RNA polymerase does not have a proofreader
    -> Ex: Influenza viruses, coronaviruses.
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Baltimore classification system

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Groups viruses based on how the mRNA is produced during the replication cycle of the virus.

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Group 1

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  1. Double stranded DNA (dsDNA)
    a. dsDNA -> mRNA
    ex: Herpes Simplex
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Group 2

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  1. Single stranded DNA (ssDNA)
    a. ssDNA -> dsDNA (intermediate) -> mRNA
    -> Ex: Canine parvovirus
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Group 3

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  1. dsRNA
    a. dsRNA -> ssRNA -> mRNA
    -> Ex: Childhood gastroenteritis (rotavirus)
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Group 4

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  1. ssRNA (+)
    a.) ssRNA (+) -> serves as mRNA -> directly translated in the host
    -> Ex: Common Cold (picornavirus)
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Group 5

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  1. ssRNA (-)
    a.) ssRNA (-) (complementary to mRNA) -> mRNA
    -> Ex: Rabies (rhabdovirus)
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Group 6

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  1. ssRNA w/ reverse transcriptase
    a.) ssRNA -> (reverse transcriptase) -> inserted into host genome -> mRNA
    -> Ex: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
57
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Group 7

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  1. dsDNA viruses w/ reverse transcriptase
    a.) dsDNA -> ssRNA intermediate -> dsDNA (genome replication); geneome is dsDNA but is replicated through RNA intermediated, the intermediate may then serve directly as mRNA or as a template to make mRNA.
    -> Ex: Hepatitis B virus
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Reverse Transcriptase

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An enzyme that can make copies of DNA from RNA and is found in retroviruses like HIV.

59
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Steps of a Viral Infection

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  1. Attachment
  2. Entry
  3. Replication and Assembly
  4. Egress (release)
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Attachment

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Receptors on the surfaced of the host cell bind to the virus capsid protein or virus envelope glycoproteins.
-> Viruses are really specific to the cell in which they attach themselves to.

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Entry

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Viruses may enter through two processes endocytosis (only way if they don’t have an envelope) or through fusion if they are enveloped

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Replication and Assembly (DNA Viruses)

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Use host cell proteins and enzymes (RNA & DNA polymerase) to replicate the virus’ DNA and transcribe virus’ RNA

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Replication and Assembly (RNA Viruses)

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RNA core as template for synthesis of virus’ genomic RNA and mRNA

the virus’ mRNA directs the host cell to synthesize the viral enzymes and capsid proteins to make new virons

64
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Replication and Assembly (RNA Retroviruses)

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Have RNA genome that must be reverse transcribed into DNA and then is incorperated into the host cell genome DNA

65
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Egress (release)

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May involve lysis and death of the host cell
OR
May involve budding, which does not directly kill the host cell (viruses leave the cell individually)
-> sometimes when a virus cell leaves, it takes some of the host cell’s membrane with it which allows them to have an envelope.

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Horizontal Transmission

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Transfer of a virus from one plant to another through damaged tissue.

67
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Vertical Transmission

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Virus is transmitted to the offspring of a plant from the parent.

68
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Symptoms of Plant Viruses

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-Tumors called galls
-abnormal cell proliferation (more cells due to increased cell growth & division)
-hypoplasia (decreased growth and virgor)
-Necrosis

69
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Plant Viruses

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-Most are ssRNA (i.e TMV)
-Because of their cell wall virus needs plants damage in order for entry
-Can cause devastating crop loss.

70
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Animal viruses enter the host cell easily because?

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Animal cells don’t have a cell wall and therefore are easier to penetrate.

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Acute Disease

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disease that causes a lot of symptoms for a short period and the goes away
ex: influenza and the common cold

72
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Chronic infection

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long term viral infections that don’t produce a lot of symptoms.
ex: virus that causes hepatitis C (it lives in in ur liver and causes damage)

73
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Oncogenic Viruses

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have the ability to cause cancer
ex: Hepatitis C virus (liver cancer), HPV (cervical cancer)

74
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intermittent symptoms

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Hide in the nervous tissue for lifetime and causes symptoms very rarely because they don’t produce proteins
ex: herpes simplex virus (cold sores)

75
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Asymptomatic infection

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When infection of a cell by a virus results in the production of new virons without causing symptoms in the host.
ex: human herpesviruses 6 and 7

76
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Vaccines are prepared by using?

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Live viruses, killed viruses, or molecular subunits of the virus

77
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How are vaccines made?

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they are made by attenuating (weakening) the disease causing virus.

78
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Primary method of controlling viral diseases is through?

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vaccination

79
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Antiviral Drugs

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Used to treat diseases cause by viruses; inhibits the virus by blocking the actions of one or more of its proteins
ex: Tamiflu

80
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Prions

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Contain no nucleic acids and cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases
ex: Mad Cow disease (cows), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (bumans), Kuru, Scrapie, Chronic wasting disease

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How do prions infect someone?

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PrPc (normal) protein normally present in the brain, interacts with a PrPsc (misfolded version of the protein) and results in holes in the brain.

82
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Viroids

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Small circles of RNA only known to infect plants and can reproduce with any host cell. They do not manufacture their own proteins.
-> first viriod to be discovered was potato spindle tuber viriod (PSTV)

83
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Anoxic

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The earth’s atmosphere because there was no molecular oxygen

84
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Which organisms were able to live on earth anoxic surface?

