Lesson 9 Flashcards

1
Q

They serve as sources of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur

A

Nutrients

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2
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How many are the naturally occuring elements

A

92

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3
Q

Cell are composed of between _____ and _____ of water

A

70% and 95%

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4
Q

Complete drying process

A

Dessication

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5
Q

Organisms that “love high temperatures”

A

Thermophiles

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6
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Organisms that “grow best at moderate” temperatures

A

Mesophiles

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7
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Organisms that “love cold temperaturee”

A

Psychrophiles

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8
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Micoorganisms that prefer “warmer temperature”

A

Psychroduric organisms

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9
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They can be found in hot springs, compost pits, and silage as well near hydrovents

A

Thermophiles

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10
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Most pathogens and indigenous microflora are

A

Mesophiles

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11
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They grow best at normal body temperature (37 C)

A

Mesophiles

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12
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They thrive in cold ocean water; algae pink often seen in snow

A

Psychrophiles

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13
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Those that can live in stomach and in pickled foods

A

Acidophiles

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14
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Acidophiles prefer a ph of _______

A

2 to 5

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15
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They thrive in highly acidic environment

A

Acidophiles

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16
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They prefer an alkaline environment, such is found inside the intestine

A

Alkaliphiles

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17
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Soils laden in carbonate is called

A

Soda lakes

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18
Q

The bacterium that causes cholera

A

Vibrio Cholerae

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19
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The only human pathogen that grows well above ph 8

A

Vibrio Cholerae

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20
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The pressure that is exerted on a cell membrane by solutions both inside and outside the cell

A

Osmotic pressure

21
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The concentration of solutes in the environment outside of a cell is greater than the concentration of solutes inside the cell

A

Hypertonic solution

22
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Shrinkage is called

23
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Cytoplasm shrink away from the cell wall

A

Plasmolysis

24
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Cytoplasm shrinks away from the cell wall

A

Plasmolysis

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The concentration of solutes outside the cell is less than the concentration of solutes inside the cell
Hypotonic solution
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The escape of cytoplasm from the cell
Plasmoptysis
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The concentration of solution outside the cell equals the concentration of solutes inside the cell
Isotonic solution
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No changes in pressure occurs within the cell Hypertonic Solution Hypotonic Solution Isotonic Solution
Isotonic solution
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Internal pressure is increased Hypertonic Solution Hypotonic Solution Isotonic Solution
Hypotonic solution
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Internal pressure is decreased Hypertonic Solution Hypotonic Solution Isotonic Solution
Hypertonic solution
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Shrinking of the cell Hypertonic Solution Hypotonic Solution Isotonic Solution
Hypertonic solution
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Resulting in swelling of the cell Hypertonic Solution Hypotonic Solution Isotonic Solution
Hypotonic solution
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Microbes that actually prefer salty environments
Halophilic
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It refers to salt
Halo
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It refers to love
Philic
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Do not prefer to live in salty environments but are capable of surviving
Haloduric
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Is staphylococcus a haloduric??
Yes
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Thrive deep in the ocean and in oil wells, where the atmosphere pressure if very high
Piezophiles
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Prefer the same atmosphere that humans do
Obligate aerobes
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Atmosphere that require oxygen
Microaerophiles
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Atmosphere that is killed by the oxygen
Obligate anaerobes
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Earliest successful attempts to culture microorganisms in a laboratory setting were made by
Ferdinand Cohn Joseph Schroeter Oscar Brefeld
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He used slices of boiled potatoes on which to culture bacteria
Robert Koch
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It was used as a solidfying agent in Koch's culture media
Gelatin
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They suggested use of agar
Fanny Hesse
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Invented the glass petri dishes
Richard Julius Petri
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Became the first person to obtain a pure cultute of bacterium
Joseph Lister
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They made significant contributions to the GERM THEORY of disease
Robert Koch Louis Pasteur