Microbial physiology

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the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system

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physiology

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concerns the vital life of processes of microorganisms

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microbial physiology

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bacterial physiology includes what?

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• nutrition
• environmental factors affecting survival of bacteria
• growth and multiolication
• metabolism

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bacterial growth

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increase in size and no. of cells

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group of cells large enough to be seen without a microscope

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colony

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bacteria which can synthesize their own food
ex: algae, cyanobacteria

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autotrophs

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bacteria which cannot synthesize their own food

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heterotrophs

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what are the different types of heterotrophic bacteria?

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• parasitic
• saprophytic
• symbiotic

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they derive their food from living organisms

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parasitic

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they feed in dead and decaying organic matter

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saprophytic

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they live in a symbiotic association with other organisms

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symbiotic

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what are the organism that produces their own food

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• plants
• algae
• some bacteria
• phytoplankton

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what are the organism that does not make their own food

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• fungi
• animals
• most protozoa
• most bacteria

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uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

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autotrophs

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get proteins and energy

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heterotrophs

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how do autotrophs produce their own food? (plants and bacteria)

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plants
- photosynthesis
-chloroplasts
bacteria
- chemosynthesis

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allows plants to produce nutrients from light

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chloroplast

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anong ginagamit sa chemosynthesis in producing their own food?

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methane or hydrogen sulfide along with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and energy

methane/hydrogen sulfide~oxygen~carbon dioxide~energy

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use light

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phototrophs

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use either inorganic or organic chemicals

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chemotrophs

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use inorganic chemicals

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chemolithotrophs

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use organic compounds

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chemoorganotrophs

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use CO2 as their energy source

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autotrophs

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use light energy and CO2

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photoautotrophs

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use light and organic compounds

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photoheterotrophs

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use organic compounds as their carbon source

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heterotrophs

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use chemicals as an energy source and CO2 as a carbon source

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chemoautotrophs

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use chemicals as energy source and organic compound

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chemoheterotrophs

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what is the energy source of photoautotroph?

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light

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what is the carbon source of photoautotroph?

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CO2/carbon dioxide

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examples of oxygenic photoautotroph?

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cyanibacteria, algae, plants

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examples of anoxygenic photoautotroph?

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green, purple, bacteria

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energy source of photoheterotroph?

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light

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carbon source of photoheterotroph?

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organic compounds

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ex. of photoheterotroph?

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green, purple nonsulfur bacteria

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energy source of chemoautotroph?

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chemical

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carbon source of chemoautotroph?

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CO2/ carbon dioxide

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ex. of chemoautotroph

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hydrogen, iron, sulfur, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide- oxidizing bacteria

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energy source of chemoheterotroph

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chemical

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carbon source of chemoheterotroph

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organic compounds

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ex. of chemoheterotroph

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fermentative bacteria, animals, protozoa, fungi, bacteria