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Anaerobic

85
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Phototrophs

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organisms that convert solar energy into chemical energy

86
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Cyanobacteria

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“blue-green algae,” evolved from phototrophs; the ancestral cyanobacteria began to oxygenate through photosynthesis and the increase O2 allowed the evolution for other life forms

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Extremophiles

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Bacteria and Archaea that are adapted to grow under extreme conditions (deep see vent, heat, dry, cold, radiation, etc.)

88
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Culture Medium

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Contains all the nutrients needed by the target microorganism can be liquid or solid

89
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Pure Culture

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a laboratory culture containing a single species of microorganism

90
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Koch Postulates (1)

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  1. Microorganism must be found in abundance in all organisms suffering the disease but should not be found in healthy organisms
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Koch Postulates (2)

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the microorganism must be isolated from a diseased organism and grown in pure culture

92
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Koch Postulates (3)

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the culture microorganism should cause disease when introduced to a healthy organism

93
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Koch Postulates (4)

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Microorganism must be re-isolated from the inoculated diseased experimental host and identified as being identical to the original specific causative agent.

94
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Prokaryotes consist of which two domains?

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Bacteria and Archaea

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Four common structures in prokaryotes

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  1. Plasma Membrane
  2. The cytoplasm
  3. A double stranded DNA genome
  4. Ribosomes
96
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3 main shapes for prokaryotes

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  1. Cocci
  2. Bacilli
  3. Spirilli
97
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Prokaryote Structures

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No membrane bound organelles and therefore their DNA is found in the nucleoid. Ribosomes are free and there are no microtubules

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The features of a typical prokaryotic cell

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Flagella, Capsules, pili
(these not found in all)

99
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Gram Negative Bacteria

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Proteobacteria, Chlamydias, Spirochetes, Cyanobacteria

100
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Proteobacteria

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-Gram Negative
!! - Includes Nitrogen fixing bacteria
-includes common gastrointestinal pathogen

101
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Chlamydias

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Gram Negative; all are endoparasites (live w/in animal cells)
-ex: chlamydia in humans causes STDS

102
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Spirochetes

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-Spiral shapes
-many free living (not dependent on another organism)
-> ex: syphilis (STD), Lyme disease (Borrelia Burgdorferi)

103
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Cyanobacteria

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-Generate O2 during photosynthesis
-Some are also Nitrogen fixers
-Cyanobacteria can make toxic “blooms”

104
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Gram Positive Bacteria

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-Gram Positive Bacteria
-Decomposers in the soil.
-include many pathogens
–> Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), Clostridium tetani (tetanus)
–> Staph and MRSA infections, Strep throat

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Domain: Archaea

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Includes extremophiles and methanogens

106
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Cell wall in prokaryotes

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lies outside the plasma membrane and protects and prevent cell lysis.

107
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Bacteria cell walls are made with what?

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Peptidoglycan

108
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Archaea cell walls are made with what?

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other structural polysaccharides. (do NOT have peptidoglycan)

109
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Structure of prokaryotic plasma membrane?

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Selectively permeable and the phospholipid bi-layer has two layers of lipid molecules.

110
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Bacterial Membrane

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fatty acids linked to glycerol

111
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Archael Membrane

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branched isoprene chains linked to glycerol

112
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Plasmids

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Circular DNA that replicates independently from chromosomes in viruses.

113
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Steps in a Gram stain

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  1. Crystal Violet
  2. Iodine
  3. Alcohol
  4. Counter stain (safrin pink)
114
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Gram Stain

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Reflects cell wall type; gram+ have a thick cell wall with peptidoglycan which traps the crystal violet and iodine. Gram- bacteria has a thin cell wall so the crystal violet gets washed out and the counterstain remains (pink).

115
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Purpose of capsule and slime layer

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Both serve the purpose of allowing the cell to stick to other surfaces, resist attacks from the host’s immune system, and hold in moisture. Slime layer is loosely attached and can be washed off while the capsule is tightly attached to the bacterial cell.

116
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Flagellum

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facilitates movement and bacteria can have multiple

117
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Fimbriae

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short pili; helps bacteria stick to each other and to other surfaces

118
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Genetic diversity in prokaryotes

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high rate of cell division = many mutations
One mutation can change phenotype
Mutations (except lethal ones) are passed on in clones
Selection favors the best clone
Short generation times = rapid evolution

119
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Endospores

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Understress, some bacteria pack up all their key resources and structures and go into a dormant/non-reproductive form. They can always turn back to normal later.

120
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Nitrogen cycle

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  1. N2 -> 2. NH3 -> 3. NO2- & NO3- -> N2
  2. Nitrogen fixation
  3. Ammonification
  4. Nitrification
  5. Assimilation
  6. Denitrification
121
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Symbiosis

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two species living in close relationship

122
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Parasitism

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smaller parasite benefit at expense of the host

123
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Commensalism

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one species benefits without any impact on the other species

124
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Mutualism

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both species benefit from each other.

125
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exotoxins

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produced by both gram- and gram+ bacteria

126
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endotoxins

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toxic outer membrane of gram- bacteria

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