INTRODUCTION TO BACTERIA Flashcards
LIFE DOMAINS?
PROKARYOTES (BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA) AND EUKARYOTES
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EUKARYOTES AND PROKARYOTES?
PRO ARE SINGLE CELL ORGANISMS, HAVE NO NUCLEI, ARE USUALLY SMALLER AND HAVE NO MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
PROK. AND EUKARYOTES COMMON FEATURES?
- DNA
- PLASMA MEMBRANE
- CYTOPLASM
- RIBOSOMES
APPROX HOW MANY TYPES OF BACTERIA EXIST IN THE HUMAN BODY?
500-1000
2 MAIN BACTERIAL CELL SHAPES?
COCCI (ROUND)
BACILLI (RODS)
STREPTOCOCCI/STREPTOBACCILI ARE ARRANGED IN A?
LINE
DESCRIBE STAPHLYOCOCCI STRUCTURE?
GRAPE LIKE
WHAT IS A BACTERIAL COLONY?
A GROUP OF BACTERIA DERIVED FROM THE SAME MOTHER CELL (GENETICALLY IDENTICAL CELLS)
ELECTRIC NOSES?
COULD BE A TOOL IN DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC IN THE FUTURE BY DISTINGUISHING BACTERIA TYPE BASED ON ITS UNIQUE SMELL
WHO DISCOVERED BACTERIA COULD BE GRAM POSITIVE OR GRAM NEGATIVE AND WHEN?
H. GRAM, 1884
COLOR OF G+ VS G- BACTERIA AFTER GRAM STAINING?
G+ ARE VIOLET/PURPLISH
G- ARE RED/PINKISH
WHY DO G+ BACTERIA HAVE VIOLET COLOURING (COMPARED TO PALER, RED/PINKISH COLOURING) OG G- BACTERIA AFTER GRAM STAINING?
BECAUSE THEY HAVE A THICKER PEPTIDOGLYCAN LAYER THAT CAN RETAIN THE DYE
DO G+ OR G- BACTERIA HAVE AN OUTER LIPID MEMBRANE?
G-
TEICHOIC AND LIPOTEICHOIC ACIDS ARE PRESENT ON G+ OR G- BACTERIA?
G+
ARE O-SPECIFIC SIDE CHAINS PRESENT ON G+ OR G- BACTERIA?
G-
G- BACTERIA INCLUDE:
- ENTEROCOCCI
- SALMONELLA SPECIES
- PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES
G+ BACTERIA INCLUDE:
- STAPHYLOCOCCI
- ALL STREPTOCOCCI
- SOME LISTERIA SPECIES
NAME FOR BACTERIA THAT USE LIGHT AS THEIR ENERGY SOURCE?
PHOTOTROPHS
NAME FOR BACTERIA THAT HAVE CHEMICAL ENERGY SOURCE?
CHEMOTROPHS
BACTERIA TYPES BY OXYGEN REQUIREMENTS?
- OBLIGATE AEROBES
- OBLIGATE ANAEROBES
- FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES
- AEROTOLERANT ANAEROBES (INDIFFERENT TO O2 PRESENCE)
- MICROAEROPHILES (REQUIRE OXYGEN, BUT AT A LEVEL LOWER THAN IN THE ATMOSPHERE, I.E. 1-10% COMPARED TO REGULAR 21%)
BACTERIA TYPES BASED ON TEMPERATURE PREFERENCE?
- PSYCHROPHILES (<15)
- MESOPHILES
- THERMOPHILES
- HYPERTHERMOPHILES (60+, OPTIMAL OFTEN ABOVE 80)
BACTERIA TYPES BASED ON pH PREFERENCE:
- ACIDOPHILE
- NEUTROPHILE
- ALKALIPHILE
PRIMARY METHOD OF BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION?
BINARY FISSION (ASEXUAL, OFFSPRING IDENTICAL TO THE MOTHER CELL)
PHASES OF BINARY FISSION:
1) LAG PHASE (NO INCREASE IN NUMBER OF LIVING BACTERIAL CELLS)
2) LOG PHASE (EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN NUMBER OF LIVING BACTERIAL CELLS)
3) STATIONARY PHASE (PLATEAU IN NUMBER OF LIVING BACTERIAL CELLS, RATE OF CELL DIVISION AND DEATH ROUGHLY EQUAL)
4) DEATH OR DECLINE PHASE (EXPONENTIAL DECREASE IN NUMBER OF LIVING BACTERIAL CELLS; NUTRIENTS EXHAUSTED)