FMB - Lecture 2 Flashcards

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CELL THEORY

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  1. All organisms are made up of one or more cells.
  2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and organization that perform life functions.
  3. All cells derived from pre-existing cells.
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The ___________ grew out of the work of many scientists and improvements in the microscope. Many scientist contributed to this.

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Cell Theory

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First to see cells (corks cells) in a microscope.

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Robert Hooke

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First to see organisms moving in pond water he place under microscope (animalcules).

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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1838 - Concluded all plants were made of cells.

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Matthias Schleiden

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1839 - Concluded all animals are made up of cells.

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Theodor Schwann

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1855 - New cells can only be produced from the division of existing cells. This completed the 3rd statement of the new “Cell Theory” of life.

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Rudolf Virchow

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________ small unit which exhibits all the characteristics of life.

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Cell

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9
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Basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known organism.

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Cell

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Functions of Cell

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  • Basic unit of life.
  • Synthesis molecules.
  • Communication.
  • Cell metabolism and energy use.
  • Reproduction and inheritance of (DNA).
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French Biologist that first distinguish prokaryote and eukaryote 1937.

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Edouard Chatton

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Prenucleus

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Prokaryote

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13
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True nucleus

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Eukaryote

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14
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Three Domains of Life by Carl Woese

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

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15
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SIZE

Average size.

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  • 0.2 - 2.0 micrometer in diameter.
  • 2 - 8 micrometer in length.
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SHAPE

Basic shape.

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  • Spherical coccus
  • Rod-shaped bacillus
  • Spiral shaped
    • Vibrio - comma shaped
    • Sprillum - wavy shaped
    • Spirochetes - cork screw shaped
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17
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_____ are much smaller that eukaryortic cells.

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Bacteria

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18
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Shape of the bacterium is determined by _______.

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Heredity

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19
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ARRANGEMENTS

Pairs

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  1. Diplococci
  2. Diplobacilli
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ARRANGEMENTS

Chains

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  1. Streptococci
  2. Streptobacilli
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ARRANGEMENTS

Clusters

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  1. Tedrad
  2. Sarcinae
  3. Staphylococci
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22
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The substances that surrounds the cell. It is viscous and gelatinous polymer that contains polysaccharides and polypeptide.

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Glycocalix

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23
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It is outside the cell wall and can protect cell against dehydration. It’s viscosity may inhibit the movement of nutrients out of the cell.

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Glycocalix

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24
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If the substances is organized and firmly attached to the cell wall and can be seen through negative staining.

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Capsule

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Unorganized and unattached. The source of nutrition and is also a biofilm.

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Slime layer

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26
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Degree of a pathogen that cause disease.

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Bacterial Virulence

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27
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Capsule also prevent phagocytosis.

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glycocalix

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28
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Protect, facilitate, and enables the cell to survive.

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Extracellular polymeric substance.

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29
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This is located outside the cell wall. Half of the know bacteria are motile and capable of movement because of this.

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Flagella

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30
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Three basic parts of Flagella.

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  1. Filament
  2. Hook
  3. Basal body
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31
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Constant in diameter. Contains flagellin (protein) arranged in several chains that intertwined and form a helix around a hollow core.

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Filament

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32
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Support the filament and the basal body.

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Hook

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33
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Anchor flagella in the cell wall and plasma membrane.

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Basal Body

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34
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Contains single flagella.

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Monotrichous

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35
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Both side of the bacteria have flagella

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Amphitrichous

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36
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Tough of flagella from one pole.

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Lophotrichous

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37
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Flagella is distributed on the entire cell.

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Peritrichous

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38
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Bacteria that lacks flagella and no projections.

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Atrichous

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39
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The ability of an organism to move by or by itself.

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Motility

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40
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One direction or smooth movement of bacteria.

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Swim or run

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41
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Interrupted change of direction.

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Tumble

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42
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Advantage of motility.

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It enables the bacteria to move towards a favorable environment or away from an adverse one.

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43
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Function of motility.

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Rotate flagella to run or tumble.

