prokaryotes Flashcards
gram positive
thick peptidoglycan layer, single cell membrane, teichoic acid layer
gram negative
two membranes, thin peptidoglycan layer
name of the group containing fungi and animals
opisthokonta
Woese classification 1990
bacteria, archaea, eukarya
mitochondria early theory
complex membrane structures and phagocytosis evolved after endosymbiotic event- interaction may have been between bacterial and archaeal cell
mitochondria late theory
cell was already fairly ‘advanced’ when endosymbiosis occured, not all intracellular bacteria have produced highly complex cells
psychrophile
living in cold conditions, optimal less than 15c
virion
virus particle capable of moving between cells
mesophile
living at moderate temperatures
photo-
using energy from light q
chemo-
using energy from chemical oxidation
autotroph
organism can fix carbon from non-organic sources
heterotroph
organism obtains carbon from biological sources
monotrichous
single flagellum at one pole
amphitrichous
single flagellum at each pole