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1
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microbes can be both ___ and ____

A

beneficial, detrimental

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2
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what are the cellular entities that can be studied in microbiology

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fungi, protists, bacteria, archaea

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what are the acellular entities that can be studied in microbiology

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viruses, viroids, virusoids, and prions

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4
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what acellular entity has protein and nucleic acid

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viruses

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what acellular entity has RNA (no proteins and infects plants by damaged tissue

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viroids

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6
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what acellular entity has RNA and have to work with viruses to infect

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virusoids

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7
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what acellular entity has protein only and no nucleic acid

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prions

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8
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____ are highly conserved throughout a species

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ribosomes

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9
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prokaryotes have _ rRNA

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16S

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10
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eukaryotes have _ rRNA (carl woese)

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18s

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11
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what are the 3 domains of life (carl woese)

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bacteria, archaea, eukarya

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12
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the 3 domains of life are built off of differences of their ____

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ribosomes

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13
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archaea are not ___

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bacteria

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14
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who is the father of microbiology

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antony van ludenberg

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15
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what is the notion that living organisms can develop from nonliving matter

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spontaneous generation

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16
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who discredited spontaneous generation (meat in three containers: uncovered had maggots, covered with paper had no maggots, covered with gauze had maggots on surface of guaze)

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francesco redi

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17
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if dust and particles don’t get into a reaction flask what was found (louis pasteur)

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no spontaneous generation

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18
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who said that dust carries germs

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john tyndall

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19
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what is the germ theory

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microbes come from microbes

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20
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what allowed us to isolate suspected pathogens to isolate them as cause of disease

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kochs’s postulate

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21
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to find the causitive agent the initial culture and final culture must be ____

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identical

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22
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koch’s postulates also showed that ____ cause disease

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microbes

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23
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penicillin discovery

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alexander fleming

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24
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antiseptic surgery

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joseph lister

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25
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wash hands with calcium chloride to get rid of childbed fever

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ignaz semmelweis

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26
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unique to gram positive bacteria, they are extremely resistant, dormant seeds (form within a bacterium)

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endospores

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27
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endospores have ____ so that they can give rise to a fully functioning bacterium (has layers of membranes and protection)

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DNA

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28
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when a bacterium is active and replicating that is called

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vegetation cycle

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29
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forming a spore is called

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sporulation

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30
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the sporulation replicates completely, there is a full copy of ___; mother cell has two full copies of DNA

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DNA

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31
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When the mother cell ___ it releases the endospore

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lyses

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32
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The free endospore waits for a ___; when it finds a host it goes into a ____ phase (where conditions are favorable)

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host, germination

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33
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the endosymbiotic theory

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large eukaryotic cell swallowed small prokaryote (have symbiotic relationship)

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34
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what does a gram stain result tell you

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what cells are gram - (pink) and gram + (purple)

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35
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what is the counterstain which stains gram - cells

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safranin

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36
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what stain stains all cells purple (gram - and gram +)

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crystal violet

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37
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iodine is the ____ step in gram staining and acts as a _____

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second, mordant

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38
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a chemical that forms insoluble complexes with a dye (Covalent bond)

A

mordant

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39
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decolorizing with alcohol (20 sec.) means that which cells will lose color

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only gram -

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40
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gram __ cells have a peptidoglycan wall that is 10x thicker than gram ___

A

positive, negative

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41
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meshlike polymer composed of identical subunits

A

peptidoglycan

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42
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the two structural sugars for the peptidoglycan backbone are (they alternate every other)

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NAG and NAM

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43
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the chains of linked peptidoglycan subunits are ____ ____

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cross linked

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44
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peptide links that attach to the backbone, only attach to the ____ sugar

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NAM

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45
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monomer of peptidoglycan is

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NAG, NAM and a peptide link on NAM

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46
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the peptide link is _ amino acids long

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4

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47
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the __ amino acid of the peptidoglycan is unique because it is the only one found in nature

A

D

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48
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_ amino acids are much more resistant to chemical attacks by peptidases

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D

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49
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DAP is found in only

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gram -

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50
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DAP is replaced by ____ in gram +

A

L-lysine

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51
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___ direct peptide cross links with D-alanine (in Gram -)