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44
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The movement of a bacterium towards or away a particular stimulus.

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Taxis

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45
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Four types of taxis.

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  1. Chemicals
  2. Light
  3. Attractant / +
  4. Repellent / -
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46
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Stimuli taxis of chemicals.

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Chemotaxis

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47
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Stimuli taxis of light.

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Phototaxis

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48
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Flagellar proteins.

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H-antigens

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49
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Useful for distinguishing among serovars within a species of gram-negative bacteria.

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H-antigens

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50
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This chemotactic signal will go towards the stimulus.

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Attractant

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51
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This chemotactic signal will tumble away from the stimulus.

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Repellent

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52
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Motility structure of and archaean.

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Archaella

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53
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Consist of glycoproteins

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Archaellins

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54
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These are bacteria that have unique structure and motility because the move through axial filament.

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Spirochetes

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55
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Other term for axial filament.

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Endoflagella

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56
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Bundles of fibrils that arise at the ends of a cells beneath an outer sheet and spiral around the cell. (Anchored at one end of the cell.)

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Endoflagella

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57
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Rotation causes cell to move. The type of movement is similar to the way a cork screw moves through a cork.

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Axial filament

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58
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Use for attachment. Tiny hollow projections as they are used to attached bacteria to surfaces. It also does not involve movements.

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Pili

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59
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Pili is composed of _____ that is subunit of proteins.

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Pilin

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60
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Two kinds of Pili.

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  1. Conjugation Pili or Sex Pili or F Pili
  2. Attachment Pili or Fimbriae
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61
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Can be found only in certain groups of bacteria. It attached two cells and responsible for the transfer of genetic materials.

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Conjugation Pili

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62
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This help bacteria adhere to surface like cell surface. Could also contribute to the pathogenecity of certain bacteria.

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Fimbriae

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63
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Complex semi-rigid structure which is responsible for the shape of the bacteria.

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Cell wall

64
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If the cell walls is digested away by a particular enzymes, it became ______ in shape.

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Sperical

65
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Prevents cell from bursting or osmotic lysis.

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Cell wall

66
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Point of anchorage of flagella.

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Cell wall

67
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Mirror the image of each other.

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Sterioisomer

68
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Gram positive cell wall characteristics.

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  1. Thick peptidoglycan.
  2. Teichoic acids.
  3. In acid-fast cells, it contains mycolic acid.
69
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Gram negative cell wall characteristics.

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  1. This peptidoglycan.
  2. No teichoic acids but has lipopolysaccharide.
  3. Has an outer membrane.
70
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Negative charge because of the phosphate group.

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Teichoic Acid

71
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Two types of Teichoic Acids.

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  1. Lipoteichoic acid
  2. Wall teichoic acid
72
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It pans the peptidoglycan layer until the plasma membrane.

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Lipoteichoic acid

73
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Linked in the peptidoglycan layer.

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Wall teichoic acid

74
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Movement of cation and responsible for antigenic specificity (easier to identify).

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Teichoic Acid

75
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Consist of one or very few layers of peptidoglycan but still consist of __________________.

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Gram Negative: Outer Membrane

76
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Outer Membrane

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  • Lipopolysaccharides, lipoproteins, phospholipids.
  • Protection from phagocytes, complement, antibiotics
  • Barrier to digestive enzymes such as lysozyme, detergents, heavy metals, bile salts, and certain dyes.
  • Porins (proteins) form channels through membrane
77
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Large complex molecule that contains lipids and carbs.

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

78
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Lipid portion of the LPS and is embedded in the top layer of the outer membrane.

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Lipid A

79
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Its role is structural—to provide stability

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core polysaccharide

80
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It functions as an antigen. Also, it is useful for distinguishing species of gram- negative bacteria.

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0 polysaccharide

81
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Transport metabolite inside cytoplasm and mostly observed in gram negative bacteria.

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Periplasmic Space

82
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  • A gap between the cell membrane and the cell wall
  • Active area of cell metabolism
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Periplasmic Space

83
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Two types of atypical cell walls.

