Monera Flashcards
Capsule
Prevent water loss
Cell wall
Protects the cell.
Flagellum
Allows the cell to move
Cell membrane
Controls what passes in and out of cell
DNA
Genes that controls the cell
Plasmid
Contains genes for antibiotic resistance.
Ribosome
Makes protein
Types of bacteria
Rod, Round, Spiral
Rod example
TB, tetanus, typhoid
Round example
Pneumonia, sore throat, food poisoning.
Spiral example
Syphilis, Cholera
Reproduction method
Asexual, binary fission
Binary fission
DNA replicates/ move to end different poles/ cell elongates/ cell splits/ 2 new cells are formed.
Endospores
DNA replicates/ move to end of cell/water loss of cell/ thick wall forms/inside original cell/ encloses DNA/ cell rounds up.
Autotrophic
Organism that makes its own food.
Heterotrophic
Organism that takes in food.
Autotrophic: Photosynthetic
Make food using light energy eg. Purple sulfur bacteria.
Autotrophic: Chemosynthetic
Make food by converting chemicals eg nitrifying bacteria
Heterotrophic: Saprophytic
Feed on dead matter. Eg bacteria of decay.
Heterotrophic : Parasitic
Take food from live host with harm.eg pneumonia.
Obligate aerobes
Must have oxygen for respiration
Facultative aerobes
Can respire with or without oxygen.
Lag phase
Numbers: do not change.
Reason: Bacteria making the correct enzymes to digest the substrate they are on.
Log phase
Numbers: increase rapidly.
Reason: growth conditions are ideal.
Stationary phase
Numbers: Does not change.
Reason: growth conditions not ideal. Short of food, water, space.
Decline phase
Numbers: fall rapidly
Reason: growth conditions not ideal.
Survival
Number: small number
Reason: bacteria are dormant as spores.
Products bacteria produce
Yoghurt, cheese, sweeteners
Batch processing
Organisms go through all the phases of the growth curve/bioreactor emptied at the end.
Continuous processing
Organisms maintained at one growth phase/nutrients constantly added/ products constantly removed.
Beneficial bacteria
Make yoghurt and cheese. Make enzymes and hormones.
Harmful bacteria
Causes food to decay/ causes deseases.
Antibiotics
Chemicals produced by microorganisms that kill bacteria.
Why antibiotic resistance
Overuse/ mutation