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Microbiology- HLSC 124 🦠 > Microbio Chapter 4- Functional anatomy of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells > Flashcards

Microbio Chapter 4- Functional anatomy of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells Flashcards

1
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What are the types of shapes of cells?

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Spiral
Bacillus
Coccus
Coccobacillus
Pleomorphic

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What are the types of spiral arrangements?

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Vibrio
Spirillum
Spriochete

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What is an example of a vibrio shaped bacteria?

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Vibrio cholerae

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What does Vibrio cholerae cause?

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Cholera

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What is an example of spirochete shaped bacteria?

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Treponema pallidum

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What does Treponema pallidum cause?

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Syphillis

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What is an example of bacillus bacteria (rod shaped)?

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Bacillus anthracis

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What does Bacillus anthracis cause?

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Anthrax

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What are the arrangements of bacillus?

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Single bacillus
Diplobacilli
Streptobacilli
(Rod shaped)

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What are the arrangements of coccus?

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Diplococci (pair)
Streptococci (chain)
Staphylococci (cluster)

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What is an example of diplococci shaped bacteria?

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Neisseria gonnorhea

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12
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What is an example streptococci shaped bacteria?

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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What does Streptococcus pyogenes cause?

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Strep throat

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What is an example of staphylococci shaped bacteria?

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Staphylococcus aureus

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What does Staphylococcus aureus cause?

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Staph infections
MRSA, skin infections

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16
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What does pleomorphic mean?

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Shape varies

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17
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What are the prokaryotic structures external to the cell wall?

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Flagella
Axial filament
Glycocalyx
Fimbrae
Pilus

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What is a flagella?

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Filaments that propel bacteria
Attached to a protein hook
Anchored to wall by basal body

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What is it called when there is a flagella on one end?

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Monotrichous

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20
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What is it called when there are flagella at both ends?

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Amphitrichous

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What is it called when there is multiple flagella on one end?

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Lophotrichous

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What is it called when there are flagella distributed over the entire cell?

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Peritrichous

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What is it called when there are no flagella?

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Atrichous

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What is an axial filament?

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SPIROCHETES ONLY
Bundles of fibrils that spiral around the cell and propel it in a spiral motion (corkscrew)

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What is the other name for axial filaments?

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Endoflagella

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26
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What is the structure of a glycocalyx

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Capsule outside of the cell wall made from polysaccharides and polypeptides

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What are the functions of the glycocalyx?

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  1. Increase virulence
  2. Decrease phagocytosis
  3. Allow bacteria to attach to target environment
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28
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What is virulence?

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Degree to which a pathogen causes disease

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29
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What is a bacteria that has increased virulence?

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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30
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What is an example of the glycalyx allowing bacteria to attach to target more easily?

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Streptococcus mutans containing a capsule attach to teeth causing tooth decay

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31
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What are fimbrae?

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Numerous hair like projections on the exterior of a cell

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What is the differences between fimbrae and flagella?

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Fimbrae are shorter, straighter and thinner than flagella

33
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What is the function of fimbrae?

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help attach/adhere to surfaces

34
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What is an example of bacteria with fimbrae?

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Neisseria gonorhoeae

35
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What are pili? (pilus)

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Pilin protein projections that are involved in motility and DNA transfer
-One or two per cell
Aka Sex pilus

36
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What is the cell wall of prokaryotes made from?

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peptidoglycan or murein

37
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What is the peptido portion made from?

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Polypeptides and Tetra-peptides (side chains)

38
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What are tetrapeptides?

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4 amino acids attached to NAMs

39
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What is the glycol portion made from?

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disaccharides related to GLUCOSE

40
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What are the monosaccharides that make up the disaccharide portion?

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N-acetylglucosamine (NAG)
N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

41
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What do alternating NAMs and NAGs form in peptidoglycan?

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A carbohydrate/sugar backbone

42
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What are the two types of bacteria cell walls?

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GRAM-positive
GRAM-negative

43
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What are GRAM-positive cell walls made from?

