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1
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Prokaryotic cells divide by

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Binary fission

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2
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What type of growth do prokaryotic cells divide by?

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Exponential growth: population doubles each division

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What is an example of exponential growth starting with 2?

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2, 4, 8, 16, 32

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What time does it take for the population to double?

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Generation time

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Microbial growth is defined as an _______ in the number of cells in a population

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Increase

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6
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What is Nt?

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Number of cells in a population at time, t

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7
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What is N0?

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Initial number of cells

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8
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What is n?

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Number of generations at that point?

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9
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Most bacteria attach to surfaces and live in polymer encased communities called _________

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Biofilms

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10
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Step 1 of biofilm

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Free cells adhere to surface and multiple

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Step 2 of biofilm

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Release polymers to which unrelated cells may attach and grow

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Step 3 of biofilm

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Extra polymeric substances (EPS) give slimy appearances

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13
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Step 4 of biofilm

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Nutrients and wastes pass through characteristic channels

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Step 5 of biofilm

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Cells communicate with one another via chemical channels

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15
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Dental plaque is _______
leads to ______ and _____

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Biofilm
Tooth decay, gum disease

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16
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Most _________ seem to involve biofilm

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infection

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17
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Microbes within bioflims are often ______ to immune system and antibiotics

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Resistant

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18
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What is the industrial concern of biofilms?

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Accumulation in pipes, dranes
- hundreds of times more resistant to disinfectants

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19
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Biofilms are helpful for what?

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Bioremediation, wastewater treatment

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20
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Microorganisms regularly grow in close association with many different _______

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species

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21
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Strict anareobes can grow in mouth if others consume ______

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O2

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22
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Metabolic waste can serve as ______ of other

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Nutrient

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23
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Interactions of mixed microbial communities are

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Competitive

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24
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Some gram negative bacteria ______ system to inject toxic compounds directly into competing bacteria

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Type VI secretion system

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25
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What is pure culture?

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Population of cells derived from a single cell
allows study of a single species

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26
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What is an enrichment culture?

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Used to isolate organism present as only a SMALL fraction of mixed population

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27
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In enrichment cultures, relative concentration of target organism increases or decreases?

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Increases

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28
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What is direct cell counts

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Total number
Living + dead

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29
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What are cell counting instruments?

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Coulter counter, flow cytometer

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30
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How is total cell count determined? (equation)

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1/volume held in square (in mL)
Then multiple that by number of cells

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31
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What is viable cell count?

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Cells capable of multiplying

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32
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What media is used for viable cell counts?

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selective, differential

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33
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What is plate counts

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Single cell gives rise to coony

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34
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What shows how many cells were in a sample?

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Number of colonies

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35
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Plate gets diluted to obtain how many colonies to produce a countable plate?

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30 to 300

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36
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What to plate counts determine?

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Colony forming unites (CFUs)

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37
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What is membrane filtration?

A

Known volume is passed through a sterile filter

Filter is incubated on agar medium

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38
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What does membrane filtration do?

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It captures and concentrates microbes by filtration

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39
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How do you measure biomass?

A

Measure cell mass instead of number of cells

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40
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Turbidity of microbial suspension is proportional to what?

A

Concentration of cells

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41
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What measures biomass?

A

Spectrophotometer

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42
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What does a spectrophotometer show?

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more cells present = less light

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43
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spectrophotometer measurement is effective only for what?

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High concentration of cells

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44
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How is pure culture obtained?

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Aseptic technique

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45
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Cells grown on pure culture contain nutrients dissolved in water, can be _______ or _______

A

liquir broth or solid gel

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46
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In a pure culture, single cell will multiply to form a _______

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colony (aprox. 1 million cells)

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47
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What is used to solidify medium?

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Agar

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48
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What can enter in a petri dish?

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air, excludes contaminants

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49
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What is the simplest, most common method for isolating

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Streak-plate method

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50
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After incubation of a streak plate, what do separate cells form

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distinct, isolated colonies

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51
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a pure culture can be maintained as what/

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stock culture

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52
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How is a stock culture maintained?

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Stored in fridge as agar slant
cells can be frozen at -70 degrees for long term
mized with glycerol to prevent ice crystal formation
Can be freeze fried

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53
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What is a closed system?

