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ACELLULAR MICROBES

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Do not grow
no organic metabolicism
no independent reproduction

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Cellular microbes

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have cells
prokaryotic
eukaryotic

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Types of acellular microbes

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Virus
Viroid
satellite
prion

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types of cellular microbes

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Bacteria
Archea
Fungi
Protist
Helminths

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Virus

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Infectious agent in protein coat
Rna or DNA (ss,ds)
Possible lipid envelope
can infect all types of organisms

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Viriods

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small single-stranded circular rna
replicate in nucleus or chloroplasts
no protein coat
infect plants only

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Prions

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Abnormally folded protein
Mammals only

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Satellites

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nucleic acids with protein coat
cannot replicate on own; depends on helper virus
nucleic acid codes for protein coat

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prpc

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Functional prion

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prpsc

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Abnormally folded prion
causes diseases

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Bacteria

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single celled
free-living
prokaryotic
peptidoglycan cell wall
Circular chromosome

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three characteristics of bacterial membrane

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Ester bond
Bilayer
Hopanoids

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Gram postive

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Thick PGL
Teichonic and lipoteichoic acids

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Gram negative

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Thin pgl
lipopolysaccharide-cell membrane

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Mycobacteria

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Thin PGL
Mycolic acid layer
gram insensitive
Lipid soluble dye

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Mycoplasma

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No cell wall
lipoprotein membrane
resistant to antibiotics

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Archaea

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Similar to bacteria
prokaryote
have protein s layer
circular chromosome
no known pathogens
Survive in extreme enviroments

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Archaea cell membrane

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Ether-bond
bi or monolayer

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Fungi

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Eukaryotic
unicellular and multicellular
Chitin cell wall
Ester-linked fatty acids
Linear chromosome

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Ascomycota

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Yeasts or molds
sexual ascospores
Saprophytes
Pathogens
symbiotic

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Basidiomycota

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Fungi composed of hyphae
Basidiospores produced on club-like basidium
Upside umbrella fungi
Saprophytes and pathogens

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Protists

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Unicellular eukaryotes with complex structure and metabolic activities
No cell wall-algae
Free-living/parasitic
Linear
some multinucleate

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Helminths

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worm parasites
muticellular
animal
Linear

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