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Gram-postive bacteria stain ____

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purple

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Gam-negative bacteria stain ____

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pink

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Giemsa staining is due to

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cell wall structure

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What two alternating sugars for peptidoglycan backbone

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  • N-acetylglucosamine (NAG)

- N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

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Peptidoglycan chains have alternating ___ and ____ amino acids attached to ____

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D-, L-, attached to NAM

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Peptidoglycan is joined by crosslinks between the _____

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peptides

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E. coli peptidoglycan exhibits _____ cross-linking

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direct

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Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan exhibits _______ linking

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Peptide interbridge

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Peptidoglycan synthesis is a complex process involving _____ derivatives

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UDP

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Peptidoglycan synthesis uses ____ to transport NAG-NAM- pentapeptide units across the cell membrane

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bactoprenol

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Function of Bacitracin

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Does not allow bactroprenol carrier to lose one phosphate (bactoprenol phosphate) and move back to the cytoplasmic side of the membrane

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The final step in peptidoglycan synthesis is _____which creates the peptide cross-links between the peptidoglycan chains

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transpeptidation

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Amino acids are added to NAM one at a time, except for the last _____ ____, which are added in the same reaction

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D-alanines

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What are the two carriers involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis

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  • Bactoprenol

- Uridine diphosphate

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A 55-carbon alcohol that attaches to NAM by a pyrophosphate group and moves peptidoglycan units through membrane

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Bactoprenol

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Bactoprenol is a ___- carbon alcohol that attaches to NAM by a _____ group

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55, pyrophosphate group

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Bactoprenol function

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moves peptidoglycan units through hydrophobic membrane

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Uridine diphosphate is an activated ______ carrier, except in the case of peptidoglycan synthesis it carries _____ or ____ instead of glucose

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sugar, NAM or NAG

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Cycloserine inhibits

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Blocks formation of D-Ala-D-Ala

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______ inhibits transpeptidation by binding to D-Ala-D-Ala

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Vancomycin

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Penicillin inhibits the ______ reaction

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transpeptidation

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_____ blocks the dephosphorylation of bactoprenol pyrophosphate

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Bacitracin

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The 8 stages of peptidoglycan synthesis

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  • UDP derivatives of NAM and NAG are synthesized in the cytoplasm
  • Amino Acids are added sequentially to UDP-NAM to form the pentapeptide chain
    - The 2 terminal D-alanines are added as a dipeptide
    - No ribosomes involved
  • NAM-Pentapeptide is transferred from UDP to a bactoprenol phosphate at the membrane surface
  • UDP-NAG adds NAG to the NAM-pentapeptide
    - Glycine interbridge, if present, is added
  • The completed unit is transported across the membrane to its outer surface by the bactoprenol pyrophosphate carrier
  • The peptidoglycan unit is attached to the growing end of a peptidoglycan chain
  • Bactoprenol returns to inside of membrane. A phosphate is released; bactoprenol phosphate can now accept another NAM-pentapeptide
  • Transpeptidation occurs
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24
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How does a bacterial cell add new peptidoglycan units to its existing cell wall

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  • Autolysis carry out limited digestion of peptidoglycan

- This provides acceptor ends for addition of new peptidoglycan units

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are ribosomes involved in the amino acids being added sequentially to UDP-NAm to form the pentapeptide chain

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No!

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Gram-positive bacteria stain

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purple

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Gram-negative bacteria stain

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pink

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28
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The gram staining reaction is due to

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cell wall structure

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29
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Inventor of gram stain

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Danish physician Hans christian Gram

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30
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The gram stain was invented in ____ and published in

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1883 and published in 1884

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31
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Hans Christian Gram studied ____ tissue sections form patients who died of ____

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lung, pneumonia

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Han Christian Gram discovered that _____ and a solution of ___ and ____ formed a water soluble precipitate that could be removed from host tissues and some microbial cells by an alcohol rinse. Many other microbes retained the stain

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Gentian (crystal) violet, iodine, and potassium iodide

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Hans Cristian Gram did not originally use ____ in his stain

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safranin

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34
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Gram stain primary stain is _____ in combination with ___.

