Final Exam: Exam 1 Flashcards
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
-handheld microscope
-microscope had one Lens
-300x magnification on microscope
Archaeal cell membranes
-hydrocarbon chains linked together via ether linkage
-monolayers formed in microorganisms that live in high temps
bacterial cell membrane
-anchor site for many proteins involved in cellular activity
-site of proton motive force
-act as permeability barrier
ABC transport mechanism
-only expressed if solute present
-only specific solute/subset will be transported by the transporter
-energy for transport provided by hydrolysis of ATP
group translocation transport
group of proteins work together to modify an incoming molecule resulting in sugar traveling down [ ] gradient
TAT system
-translocate folded proteins
-Tat A transporter forms after recognition of protein for delivery
-requires proton motive force for energy
Gram staining
-primary stain is crystal violet
-decolorizer is only applied for 5 seconds
-safranin will stain microorganisms pink
T/F bacteria and Archaea are more similar to each other than either is to eukarya
False
T/F bacterial cells tend to have smaller surface to volume ratio than eukaryotic cells
false
T/F if bacterium is not equipped to handle hypotonic environment water will leave the bacterial cell an and cause bacteria to shrivel and die
False
T/F fatty acids are found within the cell membrane of all prokaryotes amd eukaryotes
false
T/F both the Sec and Tat pathways require an N amino terminal signal peptide for the secretion of proteins
True
T/F bacterial flagella are rigid straight structure much like their eukaryotic counterparts
False
T/F the MS and C rings found within the basal body of a bacterium flagella have a helical arrangement of negative charges to allow rotation
False
Spontaneous generation theory was discovered by
Francesco Redi
What experiment was initially able to disprove spontaneous generation theory
-flies did not appear in jar when covered w mesh, poked holes, or closed completely
-flies appeared when jar was open
Who finally killed the idea of spontaneous generation theory and how
Pasteur, using a swan neck flask and amimacules
Semmelweis
observed women who went o midwives to give birth were less likely to get an infection compared to those in the hospital due to contamination and going from patient to patient in hospitals
Two reasons why rRNA worked for sequencing organisms for comparison
-universally distributed
-adequate length of reading frame
Woese was able to determine _______ by _______
-all living organisms should be classified into 3 domains
-sequencing rRNA
Haeckel
proposed 3 kingdom system
Whittaker
proposed 5 kingdom classification system
important discovery that lead to the 5 kingdom classification system
two different cell types: prokaryotic and eukaryotic, found by using the electron microscope
Falkow
development of the molecular Koch’s postulates
what were the molecular koch postulates helpful in determining
-genes important for pathogenesis
-creation of some antibiotics
Sarcina
round shaped organisms arranged into a makeup of 8 round cells
two other arrangements for cocci organisms
streptococci, staphylococci
what adds rigidity to eukaryotic cell membranes
sterols