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(LE1) Cell Biology Flashcards

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Nucleus; Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

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P: no nucleus. Contain nucleoid region
E: Yes

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Membrane bound organelles; Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

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P: No
E: Yes

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Ribosomes; Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

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P: yes, 70s ribosome
E: yes, 80s ribosome

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Chromosome structure; Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

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P: 1 circular piece
E: Variable (linear, singular, histones, etc.)

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Cell wall; Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

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P: Yes, peptidoglycan
E: varies (animals;no cell wall, plants; cellulose, fungi; chitin)

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Cell division; Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

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P: mitosis
E: mitosis or meiosis - sexual/asexual - clonal/recombinant

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What are the magic bullet targets for bacteria characteristics?

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Ribosomes, chromosome structure, and cell wall

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Where do prokaryotes make ATP?

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In cell membrane (no mitochondria)

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Name this morphology

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Coccus

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Name this morphology

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Vibrio

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Name this morphology

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Bacillus

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Name this morphology

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Spirillum

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Name this morphology

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Spirochete

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Name this arrangement

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Diplo
- Diplococci

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Name this arrangement

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Staphylo
- Staphylococci

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Name this arrangement

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Strepto
- streptococci

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Name this arrangement

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Tetrad

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What arrangements are only applicable to cocci morphologies?

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Tetrad and Staphylo

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What is pleomorphic?

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Capable of changing shape

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What is the name of the indicated appendage? What is its function?

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Flagella - used for motility in response to chemotaxis

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What is the name of the indicated appendage? What is its function?

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Axial filament - used for motility
Found in spirochetes

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What do prokaryotes use for attachment?

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Fimbriae and pili

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What is the function of fimbriae?

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Attachment to surfaces and other cells
- fine, hairlike bristles

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What is the function of pilus?

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Used for attachment and conjugation (exchange of genetic information)
- rigid tubular structure

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What are plasmids?
Small circular extrachromosomal pieces of DNA. Not necessary for survival, but can give prokaryotes selective advantages: antibiotic resistance, toxins, alternative energy source
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What are the two types of glycocalyx?
Capsule: organized molecules, thick layer Slime layer: less organized, thin layer
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What are the functions of the glycocalyx?
- adherence and mucoid (make biofilms) - Phagocytosis protection - resists dehydration and starvation - protects from environment (antibiotics, chemicals, etc.)
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How does the glycocalyx provide phagocytosis protection?
1. Reduces recognition 2. reduces ingestion 3. reduces digestion
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What is a bioflim?
microbial community with a shared slime layer
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What are the benefits of biofilm?
- allows all bacteria to share nutrients - sheltered from environment - prevent dessication - protected from host immune system - helps with conjugation
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What are the most common capsule forming pathogens?
Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules Streptococcus pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae Haemophilus influenzae Pseudomonas influenzae Neisseria meningitidis/gonorrhoheae Cryptococcus
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Streptococcus pneumoniae causes...
pneumonia
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Klebsiella pneumoniae causes...
pneumonia and bladder infections
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Haemophilus influenzae causes...
meningitis and pneumonia
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Pseudomonas influenzae causes...
cystic fibrosis. Common in burn pts
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Neisseria meningitidis/gonorrhoheae causes...
meningitis or gonorrhea
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Cryptococcus causes...
Is a fungus. Meningitis or fatal lung infections (AIDS pts).
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What is the function of bacterial cell wall? What are its qualities?
prevent osmotic lysis and protects the cell membrane - strong and protective - non-selective
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What are cell walls made of in 95% of bacteria?
Peptidoglycan: carbohydrate backbones held together by peptide cross-bridge links
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Describe Gram+ cell walls
Thick layer of peptidoglycan (strong/nonselective) - contain teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid to attach peptidoglycan to cell membrane. - acids give cell wall a negative charge
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Describe Gram- cell walls
Thin layer of peptidoglycan and outer plasma membrane (not strong, but extremely selective) - contains outer plasma membrane containing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 1. LPS is an endotoxin 2. LPS gives cell wall a negative charge
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What color does G+ stain? G-?
G+ = purple stain G- = pink stain
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Describe acid-fast cell wall
Waxy, lipoidal - mostly composed of mycolic acid - resistant to chemicals (antibiotics, disinfectants) - Long-lived (resists desiccation and phagocytosis)
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What bacteria contains an acid-fast cell wall?
All Mycobacterium. Ex/ Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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How does the plasma membrane create a semipermeable barrier?
Phospholipid bilayer has polar head and non-polar tails. - small hydrocarbons an nonpolar, small molecules like CO2 and O2 pass through - Charged ions and large molecules like glucose, Na+, and amino acids don't pass through
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What are functions of integral protein in the plasma membrane?
act as channel proteins (aquaporin), carrier, etc.
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What are some functions of peripheral proteins in the plasma membrane?
cell recognition, signal transduction, etc
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Describe simple diffusion
molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration. - no energy is required
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What is tonicity?
Measure of solute concentration outside the cell; ability of a solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water
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What would happen to a cell placed in a hypertonic solution?
plasmolysis: cell membrane shrivels up due to loss of water to hypertonic solution
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What would happen to a cell placed in a hypotonic solution?
cytolysis: cell membrane swells up due to absorption of water from hypotonic solution
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What is facilitated diffusion?
difussion with the help of protein. No ATP used, but still requires molecule-specific channel proteins or carrier proteins
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What is active transport?
Molecules moved against their concentration gradient. Requires a protein and ATP ex/ sodium/potassium pump
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What is cytoplasm
Fluid interior of the cell - contains dissolved nutrients, wastes, polymers gases, etc. - contains cytoskeleton
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Where do prokaryotic cells carry genetic information?
in the nucleoid region of the cytoplasm
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Describe bacterial chromosome
- haploid (one copy) - circular - 1000s of genes - No histones (not bound to anything. free floating in cytoplasm)
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What's an example of a deadly plasmid
E. coli O157:H7 contains the Shiga toxin on plasmid
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What is the function of ribosomes?
Used for protein production composed of 2 subunits: one small and one large
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What's the size difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes?
Prokaryotes: 70S (50S + 30S) Eukaryotes: 80S (60S + 40S)
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What are endospores?
Keratin structures that contain genetic material and some proteins. Remain dormant to survive adverse conditions
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Which prokaryotes are endospores unique to? What are their oxygen requirements?
Bacillus - aerobic Clostridium - anaerobic
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What are the differences in a eukaryotic cell compared to a prokaryotic cell?
- usually bigger - membrane bound organelles - ATP made in mitochondria - DNA in nucleus - majority of protein made in rough E.R. - no or different cell wall
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What is endosymbiotic theory?
Mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved from symbiotic prokaryotes living within eukaryotes
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What evidence do we have for endosymbiotic theory from weakest to greatest?
Mitochondria: - same size as bacteria (1-2 microns) - self-replicating - own DNA (mDNA) circular - double membrane - own ribosomes (70S) (rRNA sequence closer to prokaryotes than eukaryotes)

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