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  • Crystal violet in combination with iodine
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35
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What is the function of iodine in the gram stain

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it acts as a mordant to enhance crystal violet staining

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36
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What is the counter stain used in gram staining

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Safranin

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37
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What is used to decolorize the gram negative bacteria

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Alcohol or acetone removes crystal violet from Gram-negative cells

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38
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Gram-positive cell wall has a ___ ring basal body

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2

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39
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Gram-negative cell wall has a ___ ring basal body

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4

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Gram-positive cell wall is disrupted by ____ and sensitive to ____

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lysozyme, Penicillin

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Gram-negative cell wall is _____ sensitive

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Tetracycline (because it attacks the ribosomes)

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42
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Acid-fast cells resist decolorization with _____

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acid alcohol

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43
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the basis for acid-fast staining is a ____ cell wall composed of ______

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waxy cell wall composed of mycolic acids

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examples of cells that stain with acid-fast stain

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  • Mycobacterium

- Nocardia

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The waxy cell wall composed of mycelia acids prevents

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water-soluble stains form crossing the cell wall

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Acid-fast staining methods use ______, which is a ______ soluble stain

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carbolfuchsin, lipid soluble stain

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47
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Acid-fast stain ,Carbolfuchsin, contains ____ to help the stain penetrate the cell wall

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Phenol

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Acid-fast cells often give ____ gram stain results, this is due to

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abnormal, poor stain absorption followed by high retention

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Acid fast staining is important for identifying bacteria in the genus _____, which can be pathogenic

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Mycobacterium

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Examples of bacteria in the genus Mycobacterium

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  • M. leprae
    • leprosy
  • M. tuberculosis
    • Tuberculosis
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51
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Acid fast staining can be used to identify opportunistic pathogenic members of the actinomycete genus _____ and oocysts of coccidian parasites, such as _______ and _____

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Norcardia, Cryptosporidium, Isospora

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52
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bacterial spores are _____, as well as the head of sperm, and certain eukaryotic cellular inclusions (neuronal cytoplasmic inclusion bodies and nuclear inclusion bodies)

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acid fast

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53
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What is a common counterstain in acid fast staining

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methylene blue

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54
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Carbolfuchsin stains what color

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Red

55
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Mycoplasmas lack

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cell walls

56
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Mycoplasmas have what in their plasma membranes

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sterols

57
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the cell walls of archaea can be ____ or ____

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absent or pseudomurein (lack NAM and D-amino acids)

58
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What two groups of eukaryotes commonly possess microbial members

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  • protists

- fungi

59
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Prominent members of ecosystem, useful as model systems and industry, and some are major human pathogens

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Eukaryotic microorgansims

60
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What are the common features of Eukaryotic cells

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  • Membrane-delimited nuclei
  • Membrane-bound organelles that perform specific functions
  • Intracytoplasmic membrane complex serves as transport system
  • More structurally complex and generally larger than bacterial or archaeal cells
61
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The intracytoplasmic membrane complex serves as ____ system in eukaryotic cells

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transport

62
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Functions of plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells

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  • mechanical cell boundary
  • selectively permeable barrier with transport system
  • mediates cell-cell interactions and adhesion to surfaces
  • secretion
  • signal transduction
63
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Functions of cytoplasm

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  • Composed of cytosol (liquid portion) and organelles

- location of many metabolic processes

64
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Functions of Cytoskeleton

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  • Composed of actin filaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules
  • provides cell structures and movements
65
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Functions of endoplasmic reticulum

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  • Transport of materials

- lipid synthesis

66
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Functions of ribosomes

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Protein synthesis

67
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Function of golgi apparatus

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  • Packaging and secretion of materials for various purposes

- lysosome formation

68
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Function of Mitochondria

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  • Energy production through use of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, and other pathways
69
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Function of Chloroplasts

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  • Photosynthesis (trapping light energy and forming carbohydrate from CO2 and water)
70
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Functions of nucleus

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repository for genetic information

71
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Functions of Nucleolus

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  • Ribosomal RNA synthesis

- Ribosome construction

72
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Functions of Cell wall and pellicle

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  • Strengthen and give shape to the cell
73
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Functions of cilia and flagella

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  • cell movement
74
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Functions of vacuole

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  • Temporary storage and transport
  • Digestion (food vacuoles)
  • Water balance (contractile vacuole)
75
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Where are free ribosomes located

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-cytosol, nucleus, and mitochondria

76
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Where are bound ribosomes located

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on the Rough ER

77
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Eukaryotic cell envelopes consist of the _____ and ____

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plasma membrane and all coverings external to it

78
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The plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is a _______

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lipid bilayer

79
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What are the major eukaryotic membrane lipids

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  • phosphoglycerides
  • sphingolipids
  • cholesterol
    all of which contribute to strength of membrane
80
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The plasma membrane of bacteria and eukaryotes both have _____

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phospholipids

81
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The plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells have ______ which participate in a variety of cellular processes

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microdomains (lipid rafts)

82
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Unlike the ______ in the cell wall of Bacteria and Archaea, many eukaryotes lack or have a chemically distinct cell wall

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peptidoglycan

83
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Cell walls of photosynthetic algae are composed of

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  • cellulose
  • pectin
  • Silica
84
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Cell walls of fungi are composed of

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  • Cellulose
  • Chitin
  • Glucan
85
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____ are the most prominent external structures observed on eukaryotic cells

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cilia and flagella

86
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how are cilia and flagella of a eukaryotic cell different

