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Micro Lecture Exam 2 Flashcards

Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth

1
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two categories of essential nutrients

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Macronutrients, micronutrients /trace elements

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How do microbes survive environments?

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Adaption-the-gradual process

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Difference between macro & micro nutrients

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Macro plays role in cell structure and metabolism and micro is involved in enzyme function and maintenance of protein structure

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4
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categorization of nutrients by carbon content?

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organic and inorganic

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Examples of organic and inorganic nutrients

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Inorganic - water, metals, salts, gases
Organic - methane, carbs, lipids, proteins

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6
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chemical analysis of microbial cytoplasm

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70% water & proteins

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7
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What are the 6 elements 96% of a cell is composed of?

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SPONCH

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The main determinants of a microbes nutritional type?

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carbon and energy

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Carbon sources

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Heterotroph (dependent on other living things) & autotroph (self feeder CO2)

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Energy sources

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Chemotroph (chemical compounds) & Phototrophs (photosynthesis)

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Photoautotrophs

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use sunlight for energy and CO2 in the atmosphere to make organic compounds

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Photoheterotrophs

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use sunlight for energy and relies on organic compounds for carbon

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Chemoautotrophs

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use chemical compounds for energy and CO2 in the atmosphere to make organic compounds

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Chemoheterotrophs

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use chemical compounds for energy and relies on consuming organic compounds for carbon

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lithoautotrophs

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relies totally on inorganic materials and no sunlight

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Saprobes

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organisms that obtain nutrients by decomposing dead organic matter

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Name the mineral ions and what their function

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Calcium - stabilizer of the cell wall
Sodium - Cell transport
Potassium - protein synthesis & membrane function
Iron - cell respiration
Magnesium - in chlorophyll and stabilizes membrane & ribosomes
Zinc - eukaryotic genetics

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18
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Sodium Potassium Pump

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3 sodium + 1 ATP - ADP = P - 3 sodium + 2 K+ - P

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Environmental factors to have most effect on microbial growth

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Temp, pH, O2 and CO2, and pressure

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20
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3 groups of Prokaryotes based on optimum temp

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Psychrophiles, mesophiles, thermophiles

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Psychrophiles

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Optimum temp <15 degrees C; capable of growth at 0 degrees C

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Mesophiles

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Optimum temp = 20-40 degrees C (68-104 degrees F); most human pathogens (human temp is 37 degrees C)

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Thermophiles

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optimum temp >45 degrees C (113 degrees F)

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Facultative

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an organism that can grow under different conditions

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Extremely reactive; produced by phagocytes to kill invading bacteria

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Singlet oxygen, superoxide ion, peroxide, and hydroxyl radicals

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^1 O_2

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Singlet Oxygen

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O_2-

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Superoxide ion

28
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H_2 O_2

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Peroxide

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OH-

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Hydroxyl radicals

30
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Name the enzymes that neutralize the chemicals so the cells are safe from ultimate destruction

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Superoxide dismutase & catalase

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Obligate aerobes

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prokaryote the cannot grow without O2

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Facultative anaerobes

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Prokaryotes that utilize O2 by can also grow without it (many gram - intestinal bacteria)

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Microaerophilic

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Prokaryotes that only need a small amount of O2 (lives in host, water so that way they arent exposed to atmosphere)

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Obligate anaerobes

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Prokaryotes that lack the enyzmes to detoxify O2 so therefore cannot survive in an O2 environment (many oral & intestinal bacteria)

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Aerotolerant anaerobes

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Prokaryotes that do not utilize O2 but can survive and grow in its presence

36
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Thioglycollate test

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A medium test for anaerobic and aerobic bacteria; anaerobic floats to bottom and aerobic floats to top

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Capnophiles

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Grow best at higher CO2 tension

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Alkalophiles

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grow best >8.5pH

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Neutrophiles

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grows 5-8 pH but 7 is optimal

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Acidophiles

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grows best <5.5 pH

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Osmophiles

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Lives in habitat with high solute concentration

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Halophiles

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Osmophiles that prefer high concentrations of salt

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Barophiles

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Microorganisms that can handle extreme pressure e.g. deep sea creatures

44
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Ecological associations among microorganisms

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Either symbiotic or non-symbiotic

45
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Symbiotic

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organisms that live together in close partnership

3 types: mutualism, commensalism, parasitism

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Mutalism

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Obligatory, dependent; both members benefit

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Commensalism

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one member benefits while the other member is not harmed

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Parasitism

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parasite is dependent and benefits while the other member (the host) is harmed

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Non-symbiotic

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organisms are free-living and relationship is not required for survival

2 types: Synergism & Antagonism

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Synergism

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Syntrophy; members cooperate to produce a result that none of them could do alone

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Antagonism

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Amensalism; actions of one organism that affects the success/survival of others in the same community (competition)

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Symbiosis

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A close partnership between individuals from two species that may be helpful, harmful, or neither to either member

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Binary fission

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parent cell enlarges, duplicates its chromosome, and forms a protein central transverse septum dividing the cell into two identical daughter cells

54
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Generation/Doubling time

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the length of time of a microbial species needs to divide

55
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The Growth Curve

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4 phases:
Lag - production & preparation before division
Log/Exponential - cells are dividing at constant rate
Stationary - rate of cell growth = rate of cell death
Death - more cells die due to lack of nutrients

56
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Exponential Growth Equation

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Original # of cells in the population (N _i) X # of generations (2^n) = # of cells in a population at this point in time (N_t)

N = starting number

57
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Turbidity

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degree of cloudiness reflects the relative population size

58
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Viable/Standard Plate Count technique

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traditional method used to observe population growth pattern where 1 colony represents 1 cell or CFU

59
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CFU

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Colony Forming Unit

60
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Direct Cell Count

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count all cells present, automated (Coulter counter) or manual

61
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Genetic probing

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A variation of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that can quantify bacteria without isolating or culture

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