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Several layers of PG (more rigid) and teichoic acid

44
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What is Teichoic acid?

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Alcohol + phosphate

45
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What alcohols can be present in teichoic acid?

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Ribitol - 5 carbons
Glycerol - 3 carbons

46
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What are the two classes of teichoic acids?

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Lipoteichoic acid
Wall teichoic acid

47
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What is Lipoteichoic acid?

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Spans the PG layer and linked to the plasma membrane

48
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What is wall teichoic acid?

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Linked to PG layer

49
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What is the function of teichoic acid?

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  1. Antigenic specificity
  2. Negatively charged phosphate groups (PO4) regulate movement of positive ions in/out of cell
50
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What is the structure of GRAM-negative cell walls?

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One or two layers of peptidoglycan
Outer membrane inside periplasm

51
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What are the 4 layers of the outer membrane of GRAM-negative cell walls?

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  1. Phospholipid bilayer
  2. Porins (proteins)
  3. Lipoproteins
  4. Lipopolysaccharides
52
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What are Porins?

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Channels that permit passage of molecules
e.g. Disacharrides, iron and B12

53
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What does a Lipopolysaccharide contain?

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Lipids + Carbohydrates

54
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What is the lipid portion of the LPS?

55
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What happens when GRAM-negative cells die?

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Lipid A is released acting as an endotoxin
-causes fever, vasodilation, blood clotting, GI tract problems and shock

56
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What is the polysachharide portion of LPS?

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O polysaccharide

57
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What is O polysaccharide’s function?

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Serves as an antigen
Similar role to Teichoic acid in Gram-positive

58
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What is periplasm?

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Periplasmic space
Active area of cell metabolism
Location: Between the outer membrane and the plasma membrane

59
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What are 3 types of atypical cell walls?

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Mycobacterium species (Acid-fast cell walls)
Mycoplasma species
Archaea

60
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What do mycobacterium species contain?

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Mycolic acid: a waxy lipid bound to PG

61
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What are examples of mycobacterium species?

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB)
Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)

62
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What are mycoplasma?

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Lack cell walls
Have sterols in plasma membrane

63
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What are sterols?

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Lipids in plasma membrane that help protect from lysis

64
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What is an example of a mycoplasma?

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

65
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What are Archaea?

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Have no cell wall or unusual cell wall with no peptidoglycan
Contain pseudomurein/ pseudopeptidoglycan

66
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What is pseudopeptidoglycan/murein?

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contains n-acetylalosaminuronic acid instead of NAM

67
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What causes damage to the cell wall of bacteria?

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Lysozyme and antibiotics

68
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What is Lysozyme?

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A digestive enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis of the bonds between the sugars in the backbone of peptidoglycan

69
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What happens to GRAM-positive cells when exposed to lysozyme?

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Protoplast
- Cell wall is almost completely destroyed leaving just the plasma membrane

70
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What happens to GRAM-negative cells when exposed to lysozyme?

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Spheroplast
- cell wall and outer membrane is somewhat destroyed

71
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What causes cell death of protoplasts and spheroplasts?

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Osmotic lysis
-Burst in water or dilute salt/sugar solutions

72
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How do antibiotics damage bacteria cell walls?

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Inhibits formation of peptido portion of peptidoglycan
-peptide cross bridges can’t form to make a functional cell wall

73
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What antibiotic is gram-positive cell walls more susceptible to?

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Penicillin
Why? Bc Gram-negative have fewer peptide cross-bridges

74
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What are endospores?

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specialized cells formed from certain nutrient-depleted Gram-positive bacteria

75
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What are two species can have endospores?

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Bacillus and Clostridium

76
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What is an example of bacillus containing endospores?

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Bacillus antracis
(Causes anthrax)

77
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What are 4 examples of clostridium bacteria containing endospores?

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Clostridium tetani (tetanus)
Clostridium perfringens (Gangrene)
Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
Clostridium difficile (Colitis)

78
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How are endospores formed?

A

Sporulation

79
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What Gram-negative bacteria can form endospores?

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Coxiella burnetti
causes Q-fever

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