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  • cilia are typically only 5 to 20 micrometers while flagella are 100 to 200 micrometers long
  • their patterns of movement are usually distinctive
87
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substance inside plasma and outside nucleus

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Cytoplasm membrane

88
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fluid portion of cytoplasm

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cytosol

89
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Cytoskeleton is

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microfilaments, intermediate filaments, microtubules

90
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movement of cytoplasm through cells

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Cytoplasmic streaming

91
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80S ribosomes are found where in eukaryotic cells

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  • membrane bound: attached to ER

- Free: in cytoplasm

92
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70S ribosomes are found where in eukaryotic cells

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  • In chloroplasts and mitochondria
93
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bacterial ribosomes are what size

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70s

94
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An 80S ribosome are composed of

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-a dimer of 60S and 40S subunit

95
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The 60 S subunit is composed of 3 rRNA molecules which are ____, _____, and _____

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5S, 28S, and 5.8S rRNAs

96
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The 40S subunit is composed of 1 rRNA (_____), and ____ proteins

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18S rRNA and 30 proteins

97
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organelle that contains chromosomes

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Nucleus

98
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organelle that is the transport network

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ER

99
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Organelle that functions in membrane formation and secretion

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Golgi complex

100
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Organelle that functions in digestive enzymes

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Lysosome

101
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Organelle that brings food into cells and provides support

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Vacuole

102
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Organelle that functions in cellular respiration

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Mitochondrion

103
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Organelle that functions in photosynthesis

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Chloroplast

104
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Organelle that functions in oxidation of fatty acids and destroys hydrogen peroxides

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Peroxisome

105
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Organelle that consists of protein fibers and centrioles

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Centromere

106
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_____, ____ and ____ are all thought to have evolved from bacterial cells that invaded or were ingested by early ancestors of eukaryotic cells

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  • Mitochondria
  • Hydrogenosomes
  • Chloroplasts
107
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Mitochondria are very similar to extant _____

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bacteria

108
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Chloroplasts are very similar to extant _____

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cyanobacteria

109
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” the power house of the cell” are found in most eukaryotic cells

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Mitochondria

110
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Site of tircarboxylic acid activity

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mitochondria

111
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Organelle where ATP is generated by electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation

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Mitochondria

112
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The Mitochondria is about the same size as ___ cells

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bacterial

113
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Mitochondria reproduce by _____ as do bacterial cells

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binary fission

114
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The outer membrane of mitochondria contain ____ similar to the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria

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porins

115
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The inner membrane of mitochondria are highly fold to form ______ and is the location of enzymes and electron carriers for _____ and _____

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cristae, electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation

116
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The mitochondrial matrix is enclosed by ______

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inner membrane

117
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The mitochondrial matrix contains ribosomes (_____ the same as _____) mitochondrial DNA (may be _____ like ____ DNA)

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70S, same size as bacterial ribosomes, closed circular like bacterial DNA

118
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The mitochondrial matrix contains enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and enzymes involved in _____ of fatty acids

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catabolism

119
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Small energy conservation organelles in some anaerobic protists

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Hydrogenosomes

120
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Hydrogenosomes descended form common ____ ancestor

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mitochondrial

121
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Hydrogenosomes have a ____ membrane, ____ cristae, and usually ___ DNA

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double, no, lack

122
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Hydrogenosomes ATP is generated by _____ process rather than respiration

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fermentation

123
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What are the products of ATP production in Hydrogenosomes

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CO2, H2, and acetate

124
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What are plastids

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cytoplasmic organelles of photosynthetic protists and plants

125
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Pigment containing organelles observed in plants and algae that are the site of photosynthetic reactions

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Chloroplasts

126
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Chloroplasts are surrounded by ____ membrane

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double

127
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The stroma (matrix) of a chloroplast is within the inner membrane and contains

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  • DNA
  • Ribosomes
  • Lipid droplets
  • Starch granules
  • Thylakoids
128
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What are Thylakoids

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  • flattened, membrane delimited sacs

- site of light reactions (trapping of light energy to generate ATP, NADPH, and oxygen)

129
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stacks of thylakoids are called

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grana

130
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____ is the site of dark reactions of photosynthesis (formation of carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide)

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Stroma

131
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many algal chloroplasts contain a _____, which participates in polysaccharide synthesis

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pyrenoid

132
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Molecular unity basic to bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic cells

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  • biochemical processes, metabolic pathways

- genetic code

133
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Differences in eukaryotic cells from bacterial and archaeal

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  • eukaryotic nucleus (membrane-enclosed nucleus)
  • larger, more complex (archaea and bacteria are about the size of mitochondria and chloroplast and have no organelles)
  • meiosis, mitosis (archaea and bacteria lack both)
  • complex processes (bacteria and archaea cannot perform endocytosis, intracellular digestion, directed cytoplasmic streaming, and ameboid movement)

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