Exam 2 Quiz 1 Flashcards
Periplasmic flagella
Spirochetes
Spirochetes
-internal flagella
-amphitrichous (corkscrew motility)
corkscrew motility
tufts fold back into the live organism, referred to as axial fibril filament
cell membrane of periplasmic flagella
has a paraplasmic space
gliding motility
- slime secretions of polysaccharides
-helical intracellular protein track: gliding motors and surface adhesion proteins
twitching motility
-type IV fimbriae
-the fimbriae reach out, grab, and contract causing a twitching movement
Interaction of bacteria with host cell actin
projects the bacteria into the next cell while evading our immune cells
cytoplasm
dense gelatinous solutions compromised mainly of water and supplemented with dissolved gas, amino acids, sugars, and salts
Nucleoid
area of the cell where DNA is aggregated/condensed
Plasmids
extrachromosomal pieces of DNA
Ribosomes
-sites of protein synthesis
-simple internal structures
Eukaryotic ribosomes
60S and 40S, overall 80S
S in ribosomes
Svedberg unit: sedimentation rate under acceleration
Prokaryotic ribosomes
50S and 30S, overall 70S
MreB prokaryotes
microfilaments (actin) Eukaryotes
FtsZ prokaryotes
microtubules (tubulin) Eukaryotes
Crescentin (CreS) prokaryotes
Intermediate filaments eukaryotes
Cyanobacteria
phototrophs that produce food and oxygen for marine and freshwater ecosystems
phototrophs
make energy from light
thylakoids
-absorb light
-folded sheets of membrane packed with chlorophyll and electron carriers