Prokaryotes Flashcards

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1
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What are the percentages of the “Biomass of Earth” ?

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50% Bacteria/Fungi

35% Plants

15% Animals

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What are three characteristics of prokaryotes?

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CELLULAR

NO MEMBRANE ENCLOSED ORGANELLES

SINGULAR-CIRCULAR CHROMOSOME

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What is the most well known example of a prokaryote?

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BACTERIA

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What are the ten different forms of bacterial cells?

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COCCI

DIPLOCOCCUS

STREPTOCOCCUS

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

TETRAD

SARCINA

BACILLUS

DIPLOBACILLUS

STREPTOBACILLUS

SPIRAL

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What is the form of a cocci bacterial cell?

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Spherical

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How can the diplococcus arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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TWO cells side by side

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How can the streptococcus arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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A CHAIN of cells in a row

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How can the staphylococcus arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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A BUNCH of cells in a “pool rack” kind of arrangement

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How can the tetrad arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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FOUR cells in a SQUARE arrangement

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How can the sarcina arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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A CUBOIDAL BOX arrangement with cells inside

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How can the bacillus bacterial shape be described?

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ROD-SHAPED

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How can the diplobacillus arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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TWO rod-shaped cells side by side

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How can the streptobacillus arrangement of bacterial cells be described?

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A CHAIN of ROD-SHAPED bacteria

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How can the spiral bacterial cells be described?

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Multiple lines in multiple forms

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What are the two classifications of spiral bacteria?

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SPIROCHETE

SPIRILLUM

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What are the two types of cell walls in Eubacteria?

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GRAM-POSITIVE

GRAM-NEGATIVE

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17
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What are three characteristics of a Gram-Positive cell wall in Eubacteria?

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VERY THICK PEPTIDOGLYCAN IN CELL WALL

ABSORB THE STAIN

THE COLOR IS BLUE-PURPLE

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What are three characteristics of a Gram-Negative cell wall in Eubacteria?

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THIN layer of peptidoglycan in cell wall

DO NOT absorb the stain

THE COLOR IS pink-red

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19
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What is the “capsule” ?

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An extracellular slime layer surrounding the cell wall of some bacteria

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20
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The __________________ may protect bacteria and allow for attachment to cells

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CAPSULE

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21
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What is the “pili” ?

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The protein structures that extend from the cell

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22
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The _______________ helps bacterial adhere to surfaces

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PILI

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23
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What are three characteristics of the flagella?

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They produce a rotary motion

Similar to eukaryotic flagella

The number and location help to identify bacteria

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24
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Genetic material is found in what two forms?

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Circular DNA molecule

Plasmids (small “Snippits” of DNA)

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25
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________________ is responsible for resistance to antibiotics?

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GENETIC MATERIAL

26
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___________________ does not have protein associated with it

A

PROKARYOTIC DNA

27
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What are the three types of Asexual Reproduction?

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BINARY FISSION

BUDDING

FRAGMENTATION

28
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_______________ is the most common form of asexual reproduction

A

BINARY FISSION

29
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What occurs in “binary fission” ?

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1st the Circular DNA replicates
and
2nd the ingrowth from the cell membrane and wall divides bacteria into two

30
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__________________ is very fast

A

BINARY FISSION

31
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_________________ is a less common form of asexual reproduction

A

BUDDING

32
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What is the process for “budding” ?

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A bacterial cell forms a bulge/bud which enlarges and eventually separates

33
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What is the process for “fragmentation” ?

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Walls form inside the bacterial cell which then separates into many new cells

34
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What are the two TYPES of genetic transfer?

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VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL transfer

35
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What are the three MECHANISM to exchange genetic material?

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TRANSFORMATION

TRANSDUCTION

CONJUGATION

36
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What is the genetic material mechanism “Transformation” ?

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It is the intake of DNA fragments from the environment

37
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What happens during transduction?

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The phage carries bacterial DNA between cells

38
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What happens during “conjugation”?

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Cells of different mating types exchange bits of DNA

39
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What are endospores?

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Extremely durable enclosure around the genetic material which withstands high heat, dry conditions, freezing temps, etc..

40
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How many endospores are there per cell?

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ONE

41
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_____________ obtain energy and carbon from other organisms

A

HETEROTROPHS

42
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_______________ make their own organic molecules from raw materials

A

AUTOTROPHS

43
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What are the two types of autotrophs?

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PHOTO-AUTOTROPHS

CHEMO-AUTOTROPHS

44
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What are photo-autotrophs get their energy from?

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THE SUN

45
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Where do chemo-autotrophs get their energy?

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They use ammonia or hydrogen sulfide for energy

46
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Most bacteria are _________________

A

OBLIGATE AEROBES

47
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What are obligate aerobes?

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It means that the bacteria must have access to oxygen

48
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What are the two types of anaerobes?

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FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES

OBLIGATE ANAEROBES

49
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What are the oxygen requirements for facultative anaerobes?

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Facultative anaerobes can use oxygen if it is available but it can survive without it

50
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What are the oxygen requirements for obligate anaerobes?

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Obligate anaerobes carry on metabolism only without oxygen. (They can use it or exist with it)

51
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What are the two prokaryotic domains?

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EUBACTERIA and ARCHAE BACTERIA

52
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What are four characteristics of methanogens?

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They do not contain peptidoglycan in their cell wall

They do not cause disease

They produce methane gas

They exist in anaerobic environments
(sewers, swamps, digestive tracts)

53
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What are “Extreme Halophiles”?

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Archaebacteria that inhabit saturated salt solutions (Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake, Salt Ponds.)

54
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What are “Extreme Thermophiles”?

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Archaebacteria that inhabit environments over 100*C and/or low pH or acidic environments. (Yellowstone Park sulfur springs.)

55
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What are the five “positive” functions of bacteria?

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They are decomposers

They fix nitrogen for plants

They are used in antibiotics

Involved with food production

Involved with bioremedication

56
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What does it mean for a bacteria to be a decomposer?

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it means that they can break down dead organic matter and waste

57
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What is bioremedication?

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It is the process of using bacteria to detoxify or remove oil, gasoline, and other pollutants from the environment

58
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What are three negative properties of pathogens?

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Biofilms, exotoxins, and endotoxins

59
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What are biofilms?

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Dense communities over water or solid surfaces (dental plaque) which resist antibiotics and defense systems

60
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What are exotoxins?

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A substance released from bacteria or leaked out when the bacteria dies. (Botulism: 1g = 1million people)

61
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What are endotoxins?

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A substance that exists within the cell walls of most gram negative bacteria.

They also cause fever and other symptoms