Microbiology Flashcards
Bacteria belong to the kingdom of
Monera
Bacteria are
Unicellular organisms
What are bacteria also known as
Prokaryotes
Prokaryotes
They have no membrane bound nucleus or cell organelle
Bacteria 3 shapes
Spherical
Rod
Spiral
Vaccines deal with..
Viruses
Antibiotics deal with
Bacteria
Spherical bacteria causes
Pneumonia
Rod bacteria causes
Anthrax and ecoli
Spirillum bacteria causes
Suphilis (std)
What causes the movement of a bacterial cell
Flagellum
Cell wall provides
Shape and structure
Cytoplasm contains
Ribosomes
Capsule used for
Protection
Plasmid
Circular piece of dna containing genes
What does a bacterial cell not have
Mitochondria or chloroplasts
Mitochondria
Provides energy
Def for binary vision
Method of how bacteria reproduces
What happens when binary vision occurs
The cell elongates and two chromosomes separate
Bacteria reproduce
Asexually
How are two identical daughter cells formed?
The cell wall grows to divide the cell in two
The chromosomes attach to the plasma membrane and the dna is replicated
Asexually
Genetically identical
Bacteria can reproduce..
Quickly
New mutations spread very..
Quickly
What is the endospore formation
Bacterial survival technique
What does bacteria need to survive
Moisture heat and nutrients
bacteria in seeds
Allows seeds to survive in harsh conditions
Unfavorable conditions of bacteria
Temperature too high/ low
Not enough nutrients
Favorable bacteria conditions
When spores can break walls and reproduce
When are endospores formed
When the bacterial chromosomes replicate
Autotrophic
Organisms that make their own food
Herotrophic
Organisms that take in food naked by other organisms
Examples of autotrophic bacteria
Photosynthetic and chemosynthetic bacteria
What do photosynthetic bacteria use light for
To make food
Chemosynthetic bacteria uses energy from
Chemical reactions go make food
Aerobic
Needs oxygen
Name two herotrophic bacteria
Saprophytic snd parasitic bacteria
What does saprophytic bacteria live off
Dead organic matter
What does parasitic bacteria cause
Anthrax
Name three factors affecting the growth of bacteria
Temperature
pH
Pressure
How do you kill bacteria
With high temperature
How will enzymes become denatured
If bacteria is placed in an unsuitable pH
How are bacteria’s inhibited
By high pressures
How can bacteria gain/ loose weight
Osmosis
Beneficial bacteria
Ecoli
What is ecoli used to make
Enzymes and vitamins
Harmful bacteria
Chest infections
Food poisoning
Higher bacterial cytoplasm means the water moves ..
Out of the bacteria (dehydration)
Lower bacteria means the water..
Enters bacteria (cell wall prevents bursting)
Pathogens
Are microorganisms that cause disease
What causes disease in humans and animals
Pathogenic bacteria