Exam 2- Ch 5,6,7,20 Flashcards
What is a fermentation test
A test medium containing protein, a single carbohydrate, a ph indicator and an inverted Durham tube which is used to capture gas
What is deamination
Removal of an amino group that is later converted to ammonium ion
What are photosystems
When chlorophyll and other pigments are packed into the thylakoids of chloroplasts
What is cyclic photo phosphorylation
Electron released from chlorophyll in photosystems 1 eventually returns to chlorophyll
What is noncyclic photophosphorylation
Electrons released from the chlorophyll in photosystems 2 and 1 don’t return to chlorophyll but instead become incorporated into nadph
What are phototrops
Use light as their primary energy source
What are chemotrophs
Depend on oxidation and reduction reactions of inorganic or organic compounds for energy
What are autotrophs
Self feeders
What are heterotrophs
Feed on others
What are photoautotrophs
Use light as a source of energy and carbon dioxide as their chief source of carbon
What is oxygenic
Produces oxygen gas
What is anoxygenic
Does not produce O2 gas
What are photoheterotrophs
Use light as a source of energy but cannot convert carbon dioxide to sugar
What are chemo autotrophs
Uses electrons from reduced inorganic compounds as a source of energy. Use co2 as source of carbon
What are parasites
Organisms that derive nutrients from a living host
What are psychrophiles
Cold loving microbes. -10-20
What are mesophiles
Moderate temp loving. 10-50
What are thermophiles
Heat loving 40-70
What is a minimum growth temperature
Lowest temp at which a species will grow
What is optimum growth temperature
Temperature at which the species grows best
What is maximum growth temperature
Highest temp at which growth is possible
What are hyperthermophiles
Microbes that have an optimum growth temp of 80* or higher
What are acidophiles
Microbes that are tolerant of acidity
What is plasmolysis
Shrinkage of a cells cytoplasm
What are extreme halophiles
Adapted to high salt concentrations that they require for growth
What are obligate halophiles
Require high salt concentrations for growth
What are facultative halophiles
Don’t require high salt concentrations but are able to grow on them
Nitrogen fixation
Use gaseous nitrogen from the atmosphere
What are trace elements
Small amounts of mineral elements
What are obligate aerobes
Microbes that require oxygen to live
What are facultative Anaerobes
Bacteria can grow in the absence of oxygen or with oxygen
What are obligate anaerobes
Bacteria that are unable to use molecular oxygen for energy yielding reactions
What are aerotolerant anerobes
Cannot use oxygen for growth but they tolerate it well.
What are microaerophiles
Microbes that are aerobic however they only grow in oxygen concentrations lower than those and air
What are organic growth factors
Essential organic compounds an organism is unable to synthesize
What are biofilms
Sticky slime layers of bacteria
What is a culture medium
The nutrient material prepared for the growth of microorganisms in the laboratory
What does sterile Mean
Must initially contain no living microorganisms
What is a chemically defined medium
One who’s exact chemical composition is known
What is complex media
The exact chemical composition very slightly from batch to batch
What is nutrient broth
Liquid form of a medium
What is nutrient agar
Agar added to a nutrient broth
What is reducing media
Ingredients chemically combined with dissolved oxygen and deplete the oxygen in the culture medium
What are capnofiles
Microbes that grow better at high CO2 concentrations
What are selective media
Media designed to suppress the growth of unwanted bacteria and encourage the growth of the desired microbes
What is differential media
Makes it easier to distinguish colonies of the desired organism from other colonies growing on the same plate
What is enrichment culture
Provide to do trades environmental conditions that favor of the growth of a particular micro but not others.
What is a colony
Bunches of microbes that arise from a single store or from a group of the same organisms attached to one another in groups of chains
What is the streak plate method
Streak bacteria in 4 quadrants
What is deep freezing
Pure culture of microbes is placed it is suspected liquid quick frozen temperatures ranging from -50 to -95
What is lyophilization
A suspension of microbes is quickly frozen water is removed by high vacume
How do bacteria reproduce
Binary fission or budding
What is the generation time
Time required for a cell to divide and it’s population to double
What is a bacterial growth curve
Shows the growth of cells overtime.
What are the four basic phases of growth
The lag, the log, stationary and death phase
What is the lag phase
Little to no cell division
What is the log phase
Period of exponential growth
What is the stationary phase
Period Of equilibrium