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DAP

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52
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in gram + there is no direct ____ link

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peptide

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53
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in gram + one peptide ( L-lysine) connects to ______ structure

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interbridge

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54
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tichoac and lipotichoic acid are present in gram _

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+

55
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The D- alanine is repeated in the monomer of peptidoglycan, as a ___

A

backup

56
Q

the peptidoglycan reacts with _____, which stays in the membrane (the phosphate group on bactoprenol specifically attached)

A

bactoprenol

57
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what enzyme flips monomer and bactoprenol to other side of membrane

A

flippase

58
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____ glues in backbone (links peptides); facilitates cross linking

A

transglycosylase

59
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reaction that forms cross links is called

A

transpeptidation

60
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penicillin inhibits the ____ of the peptide strands and stops it from building peptidoglycan (hits gram + harder)

A

cross linking

61
Q

the penicillin binding protein _____ the cross linking (transpeptidase)

A

catalyzes

62
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______ digest peptidoglycan in order to help bacterium grow

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autolysin (breaks peptide bonds to insert more monomer strands)

63
Q

thick peptidoglycan cell wall, teichoic acid and lipotechoic acid

A

gram +

64
Q

teichoic and lipotechoic acid are ___ triggers for host

A

immune

65
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covalently links proteins to peptidoglycan; attachs lipo and techoic acid to gram + bacterium

A

sortase

66
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thin peptidoglycan, outer membrane contains LPS and porins; has very protective outer membrane so it doesn’t need thick peptidoglycan

A

gram -

67
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in the gram stain the alcohol ____ the membrane, so the gram _ will dehydrate first because it has less peptidoglycan

A

dehydrate, -

68
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the O-specific-polysac. is an ____; a focal point for your immune system, it is an identifier for a pathogen (apart of LPA)

A

immunogen

69
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Lipid A is an ____ and it is toxic (apart of LPA) when immune system starts to break it down it is toxic even as an exotoxin

A

endotoxin

70
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cell wall functions in microbe

A

support cell shape, protect from toxic substances, osmotic protection, contribute to pathogenicity, immune system recognition, target for antimicrobials

71
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examples of cell wall contributing to pathogenicity (ability to cause infection)

A

LPS (endotoxin) and peptidoglycan (NAG residues trigger immune response and are toxic)

72
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immune system recognition examples

A

pathogen associated molecular pattern (turn on immune system, recognized by PRRs —> pattern recognition receptors (on phagocytes))

73
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one step secretion process for gram + and gram - bacteria, works to get protein into periplasm

A

sec secretion

74
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a type II secretion starts in ____and moves proteins out of gram - into extracellular fluid

A

periplasm

75
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tat pathway is for ____ proteins

A

folded

76
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sec is for ____ proteins

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non folded

77
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need two step secretion for gram _ bacteria

A

negative

78
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a type V pathway is ____ step

A

two

79
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in type V , protein makes it own channel and is called an _____; uses sec then its own channel

A

autotransporter

80
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type I, III IV, VI are ____ step secretion pathways

A

one

81
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most proteins in gram - bacteria are secreted in type ___

A

I

82
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IV is a ____ transporter

A

DNA

83
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III IV, VI move into ____, span 3 membranes

A

host

84
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III is a _____ transport

A

toxin

85
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prokaryotic cells have membrane bound organelled, true or false?

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false

86
Q

no defining membrane but holds DNA in prokaryotic

A

nucleoid

87
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prokaryotic cells have a membrane and a ___ ___

A

cell wall

88
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bacteria have ____ in their cytoplasmic membrane which acts similar to our cholesterol (stabilizes membrane by adding to rigidity)

A

haponoids

89
Q

bacteria and eukaryotes have a fatty acid tail and glycerol linkage, called an _____ linkage

A

ester

90
Q

what prokaryotic cells have an ether linkage connecting their glycerol and fatty acid tails (an ether linkage is more stable and allows less chemical activity

A

archaea

91
Q

archae libe in _____ environments

A

extreme

92
Q

on fatty acid tails archaea have _____ groups which are unique, they also can be either ___ or mono layered

A

isoprene, bi

93
Q

enahanced stability for archaea coming from attaching their fatty acid tails which is done by creating /____