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Culture in which nutrients are not added, nor waste is remoced

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54
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What does a closed system include

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Microorganisms grown on agar plates or in tubes or flasks of broth

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55
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What curve is seen in closed broth culture?

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Growth curve

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56
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in a lag phase, what happens to number of cells?

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Does not increase

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57
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what do the cells begin doing in a lag phase?

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synthesizing enzymes required for growth

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58
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in an expontential (Log) phase, what rate do cells divide at?

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constant rate

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59
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What is measured in the log phase?

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Generation time

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60
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What does the log phase produce?

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primary metabolites

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61
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What is produced as nutrients are depleted and wastes accumulate?

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Secondary metabolites

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62
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What happens in the stationary phase
- nutrient levels are_______
- total numbers are _______
- continue to produce _______

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too low to sustain growth
remain constant
secondary metabolites

63
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What happens in the death phase
- total number of cells _______
- cells die at a _______ rate
- grows _______ but slow

A

decrease
constant
exponential

64
Q

Phase of prolonged decline
- some fraction _______
- adapted to tolerate _______ conditions

A

survive
worsened

65
Q

position of a single cell in a colony determines its _______

A

environment

66
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What does the edge of a colony mean?

A

Little competition for O2 and nutrients

67
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What does the center of colony mean?

A

Depleted O2, accumulation of potentially toxic wastes

68
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Cells at edge of colony may show _______ growth

A

Exponential

69
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cells in the center of a colony are in the _______ phase

A

death

70
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What is an open system?

A

Culture to which nutrients are continually added and waste products removed

71
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What is a chemostat?

A

Provides an open system that can maintain continuous growth

72
Q

in a chemostat
- nutrient content and speed of addition can be controlled to achieve _______ growth rate and cell density

  • produces relatively _______ population to study response to different conditions
  • can maintain cells in _______ phase of growth to harvest commercially valuable products
A

constant

uniform

log

73
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What are extremophiles

A

Bacteria that live in harsh environments

74
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What are most of extremophiles?

A

Archaea

75
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What are the major factors that affect microbial growth?

A

Temperature, atmosphere, pH, water availability

76
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Degree of psychrophiles

A

-5 to 15

77
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degree of psychotrophs

A

15 to 30

78
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degree of mesophiles

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25 to 45

79
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degree of thermophiles

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45 to 70

80
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degree of hyperthermophiles

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70>

81
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Where are psychotrophiles found?

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arctic and antarctic regions

82
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What is psychrotrophs important for?

A

spoilage of refrigerated foods

83
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Thermophiles are common where?

A

hot springs, compost heaps

84
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Hypertherophiles are usually _______
found _______

A

Archaea
hydrothermal vents

85
Q

Solidified agar _______ gas diffusion

A

Slows

86
Q

In solidified agar,
- top is _______
- bottom is _______

A

Aerobic
Anaerobic

87
Q

What does the position of growth indicate?

A

O2 requirements

88
Q

obligate aerobes O2 requirement

A

Requires O2

89
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Facultative aerobes O2 requirement

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Use O2 but don’t require it

90
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Obligate anaerobes O2 requirements

A

Cannot use O2

91
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Microaerophiles O2 requirement

A

Require small amounts of O2 only

92
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Aertolerant anaerobes (obligate fermenters)

A

Can grow O2 but don’t use it

93
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What are Reactive Oxygen Species

A

Harmful by-products of using O2 in aerobic respiration

94
Q

What are the two reactive oxygen species?

A

O2 and H2O2

95
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What is the affect of ROS?

A

Damages cellular components

96
Q

What bacteria don’t have the protective mechanisms against ROS?

A

obligate anaerobes

97
Q

Almost all organisms growing in presence of oxygen produce which enzyme?

A

Superoxide dismutase

98
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What does superoxide dismutase do?

A

Inactivates superoxide by converting it to O2 and H2O2

99
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What does catalse do?

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Converts H2O2 —> O2 and H2O

100
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What is the exception to catalase?

A

Aerotolerant anaerobes

101
Q

Most bacteria have what pH?

A

neutral

102
Q

What do bacteria do if they are in an acidic environment?

A

Pump out protons H

103
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What do bacteria do if they are in an alkaline environment?

