Microbiological sampling Flashcards
1
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microorganisms
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small creatures Viruses fungi bacteria algae archaea
2
Q
Cells
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Smallest unit
Function as part of organ/tissue
Independently as amoeba
3
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Bacteria
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singled cell organism
divide by bianry fission
4
Q
Bacteria groups
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Spherical (cocci) Rod (bacilli) Sprial (spirilla) comma (virbios) Corkscrew (spriochcietes)
5
Q
Fungi
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Single celled or multicellular
6
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Single celled yeasts
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multiple by budding
Converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide by fermentation
7
Q
Multicellular fungi
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Grow by producing threads
Spores allow fungi to reproduce
8
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Viruses
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Only able to live when inside cells of other things
9
Q
Prokaryote cells
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no nucleus
Single strands of genetic material
Unicellular
10
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Eukaryote
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Has a nucleus
Fundemental structure of speciallised organelles
11
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Prokaryote examples
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bacteria - salmonella and ecoli Lactobacillus,
12
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Eurokaryote examples
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Fungi, pants and animals
