Growth Conditions Flashcards

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1
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What aspect of metabolism do you think limits where bacteria can grow?

A

Enzymes

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2
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Factors influencing growth

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Temp, ph

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3
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If temp is cold how do enzymatic reactions function

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Slows down

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4
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If temp is hot what happens to enzyme structures

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Enzyme structure breaks and loses function. This is called denaturing

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5
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What is denaturation

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Unfolding/breaking of a protein

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6
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Can denaturing happen to enzymes

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Yes

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7
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How does denaturing happen in enzymes

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Distorts active site making it incompatible to substrate

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8
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Function of an enzyme

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Assemble/ breaks things down

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9
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What is the target of an enzyme called

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Active site

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10
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What is the final output of an enzyme called

A

Products

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11
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Organism that is most medically important in terms of growing in temp

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Mesophile grows at like 39°

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12
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How many degrees is psychrophile

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13
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How many degrees is Thermophile max

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60°

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14
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Hyperthermophile max

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88°

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15
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Can ph influence protein functions

A

Yes

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16
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Change in ph can do what to an active site

A

Change the shape

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17
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Pepsin (a stomach enzyme) functions best at low or high ph

A

Low

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18
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How do these factors influence the ability for a microbe to grow?

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Can be denatured if ph or heat is too high

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19
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What was osmotic pressure used for in terms of food

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Preservation

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20
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How can people control microbial growth

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Oxygen, osmotic pressure, light, barometric pressure

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21
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How do bacteria grow

A

Binary fission

22
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Binary fission process

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Cell grows,replicate genome,enlarges, forms a separator, divides

23
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Growth rate =

A

Generation time

24
Q

Calculation growth time needing…

A

Starting pop., #of gens, equation: Nn = N0 2^n

25
Q

If you start w/ 1 cell that divides every 30 mins, how many cells would be there after 24 hrs?

A

1 x 2^48

26
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Phases of a closed culture

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Lag phase, log phase, stationary phase, death/decline phase

27
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Lag phase

A

No increase (delay)

28
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Log phase

A

Exponential increase in living cells

29
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Stationary phase

A

Rate of living and death are the same

30
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Death/decline phase

A

Exponential decrease in # of living bacterial cells

31
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Log phase growth line (arithmetic scale)

A

Curved

32
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Log phase growth ( semi log scale)

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Straight

33
Q

What’s a major aspect of bacterial reproduction?

A

Duplication of the genetic material (dna)

34
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What are nucleic acid?

A

Macromolecule (others are carbohydrates, lipids and proteins), DNA, RNA

35
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DNA

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  • Double stranded
  • deoxyribonucleic acid ( sugar)
  • base pair
  • deoxyribose sugar
  • uses “T” as a base pair
36
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RNA

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  • single stranded
  • ribonucleic acid
  • ribose sugar
  • uses “u” as base pair
37
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What do both DNA and RNA use?

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C, g, a

38
Q

What is one difference between prokaryote and eukaryote regarding dna?

A

Prokaryotes store dna in a circular chromosome
Eukaryotes store dna in a linear chromosome within nucleus

39
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Where does transcription (making of rna) happen in prokaryotes

A

Cytoplasm

40
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Where does transcription (making of rna) happen in eukaryotes

A

Nucleus

41
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One similarity prokaryotes and eukaryotes have regarding dna

A

Translation happens in cytoplasm

42
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Transcription

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Making of RNA

43
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Translation process

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  1. Initiation 2. Elongation 3. Termination
44
Q

What is the central dogma?

A

DNA makes RNA, rna forms proteins

45
Q

Are there any organisms that violate the central dogma?

A

Retroviruses such as HIV

46
Q

True or false: the genes and their function of an organism dictates its physical characteristics and is the sole driving force behind its traits and capabilities

A

False, environment dictates as well

47
Q

Genotype

A

Genes and function of an organism

48
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Phenotype

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Physical characteristics

49
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What’s the difference between an organisms genotype and phenotype?

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Genotype →capabilities
Phenotype →characteristics

50
Q

How can the environment or other factors influence an organisms phenotype without altering its genotype?

A

Temp, light, oxygen levels