Lab Final Flashcards
the sum of the reactions that are associated with the life of a cell
metabolism
biological catalysts that allow spontaneous unfavorable reactions to occur; convert substrates to products
enzyme
degrade large molecules outside of the cell into units that are small enough to be transported across the cell membrane
exoenzymes
degrade large molecules to simpler molecules releasing energy or synthesizing molecules that are needed by the cell
endoenzymes
enzymes that are produced only if its substrate is available, in an effort to conserve the cell’s energy
inducible or adaptive enzymes
enzymes that are essential to the cell, so they are produced at all times
constitutive enzymes
Hydrogen peroxide is a byproduct of what kind of metabolism?
aerobic
What are the substrates, products, and reagent/indicator for a catalase test?
Substrate: hydrogen peroxide
Products: water and O2
Reagent/Indicator: hydrogen peroxide
What organism was tested to be catalase positive? Catalase negative?
Positive: Staphylococcus epidermis
Negative: Streptococcus mutans
What type of bacteria is usually catalase Positive? Negative?
Positive: aerobic bacteria
Negative: fermentative or anaerobic bacteria
test used to differentiate medically relevant genera by seeing if cytochrome oxidase is produced by microbes
oxidase tests
What are the substrates, products, reagent/indicator, and media for an oxidase test? What does a positive result look like?
Substrate: O2 Product: water Reagent/Indicator: oxidase reagent Media: TSA plate Positive Result: immediately turns microbe blue/purple
What organism was tested to be oxidase positive? Oxidase negative?
Positive: Pseudomonas putida
Negative: E. coli
What kind of cells make oxidase enzymes?
cells that do respiration
transfers electrons to O2 to from water or hydrogen peroxide as the final electron transfer in electron transport of aerobic respiration
cytochrome oxidase
(CH2O)_n
carbohydrates
single molecule of a sugar (ex. glucose)
monosaccharide
polymers of glucose (ex. cellulose, starch)
polysaccharide
enzyme that hydrolyzes start into glucose to be transported into a cell for metabolism
amylase
commercial and industrial uses of microbially produced amylases
food, fermentation, brewing, distilling, textiles, paper, etc
What links cellulose?
Beta-1,4
What links starch and glycogen?
Alpha-1,4
What are the substrates, products, reagent/indicator, and media for an amylase test? What does a positive result look like?
Substrate: Polysaccharide (starch) Products: Oligosaccharides of glucose Reagent/Indicator: iodine Media: starch agar plate Positive Result: zone of hydrolysis
What organism tested positive for the amylase test? Negative?
Positive: Bacillus subtilis
Negative: E. coli
enzyme that hydrolyzes cellulose into glucose to be transported into the cell for metabolism
cellulase
Where is cellulose found?
eukaryotic (plant and algae) cell walls
What are the substrates, products, reagent/indicator, and media for a cellulose test? What does a positive result look like?
Substrate: polysaccharide (cellulose)
Product: oligosaccharides of glucose
Reagent/Indicator: none
Media Used: Dubos broth and agar with paper
Positive Result: plate turns yellow; broth shows paper degradation
Why was Cytophaga hutchinsonii used in the cellulase test?
aerobic degradation of cellulose in paper samples
amino acids joined by peptide bonds
protein
short chain of amino acids
peptide
enzymes that degrade proteins
proteases
commercial uses of proteases
laundry detergent, stain remover, meat tenderizer
milk protein
casein
how do you test for caseinase?
milk agar (nutrient agar + skim milk)
protein from bones of animals
gelatin
how do you test for gelatinase?
gelatine agar (nutrient agar + gelatin)
What are the substrates, products, reagent/indicator, and media for a caseinase test? What does a positive result look like?
Substrate: Milk Product: Pepties Reagent/Indicator: none Media: Milk Agar Positive result: Zone of Hydrolysis
What organisms tested positive in the caseinase test? Negative?
Positive: Bacillus subtilis
Negative: E. coli
What are the substrates, products, reagent/indicator, and media for a gelatinase test? What does a positive result look like?
Substrate: Gelatin Product: Peptides Reagent/Indicator: HCl Media: Gelatin Agar Positive result: Zone of Hydrolysis
What organisms tested positive in the gelatinase test? Negative?
Negative: E. coli
Positive: Bacillus subtilis
Can catabolism occur by fermentation or respiration?
both
common to fermentation & respiration; conversion of glucose to pyruvate
glycolysis
What decides if respiration will occur vs. fermentation
if a terminal electron acceptor is present, respiration will occur
Fermentation products (general)? Fermentation products in lactobacillus and saccharomyces?
General: CO2, acids, alcohol, etc.
Lactobacillus: lactic acid
Saccharomyces: alcohol and O2
How do you test if an organic is able to ferment a carbohydrate?
Use nutrient broth with 1 fermentable carbohydrate and a pH indicator. Inoculate organism and if it can ferment carbohydrate it will produce acid from fermentation (drops pH and turns broth yellow)
How does phenol red work?
Red at pH 7
Yellow below pH 6.9
What will be the result if an organism can ferment carbohydrates?
It will produce acid which drops the pH turning the broth yellow
2 amino acids that contain sulfur
cysteine & methionine
What happens when cysteine desulffhydrase cleaves sulfydryl group from cysteine?
releases hydrogen sulfide gas
What are the substrates, products, reagent/indicator, and media for a cysteine desulfhydrase test? What does a positive result look like?
Substrates: Cysteine Product: Pyruvate, NH3 (ammonia), H2S (hydrogen sulfide) Reagent/Indicator: Ferric citrate Media: Peptone iron agar deep Positive Result: black precipitate
What organism tested positive in the cysteine desulfhydrase test? Negative?
Positive: Citrobacter freundii
Negative: E. coli
What happens if an organism makes cysteine desulfhydrase?
H2S will react with ferric citrate to make ferrous sulfide (FeS) which is black