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  1. Mycoplasmas
  2. Archaea
84
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It is a unique plasma membrane and lacks cell walls. It also the smallest known bacteria that can grow and reproduce outside living host cells.

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Mycoplasmas

85
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Mycoplasmas have ______ in plasma membrane.

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Sterols

86
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They are wall-less and lacks D-amino acid.

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Archaea

87
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Archaea have wall of pseudomurein or __________________ intstead of NAM.

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N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid

88
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  1. Do not have cell wall, instead it has sterols.
  2. Presence of cell wall and mycolic acid.
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  1. Mycoplasmas
  2. Mycobacterium
89
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Gram positive bacteria that has thick with 60% lipid and contains much less peptidoglycan. It also has a waxy lipid in the form of mycolic acid.

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Acid-fast bacteria

90
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Catalyzes hydrolisis of the bonds between sugars and the repeating disaccharides.

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Lysozyme

91
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Digests disaccharide in peptidoglycan.

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Lysozyme

92
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_______ is a wall-less Gram positive cell. It is spherical and is still capable of carrying on metabolism.

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Protoplast

93
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_______ is a wall-less Gram-negative cell. It’s a spherical structure containing the cellular contents, plasma membrane, and remaining outer wall layer.

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Spheroplast

94
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Types of Antibiotics

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  1. Penicillin (Gram +)
  2. Beta lactams (Gram -)
95
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Inhibits peptide bridges in peptidoglycan.

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Penicillin (Gram +)

96
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L forms are wall-less cells that swell into irregular shapes.

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Penicillin (Gram +): Proteus

97
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It is a living membrane and forms boundary between cell and environment. Also, it is dynamic and constantly changing.

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Plasma membrane or Cytoplasmic membrane

98
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Proteins attached in carbohydrates.

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glycoproteins

99
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Lipids attached in carbohydrates.

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glycolipids

100
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Three components of Phospholipids.

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  1. Glycerol
  2. Fatty acid tails
  3. Phosphate group
101
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Have both hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails.

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Amphipathic

102
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Major Molecules of Phospholipid

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  1. Lipids
  2. Cholesterol
103
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Water-loving and is soluble in water. It is polar.

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Hydrophilic Head

104
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It is non-polar, water-fearing, and insoluble in water.

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Hydrophobic Tails

105
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Semi-permeable which indicates that certain molecules and ions are allowed to pass through the membrane.

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Plasma membrane

106
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Membrane is as viscous as olive oil. It allows membrane proteins to move freely enough to perform their functions without destroying the structure of the membrane.

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Fluid Mosaic Model

107
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Proteins move to function and phospholipids rotate and move laterally.

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Fluid Mosaic Model

108
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Functions of Plasma Membrane:

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  1. Serve as a selective barrier through which materials enter and exit the cell.
  2. Selective permeability (semipermeable)
  3. Breakdown of nutrients and the
    production of energy.
109
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Catalyzing the chemical reactions that break
down nutrients and produce ATP.

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Plasma Membrane

110
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Photosynthetic pigments on folding called _______________.

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chromatophores or thylakoids

111
Q

The artifacts of Plasma membrane.

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Mesosomes

112
Q

It is vital to bacterial cells.

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Plasma Membrane

113
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Plasma Membrane distrupts:

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  1. Alcohols
  2. Quaternary Ammonium - Disinfectants
  3. Polymyxins - Group of antibiotics that cause leakage of the intracellular contents that would lead to subsequent death of cells.
114
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Substances cross the membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. Do not require the cell to expend energy

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Passive

115
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Examples of Passive:

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  1. Diffusion
  2. Facilitated Diffusion
116
Q

Require the use of energy in the form of ATP
to move substances from areas of low
concentration to areas of high concentration.

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Active

117
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Net (overall) movement of molecules or ions from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. EQUILIBRIUM – even distribution

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Simple Diffusion

118
Q

Integral membrane proteins function as channels or carriers that facilitate the movement of ions or large molecules across the plasma membrane -transporters or permeases.

