PRELIM 01 - Introduction to Microbiology Flashcards
The scientific study of microorganisms
Microbiology
Minute living things that individually are usually too small to be seen with the unaided eye
Microorganisms
5 types of microorganisms
Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protozoa, Algae
Microbes that live stably in and on the human body
Microbiome
Other name for microbiome
Microbiota
2 types of microbiota
Normal, Transient
Microbiota that indefinitely colonize the body
Normal microbiota
Microbiota that transiently colonize the body
Transient microbiota
A viscous (sticky), gelatinous polymer that is external to the cell wall
Glycocalyx
2 types of glycocalyx
Capsule, Slime layer
Glycocalyx that contributes to bacterial virulence and protects pathogenic bacteria from phagocytosis
Capsule
Are long, filamentous appendages that propel bacteria
Flagella
The movement of bacterium toward or away from a particular stimulus
Taxis
2 types of taxis
Chemotaxis, Phototaxis
Type of taxis where the stimulus is chemicals
Chemotaxis
Type of taxis where the stimulus is light
Phototaxis
Are bundles of fibrils that spiral around the cell; structure for motility in spirochetes
Axial filaments
Other name of axial filaments
Endoflagella
Fimbriae and pili consists of a protein called __________ arranged helically around a central core
Pilin
A hairlike appendage that adheres to surfaces and present in few to several hundred per cell
Fimbriae
A hairlike appendage that is longer and fewer than fimbriae (1-2/cell) and used for motility and DNA transfer
Pili
A complex, semirigid structure that prevents bacterial cell rupture
Cell wall
Cell wall is present in all bacteria, except __________ and __________
Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma
Component of cell wall
Peptidoglycan/Murein
Meaning of NAG
N-acetylglucosamine
Meaning of NAM
N-acetylmuramic acid
Type of cell wall that has many layers of peptidoglycan, forming a thick and rigid structure
Gram-positive cell wall
Type of cell wall that has one or very few layers of peptidoglycan and an outer membrane
Gram-negative cell wall
Component of the outer members that is composed of lipids and carbohydrates
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)