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Med Micro Exam 2 Flashcards

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What are some growth requirements for microbes?

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-electrons sources(organic and inorganic compounds)
-carbon sources(autotrophs and heterotrophs)
-energy sources [light(phototrophs) and chemical (chemotrophs)]

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What is microbial growth?

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-increase in population of microbes
-due to reproduction of individual microbes

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What are results of microbial growth?

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-colonies
-biofilms

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4
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What elements do most nutrients need to reproduce?

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-carbon
-oxygen
-nitrogen
-hydrogen

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5
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Oxygen and obligate anaerobes relationship:

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-oxygen is deadly for obligate anaerobes
-toxic forms of oxygen are highly reactive and excellent oxidizing agents
-resulting oxidation causes irrepairable damage to cells

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What are the 4 toxic forms of oxygen?

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-Singlet O2
-superoxide radicals
-peroxide anion
-hydroxyl radical

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7
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Obligate aerobes

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only live in oxygen

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Obligate anaerobes

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can’t live in oxygen

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Facultative anaerobes

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prefer to live in oxygen but can live without it

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10
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Aerotolerant anaerobes

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they don’t give a shit they live all over in both

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11
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Nitrogen requirements:

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-insufficent nitrogen ends anabolism to make amino acids and nucleotides
-nitrogen fixation by certain bacteria is essential to life

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12
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Chemical requirements

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-phosphorus
-sulfur

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13
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trace elements:

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only required in small amounts

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14
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Growth factors:

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necessary organic chemicals that can’t be synthesized by certain organisms.

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Temperature:

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-organisms have an optimal temperature due to protein structure and lipid membranes of cells and organelles

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pH ranges:

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-organisms sensitive to changes in acidity
-H ions interfere with H bonding

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17
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Neutrophiles:

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grows best in narrow range around neutral pH

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Acidophiles:

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grows best in acidic habitats

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Obligate acidophiles:

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-won’t grow if pH is over 7

20
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Acid-tolerant organisms:

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can tolerate low pH

21
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Alkalinophiles:

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live in alkaline soils and waters

22
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What do microbes require?

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they require water to dissolve enzymes and nutrients

23
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crenation:

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disappearance of cytoplasm and death of cell

24
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osmotic pressure

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pressure exerted by a cell membrane by a solution containing solutes that can’t freely cross the membrane

25
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hydrostatic pressure

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water exerts pressure in proportion to its depth

26
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barophiles

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live under extreme pressure

27
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antagonist relationship

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bacteriophage and bacteria

28
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synergistic relationship

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when organisms team up to create a disease that one couldn’t do on its own
-biofilm

29
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biofilms

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-complex relationships among numerous microorganisms
-many microorganisms are more harmful as part of biofilm

30
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quorum sensing:

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-microbes excrete a compound
-when the compound is high in density, the other cells know other similar microbes are nearby

31
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biofilm formation

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  1. free living bacteria in environment
  2. settlement and attachment
  3. formation of EPS
  4. cell communication and division of labor
  5. new cells arrive , water channels form in biofilm
32
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defined media

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concentrations of chemicals are known

33
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complex media

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chemical composition are unknown
-nutrients are derived from yeast, soy, beef
-supports growth of wide variety
-good when nutritional needs of microbe is unknown

34
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what does an enzyme bind to?

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substrate, very specific

35
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genotype:

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set of genes in the genome (y, Y)

36
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phenotype:

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physical features of the organism (yellow)

37
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What is the result of transcription?

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mRNA

38
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Central Dogma

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theory stating that genetic information flows only in one direction

39
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3 stages of transcription

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  1. initiation
  2. elongation
  3. termination
40
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Operon

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promotor, operator and a series of genes

41
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Operator

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regulatory element

42
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mutation:

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change in nucleotide sequence of genome
it is rare and hereditable

43
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point mutation:

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one base pair is affected

44
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gross mutations

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includes inversions, duplications, transpositions

45
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ionizing radiation

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energize electrons to leave atoms

46
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nonionizing radiation

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does not energize electrons

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