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Facilitated Diffusion

119
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Movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmosis

120
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The pressure needed to stop the movement of water across the membrane.

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Osmotic pressure

121
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Behavior of cells in fluid environment.

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Tonicity

122
Q

No net movement of water occurs.

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Isotonic solution

123
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Water moves into the cell resulting of swelling and bursting of cell.

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Hypotonic solution

124
Q

Water moves out of the cell, causing cytoplasm to shrink (plasmolysis).

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Hypertonic solution

125
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A process by which cells absorb external material by engulfing it with the cell membrane

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Endocytosis

126
Q

Is a form of active transport and bulk transport in which a cell transports molecules out of the cell. requires energy.

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Exocytosis

127
Q

Substances of the cell inside the plasma membrane. 80% is water, contains proteins particularly enzymes.

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Cytoplasm

128
Q

Thick aqueous soup of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and inorganic salts and is surrounded with plasma membrane.

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Cytoplasm

129
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  • Series of fibers in the cytoplasm
  • MreB and ParM, cresetin, and FtsZ
  • Cell division, cell shape, cell growth, DNA movement
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Cytoskeleton

130
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Polyribosomes
* Spherical, stain densely, and contain a large subunit and a small subunit.

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Ribosomes

131
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Serve as sites for protein synthesis.

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Ribosomes.

132
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Large subunit of ribosomes.

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50s, 23s, and 5s

133
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Small subunit of ribosomes.

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30s and 16s

134
Q

Contains a single long, continuous, and frequently circularly arranged thread of double-stranded DNA called the bacterial chromosome.

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Nuclear region / Nucleoid

135
Q

Carries all the information required for the cell’s structures and functions.

A

bacterial chromosome

136
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CLOSE CIRCULAR CHROMOSOME

1989 – 2 circular chromosomes was observed

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  • Rhodobacter sphaeroides
  • Agrobacterium rhizogenes
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens – one close one linear
  • Brucella suis
  • Vibrio cholerae – one large and 1⁄4 size of the first
137
Q

Transferable and small circular molecule of DNA. Also known as jumping genes.

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Plasmids and Integrons

138
Q

Plasmids and Integrons carry genes for activities such as:

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Antimicrobial resistance, toxins, enzymes

139
Q

Can survive adverse environmental condition for a long period of time.

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Endospores

140
Q
  • Resting cells
  • Bacillus, Clostridium
  • Resistant to desiccation,bheat, chemicals
A

Endospores

141
Q

Endospore formation

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Sporulation

142
Q

Return to vegetative state

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Germination

143
Q

Macro-molecular network. Also known as murein.

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Peptidoglycan

144
Q

Polymer of disaccharide

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*N-acetylglucosamine (NAG)
*N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)
*Short peptide chain

145
Q

Linked by polypeptides –adjacent rows

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Peptidoglycan

146
Q

They maintain a single shape.

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Monomorphic

147
Q

It has many shapes.

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Pleomorphic

148
Q

Easily remove from the membrane by maltreatments.

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Peripheral proteins

149
Q

This can be remove from the membrane only after distrupting the lipid bilayer.

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Integral proteins

150
Q

Penetrate the whole membrane completely.

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Transmembrane proteins

151
Q

Some ________ are channels that have pores and holes whicg substances enter and exit.

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Integral proteins

152
Q

Useful for distinguishing among serovars within a species of gram-negative bacteria.

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H-atingens

153
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PROKARYOTIC CELL

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  1. Small and Simple
  2. Nucleus is absent
  3. Circular DNA
  4. Reproduced sexually and asexually
  5. Single haploid chromosome
154
Q

EUKARYOTIC CELL

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  1. Large and Complex
  2. Nucleus is preseny
  3. Linear DNA
  4. Reproduced sexually
  5. Paired diploid chromosome
155
Q

Lipid Inclusions
Sulfur granules
Magnetosomes

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Energy reserve lipids
Energy reserve
Iron oxide