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Module 4 - Microbial Ecosystems Flashcards

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1
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The specific functional role of an organism within an ecosystem is called?

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Niche

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What are the 3 factors pertaining to resources that help define a niche?

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  • Type
  • Quality
  • Quantity
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What is the general rule in ecology?

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No two populations of organisms can occupy the same niche and co-exist sustainably

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4
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Which archaeal and bacterial pair can coexist stably within the same gut habitats?

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Methanobrevibacter smithii and E.coli

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E.coli is the … in the colon

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Fermenter

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M. smithii is a … in the colon

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Methanogen

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Structured communities held together by extracellular polysaccharides are called?

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Biofilms

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How does biofilm growth provide an advantage for microorganisms?

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Nutrients bind to solid surfaces; enables higher cell concentrations

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What are the first microorganisms adhering to a surface? Give an example

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  • Appendaged bacteria

- Caulobacter or Hyphomicrobium

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Species that divide and form microcolonies are called?

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Primary colonizers

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Species that join the growing biofilms are called?

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Secondary colonizers

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What forms a gel-like matrix that is important for biofilm formation?

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Exopolyssacharides (EPS)

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What are the functions of the gel-like matrix?

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  • Aids in the formation of water-filled channels

- Facilitates the transport of nutrients and waste through the biofilm

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Using a culture medium and conditions designed to favor the growth of a particular microorganisms is called?

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Cultivation-Dependent Techniques

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What is the name of the aerobic N2-fixing bacteria?

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Azotobacter

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Characterizing inhabitants of microbial ecosystems, including microorganisms that we cannot grow readily are called?

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Cultivation-Independent Techniques

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Minerals, gases, and water are known as what kind of factors?

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Abiotic factors

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How do organisms become specialized for their prime niches?

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  • Evolutionary pressures of selection

- Competition

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Why can’t two populations of organisms occupy the same niche?

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One population will always outcompete

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What do we call environments in which conditions change over short distances?

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Microenvironments

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What experiment demonstrated the importance of EPS production?

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EPS production by Escherichia coli K12 during biofilm formation

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Which bacterium is use to understand the practical concerns associated with biofilms?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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What human disease are characterized by biofilm formation?

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Cystic Fibrosis

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What is the unit that estimates the number of bacterial or fungal cells in a sample which are viable, able to multiply?

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Colony-forming unit

25
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Using molecular techniques such as sequencing and analysis of nucleic acids extracted from environmental samples is known as what?

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Cultivation-Independent Techniques

26
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What are some examples of Indirect method for characterizing microbial ecosystems?

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  • Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
  • Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP)
  • Stable Isotope Probing
  • Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)
27
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Method used to separate small PCR-amplified DNA fragments of 200-700 base pairs that have been obtained from an environmental sample

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Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

28
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Technique in which microbial communities are examined by the position of a restriction site closest to a labeled end of an amplified gene

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Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP)

29
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Technique in which fluorescence can be used to screen cells

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Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)

30
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Technique in which microorganisms are examined to see if they are capable of metabolizing a given compound by using stable isotopes

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Stable-isotope probing

31
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What made it possible to learn an enormous amount about the types of microorganisms present in the environment and their relationship to one another

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SSU rRNA

32
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What is a tool that involves the construction of gene libraries from DNA extracted directly from the environment?

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Metagenomics

33
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What are the three major zones of the ocean?

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  • Surface Zone
  • Dark Mid-water Zone
  • Deep Sea Zone
34
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What zone is caused by the scarcity of key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus that limits photosynthesis?

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Dead Zones

35
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What kind of organisms can reside at the depths of the Deep Sea Zone?

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  • Microorganisms that can withstand extremely high atmospheric pressures
  • Piezophiles or barophiles
36
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What zone experiences agricultural activities such as runoff?

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Dead Zones

37
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What zone does photosynthetic microbes inhabit?

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Surface Zone

38
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Which non-photosynthetic microbe graze on primary producers and other microbes in the surface zone?

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Zooplankton

39
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Which zone does photosynthesis not occur and microbial life is fed by the organic matter produced in the upper surface waters?

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Dark Mid-water Zone

40
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Which zone exhibits extremely high atmospheric pressures?

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Deep Sea Zones

41
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What happens to the plasma fluidity and enzyme function in the Deep Sea Zone?

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Decreases

42
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What role does viruses play in the oceans?

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  • Control the microbial communities that exist within the marine water column
  • Cyanobacteria lyse and fragments of plasma membrane, DNA, proteins, and nutrients are released into the environment
43
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What is the term called when seawater samples are diluted so that very few cells remain in each aliquot?

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Dilution to extinction

44
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What is the thin band over the terrestrial surface of Earth that contains more microbial diversity and activity than any other microbial system called?

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Soil

45
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What distinguishes biomes?

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Temperature and precipitation

46
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What factors are influenced by biomes?

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  • Latitude
  • Elevation
  • Geological features
47
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What biome plays a central role in the dominant primary producers, providing nutrients to the soil via microbial decomposition and photosynthesis- derived root exudates?

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Terrestrial biomes

48
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Which horizon contains inorganic matter, and closest to bedrock?

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C Horizon

49
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Which horizon contains subsoil and some organic matter?

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B Horizon

50
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Which horizon contains topsoil?

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A Horizon

51
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Which horizon composes the organic matter on the surface of the soil?

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O Horizon

52
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What is the result from incomplete breakdown of plant biomass called?

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Humic material

53
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Which part of the soil immediately surrounds the plant roots, and represent a distinct and important ecosystem?

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Rhizosphere

54
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Which contains higher numbers of microbes, bulk soil or rhizosphere?

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Rhizosphere

55
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What are chemicals that are not naturally found or produced by organisms and are detrimental to human and animal health called?

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Xenobiotics

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