A

Bring in protons H

104
Q

Most microbes are

A

Neutrophiles

105
Q

What is the pH range of neutrophiles

A

5-8, optimum is 7

106
Q

Food can be preserved by increasing

A

Acidity

107
Q

What bacteria grows in stomach and produces urease to split urea into CO2 and ammonia?

A

H. pylori

108
Q

What does H. pylori do to the acidity of the surroundings?

A

Decreases

109
Q

What bacteria grow optimally at pH below 5.5

A

Acidophiles

110
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Which bacteria has an optimum pH of less than 1

A

Picrophilus oshimae

111
Q

What bacteria grow optimally at pH above 8.5

A

Alkaliphiles

112
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All organisms require what for growth?

A

water

113
Q

If solute concentration is higher outside of the cell, what happens?

A

Water diffuses out, osmosis

114
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Halotolerant

A

Withstands up to 10% sald

115
Q

What type of bacteria is staphylococcus in regards to salt tolerance?

A

Halotolerant

116
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What is halophiles

A

Requires high salt levels

117
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What are the major nutritional elements for prokaryotes

A

carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron

118
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What type of carbon to heterotrophs use?

A

Organic carbon

119
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What type of carbon to autotrophs use

A

inorganic carbon

120
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What is carbon fication

A

Converts inorganic carbon to organic carbon

121
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What is nitrogen required for?

A

Amino acids, nucleic acids

122
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What is nitrogen fixation?

A

Converts N2 gas to ammonia and incorporates into organic compounds

123
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Most organisms use what nitrogen?

A

ammonia or aminonitrogen

124
Q

Phospohrus and iron are _______ nutrients

A

Limiting

125
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What are growth factors

A

Organic molecules that an organism cannot synthesize

126
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What is fastidious

A

requires specific and many growth factors to survive

127
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What are phototrophs

A

obtain energy from sunlight

128
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What are chemotrophs

A

Extract energy from chemicals

129
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Photoautotrophs

A

Energy from sunlight, carbon from CO2

130
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Photoheterotrophs

A

Energy from sunlight, carbon from organic compounds

131
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Chemolithoautotrophs

A

Energy from inorganic compounds, carbon fro CO2

132
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Chemoorganoheterotrophs

A

Energy and carbon from organic compounds

133
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What is complex media

A

Contains variety of ingredients, exact composition is highly variable

134
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What is chemically defined media?

A

Composed of exact amounts of pure chemicals

135
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is chemically defined media or complex media faster?

A

Complex media… Chemically defined is slower as cells must synthesize components

136
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What can grow in complex and chemically defined media?

A

E. coli

137
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What is selective media

A

Inhibits growth of certain species in a mixed sample, allows growth of species of interest

138
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MacConkey agar is selective for what/

A

Gram negative rods

139
Q

MacConkey agar is differential for what?

A

Lactose fermentation

140
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What is selective media made up of?

A

Crystal violet that inhibits gram positive bacteria

bile salts that inhibit non-intestinal bacteria

141
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What is differential media?

A

Contains substance that microbes change in identifiable way

142
Q

What type of media is blood agar?

A

Differential

143
Q

in blood agar, what does beta hemolysis do?

A

produces clear zone

144
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In blood agar, what does alpha hemolysis do?

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Produces zone of greenish partial clearing

145
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Which one could be MacConkey?
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Differential

146
Q

Where can aerobes and facultative anaerobes be incubated?

A

in air, 20% O2

147
Q

Where do medically important bacteria (aerobes) grow best in?

A

Increased CO2

148
Q

Some medically important aerobes are

A

Capnophiles…REQUIRE increased CO2

149
Q

What method is used to incubate capnophiles?

A

Candle jar

150
Q

What does the microaerophilic require?

A

Lower O2 concentration achieved by candle jar

151
Q

How do you give optimal growth for microaerophilic bacteria?

A

Gas tight contain with chemical packet

152
Q

Obligate anaerobes are sensitive to

A

O2

153
Q

Anearobes are put into anaerobic containers if they can tolerate

A

Brief O2 exposure

154
Q

What are ways to detect cell products?

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pH indicators, Durham tubes (inverted tubes to trap gas), CO2 productions

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