Module 2 Flashcards
Diversity
prokaryotes can be divided into the groups
bacteria and archaea
bacterial species are classified based on
nucleotide sequence
not morphological features
bacteria class divisions
gram positive (sub class acid fast)
gram negative
gram positive sub divisions
low GC concentration
HIgh GC concentration
gram negative subdivisions
proteobacteria and CFB and spirocites
alphaproteobacteria (3)
oligotrophs
fix nitrogen
ex)obligate intracellular pathogens such as chlamydia and rickettsiae
chlamydia life cycle
infectious elementary bodies invade epithelial cells
become reticulate bodies which are metabolically active and replicate within cell
inclusion created more elementary bodies
kill cell to be released
betaproteobacteria (2)
eutrophs
ex) common human pathogens such as neisseria (meningitis) or bordetella pertussis(whopping cough)
Gammaproteobacteria (2)
large and diverse group
aerobic and facultative aerobes
enterobacteria (2)
coliform: ferment lactose making acid and gas (E.coli)
non coliform:do not or incompletely ferment lactose (salmonella)
3 groups of deltaproteobacteria
sulfate reducing
bdellovibro
myxobacteria
sulfate reducing bacteria (1)
anaerobic respiration
Bdelllovibro (2)
vampire or predatory bacteria
eat others
myxobacteria (3)
slime bacteria
motile and highly social
multicellular fruiting bodies producing myxospores (metabolically inactive round cells with thick cell walls to survive harsh conditions)
epsilonproteobacteria (3)
microaerophilic
smallest group
ex)campylobacteria, helicobacteria
spirochetes (6)
long thin spirals
difficult to stain
darfield fluorescence
unculturable
motility achieved using axial filament
ex)borrelia and treponema
groups that are phylogenically diverse, rod shaped, anaerobic fermenters (3)
cytophaga
fusobacterium
bacteriodes
planctomycete (3)
aquatic environment
reproduce through budding
made of swarmer and sessile cells
phototrophic bacteria (2)
photosynthesis therefore are oxygen producing bacteria
ex)cyanobacteria