L3 Flashcards
non-motile extension in gram negative bacteria to adhere to one another and substances, important for biofilms (slimy masses of bacteria adhered to a substrate), some carry enzymes
fimbrae
flagella spiral tightly around cell in spirochetes, form an axial filament that wraps around cell between cell membrane and outer membrane, rotation of endoflagella causes “corkscrew” rotation, T. pallidium, B. bergdorferi
endoflagella
tubules composed of pilin, shorter than flagella, longer than fimbrae, used to move across substrate or in conjugation for genetic transfer, can create smooth gliding motility in myxobacteria
pili
only at ends
polar flagella
flagella at both ends
amphitrichous
organism can move by itself, can move toward a stimulus = taxis (ex. chemotaxis, phototaxis)
motility
flagella cover surface of cell
peritrichous
tuft of flagella at 1 end
lophotrichous
single
monotrichous
“sugar cup,” sticky substance made of polysaccharide and/or polypeptides, or around outside cell
glycocalyx
loose, water soluble glycocalyx, protects from dessication, allows to attach to host or surfaces as biofilms
slime layer
whiplike tail for motility, long thin filament, rotates 360 degrees like a motor, 20 nm diameter made of flagellin protein around a hollow core, base of filament inserts into hook, and basal body anchors hook and filament to cell wall
flagella
extracellular polymeric substance, glycocalyx that helps cells in biofilm attachment and facilitates communication
EPS
glycocalyx in prokaryote, made of organized repeating units of organic chemicals attached to surface, protects from dessication, may protect host because chemically similar to host
capsule
no nucleus, no membrane-bound genetic material, includes bacteria and archae
prokaryotes
membrane-bound specialized structures
organelles
membrane around DNA nucleus
eukaryotes
coccus/cocci
round
diplococci/diplocilli
remain in pairs after dividing
bacillus
rod shape
sarcinae
in cube-like groups of 8
tetrads
in groups of 4’s
streptococci/streptobacilli
remain in chains after dividing
spirochetes
helical shape and flexible
coccobacilli
oval shaped rods, almost like cocci
vibrious
curved rods
staphylococci
in grape-like clusters
spirilla/spirillum
helical shaped like a corkscrew, rigid bodies
made of 2 regularly alternating sugars, NAG (N-acetylglucosamine) and NAM (N-acetylmuramic acid) attached to amino acid crossbridges
peptidoglycan
space between the cell membrane and outer membrane in a gram negative cell, contain water, nutrients, digestive enzymes and proteins
periplasmic space
if cell wall damaged/destroyed but cellular content remain surrounded by plasma membrane, usually spherical and can carry out metabolism
protoplast
Proteus and other general that can lose cell wall in response to penicillin or lysozyme and swell into irregular shaped cells, can live and divide without returning to walled state
L forms
when lysozyme applied to a Gram negative cell wall, not destroyed as much as in Gram positive, form the spherical structure, protoblasts and spheroblasts can rupture by osmotic lysis
spheroblast