MUST KNOWS Flashcards
Prokaryote reproduce through?
binary fission (asexual)
bacterial growth is?
1) bacteria growth occurs via binary fission
2) increase in mass
3) increase in number
4) growth is rapid
during what phase is binary fission in?
** PREPARATION in Lag phase
**HAPPENS HERE: Log phase has exponential growth
** Stationary has no growth
Death
In binary fission, the septum formation in called? Formed by?
divisome
*formed by Fts proteins
Name the 3 important historical people?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- FIRST MICROBIOLOGIST (oral)
- first to discribe bacteria using a microscope
- MADE a microscope
What is terminal enzyme in fermentative pathway?
lactate dehydrogenase
What does lactate dehydrogenase do in biofilm?
lowers the pH by 2-3; this drop in pH causes the demineralization at tooth surface
Louis Pasteur
- discovered living organisms have D isomers
- discovered alcoholic fermentation
- disproved spontaneous generation
- developed vaccines for anthrax, cholera, rabies
Robert Koch
- Kochs postulates
- discovered that organisms were the cause of disease
- made method to grow ISOLATED colonies
describe koch postulates?
approach to determine which microorganisms causes disease
1) need infeted animal
2) must be isolated
3) same outcome in another aniamal
4) must be isolated again
define Quorum Sensing
process by which cells are able to detect the accumulation of a released signal and then change their behavior when the signal concentration exceeds a threshold level
What does Quorum Sensing allow cells to do?
survey their environment for cells of their own kind in order to SENSE POPULATIOn SIZE
What is a common quorum sensing inducer?
AHL
Acyl homoserine lactone
Quorum Sensing can sometimes lead to production of ?
virulence factors
How does AHL work?
1) cross membrane and boundby LuxR
2) AHL/LuxR complex binds to DNA regulatory region and activated transcription of QS genes
3) expression of lux-ligke genes results in wide range of activities like light production, virulence, motility, secretion
peptidoglycan is found in?
cell wall of bacteria
cell wall components of G+
peptidoglycan and teichois acid
cell wall components of G-
peptidoglycan and an outer membrane
peptidoglycan is found deeper in G- or G+ cell walls?
G- (because it has an outer membrane!!! IT IS A THINER layer as well)
peptidoglycan consists of? Linked by?
NAG and NAM (N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid)
**linked by beta 1-4 glycosidic covalent bond
what is an enzyme our body produces that destroys peptidoglycan?
lysozyme
Transpeptidation concludes the synthesis of?
peptidoglycan
Vancomycin treats G+ infections by?
What about G-?
binding to the D-alanyl-D-alanine part of the PENTAPEPTIDE
- INACTIVE against G-
- obtained from streptomycess orientalis
What does penicillin do?
prevents cross-linkage of cell wall peptidoglycan