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MICROBIAL Microbiology Flashcards

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Microbe facts

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Less than 1% of all living microbes have been discovered
Microbes have diverse and unique metabolic (biochemical) reactions
Microbes have the potential to provide new solutions to old problems

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What are Microbes

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Single celled organisms
Microscopic
Include Bacteria and Archaea
Broadly speaking: fungi, protists

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The Human Microbiome

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Collection of microbes- bacteria, archaea, and fungi that live in/on the human body

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Skin

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Surface and deep layers gastrointestinal tract mucosal regions

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Human Microbiome Project

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90% of cells in our body are microbes

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Goal of National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Map and sequence healthy human microbiome and normal variation

Establish reference database

10,000 microbial species found

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What does The Human Microbiome Project tell us?

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Essential for life

Help digest food, produce certain vitamins, regulate immune system, protect against disease-causing bacteria

Variation from person to person

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Microbial Biotechnology

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The use of microorganisms for the production of products and for cellular work

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Do we exploit microbes?

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Yes

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Microbial Biotechnology Applcations

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Commercial production of products and biomass (bioreactors): antibiotics, drugs, consumables

Food industry (e.g. Additives)

Biopolymers (e.g. Bioplastics)

Agriculture (e.g. Biopesticides)

Clean up oil spills, radiation leaks, toxic herbicides, and pesticide residues

Oil and metal recovery

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Biomass production

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Process produces LOTS of bacteria and other cells

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Product production

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E.g. Pharmaceuticals, chemicals

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Biotransformation

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Transformation by cells of a substance to produce a commercially valuable product or to detoxify pollutants

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Different types of bioreactors

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Stirred tank reactor

Airlift Fermenter

Solid Stare fermentation

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Stirred tank reactor

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Uses internal mechanical agitation of the culture medium by a series of rotor blades

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Airlift Fermenter

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Cells are aerated and circulated by air mixing with the media. Air centers the column at the bottom of the vessel and rises as bubbles

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Solid state fermentation

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Microorganisms are grown on solid substrates that are not completely submerged in liquid media

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Everyday uses of fermentation

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Vitamins- cereal production, multi vitamins

Enzymes for detergents, e.g. Tide

Alcohol, wine, beer, other fermentation products

Cosmetic additives

Food additives

Pharmaceuticals

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Single Cell Protein

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Protein extracted from monoculture of microorganisms grown in large volumes for people, livestock, and fish

Essential amino acids provided in concentrated form

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Microbes role in food biotechnology

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Safer, higher quality foods-diagnostic tools
Better tasting, more nutritious
Improved starter cultures for fermentation
Natural flavoring and colorings; spoilage retardants

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Types of Degradable plastics

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Compostable, hydro-biodegradable, photo-degradable, Bioerodable

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T or F: bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics that are commonly used (and misused)

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T

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Different ways Antibiotics act:

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Disrupting the plasma membrane of microbial cells

Inhibiting cell wall synthesis

Inhibiting synthesis of important metabolites such as proteins, nucleic acid, and folic acid

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How do we produce new antibiotics?

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Combining antibiotic biosynthetic pathways

Feeding unusual substrates to a microorganism and determine product activity

Mutations

Identifying new organisms that produce new antibiotics

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Ways microorganisms are a source of biofuels

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Large amounts of non renewable resources are used daily

Finite quantities of fossil fuels, supplies will run out

Methane

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Alternative fuel source can be found using what?

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Microorganisms

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Methane

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Produced in swamps and landfills by anaerobic bacteria

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Biohydrogen

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Clean energy and water are produced during combustion

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Obstacles of Biohydrogen

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Cost of extraction

Combustibility

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Use of Crop Plants for Biofuels

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Crops such as corn, sugarcane, rapeseed, palms, soybeans for ethanol and oil production

Use valuable land

Take away from food production

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Compostable

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Placed in compost conditions to break down

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Hydro-biodegradable

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Break down in the presence of water

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Photo-biodegradable

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Decompose when exposed to ultraviolet light/sunlight

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Bioerodable

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Break down when placed in the body-used in biomedical implants

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T or F: complete biodegradation occurs if ALL fragmented plastic residues are consumed by microorganisms and used as energy source

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T

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Bioplastics

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Polymers
Molecules of long chains of carbon backbones
Derived from renewable biomass sources- not petroleum

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Sources of Biopolymers

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Plants-soybean, sugarcane, corn, potato

Bacteria, Algae, Fungi: polymers are sugar-like repeating units-food and energy sources

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Metabolic flexibility of microorganisms allows…

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The synthesis of bioplastics

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Poly-PHA

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Energy source and carbon storage 30%-80% dry weight of cell

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Commercially produced biopolymers from plants:

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Polylactic acid from field corn used to produce packaging, clothing, and bedding

Corn sugar polymer, sorona, used in clothing

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Bioremediation

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Reclaiming or cleaning up contaminated sites using organisms to remove or degrade toxic waste

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Two methods of bioremediation:

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Encourage bacterial growth with nutrients

Addition of new bacteria with new functions

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Example of bioremediation

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Wastewater treatment

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Biomining

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Mining at extremely high temperatures

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