A

tetraethers

94
Q

no outer membrane on gram + or -

A

gram positive

95
Q

_____ acid attaches to phospholipid in membrane; goes all the way through thick peptidoglycan

A

lipoteichoic

96
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outer membrane and thin peptidoglycan is what bacteria

A

gram -

97
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the peptidoglycan in gram - bacterium is found in

A

periplasm

98
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the gram - bacterium has ____ that allow thing to move into periplasm

A

porins

99
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prokaryotes: one component of the cytoskeleton forms rings at the center of cells when they are dividing and forms a septum for dividng

A

FtsZ (like human tubulin)

100
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prokaryotes have ___ in rods (but not cocci) maintains rod shape and aligns peptidoglycan

A

MreB

101
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in prokaryotes, storage spaces for glycogen, gas and protein, they provide an energy source and have specialized functions (no defining phospholipid layer)

A

inclusion bodies

102
Q

storage of magnetic material, created when membrane invaginates, bound by phospholipid bilayer

A

magnetosome

103
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in prokaryotes only organelles needed for survival will be unbound, so magnetosomes are membrane bound, true or false

A

true

104
Q

have circular chromosome and no histones (have proteins that compact DNA but not histones)

A

bacteria

105
Q

have circular chromosomes but some have histones

A

archaea

106
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small, closed circular DNA molecules, independent of chromosomes and replicate on their own

A

plasmids (prok. can have a lot or none)

107
Q

genes (<5%) in plasmids are usually not essential but offer a ____ ____

A

selective advantage (antibiotic resistance, virulence, metabolism)

108
Q

toxins that kill competing bacteria

A

bacteriotoxins

109
Q

prokaryotes have ___ which prevent phagocytosis and antibody recognition

A

capsules

110
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bacteria or cells capture, digested and degraded, what is this process

A

phagocytosis

111
Q

____ and ____ are both structures on the outside of the prokaryote

A

pili and flagella

112
Q

peritrichous prokaryote (lots of flagella) are moved forward by what

A

counterclock wise movement of bundled flagella
the flagella spread apart and the cell tumbles (clockwise rotation)
and then the counterclock wise movement happens again

113
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polar (unidirectional) flagellum of prokary.

A

when there is a CCW rotation, cell runs and CW rotation causes the cell to reverse

114
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polar (Reversible )

A

CCW cell runs, CW rotation, cell reverses

115
Q

what bacteria have periplasmic flagella

A

spirochetes

116
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flagella has a ___ ___ that extends through membrane(s) and comes out to surface ans attaches to a ____ which attaches to the _____ (made up of flagellin protein)

A

basal body (is a motor), hook, filament

117
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flagellar assembly is characterized by

A

putting a basal body togther with a hook, everything adds to the tip of the flagellum (growth from tip not base)

118
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proton motive forces drive the ____ ____ as a motor

A

basal body

119
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movement toward or away from a chemical, chemoreceptors recognize chemicals

A

chemotaxis

120
Q

when there is a ____ attractant runs are longer towards chemoattrac. however tumbles are still random (tumbles are also shorter and stopped if they are in the wrong direction)

A

chemo

121
Q

sec secretion is found in all bacteria true or false?

A

true

122
Q

spanning one membrane is enough for gram +

A

sec

123
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type II pathway takes protein from sec and moves that protein through periplasm, ___ ____ and into extracellular space

A

outer membrane

124
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the type VI secretion pathway has two confirmations and spans into ____

A

host

125
Q

archael cell walls have no ______

A

peptidoglycan

126
Q

The cell wall of archaea have ______; made up of protein and glycoprotein called S layers

A

pseudomurein

127
Q

The Pseudomurei has NAG or NAM

A

NAG

128
Q

NAM is replaced by (in archaea)

A

N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid

129
Q

In archaea there are no L or D amino acids

A

D

130
Q

Fungal cell walls are simple, made up of long chains of ______, has chitin

A

polysaccharides

131
Q

Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup is a mnemonic for

A

somain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genius, species

132
Q

proteobacteria are gram _ and are the _____ phylum

A

negative, largest

133
Q

there are 5 classes of proteobacteria

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alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon

134
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