Prokaryotes + plants Flashcards
Plasmid
a small ring of independently replicating DNA separate from the main chromosomes. plasmid are found in prokaryotes and yeast.
Endospore
a thick-coat, protective cell produced within a bacterial cell. the endospore becomes dormant and is able to survive harsh environmental conditions.
Endotoxins
a poisonous component of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria that is released only when a bacteria dies.
Exotoxins
A poisonous protein that is secreted by certain bacteria.
endosymbiosis
larger cell engulfs a prokaryote smaller cell and both cells benefit from each other (mitochondria + chloroplast).
SAR (Super Group of Protists)
1) Stramenopiles
2) Alveolata
3) Rizaria
Unikonts
A supergroup of protists that is closely related to fungi and animals.
amoebozoans
1) unikonta
2) made of prostist
pseudopodia
moving the cell and engulfing food
cellular slime mold
a type of protist that has unicellular amoeboid calls and aggregated reproductive bodies in its life cycle; it is part of the amoebozoan family.
amoeba
a general term for a protist that moves and feeds by means of pseudopodia (rhizaria)
plasmodium
1) a single mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei
2) the amoeboid feeding stage in the life cycle of a plasmodial slime molds
plasmodial slime mold
a type of protist that has amoeboid cells, flagellated cells, and an amoeboid plasmodial feeding stage in its life cycle; it is in the amoebozoan family.
charophytes
a group of green algae; closest relative to the plant and lived 500 million years ago.
halophiles
salt lovers
thermophiles
heat lovers
methanogens
archaeans that live in an anaerobic environment and give off methane as a waste product.
proteobacteria
all gram-negative and share a particular rRNA sequence. 1 group of bacteria domain; E. coli
symbiosis
a physical close association between the organism of two or more species
gram-positive bacteria
2 group of domain bacteria; subgroup actinomycetes; streptomyces
cyanobacteria
oxygen-generating photosynthesis; Anabaena
chlamydia
live in eukaryotic host cells; domain bacteria; chlamydia trachomtatis
spirochetes
a member of a group of helical bacteria the spirals through the environment by mean of rotating, internal filaments; treponema pallidum
parasites
drive their nutritional needs from a host, which is harmed by the interaction.
mixotrophs
capable of both photosynthesis and heterotrophy
stramenopile
2) diatoms and brown algae are two examples of autotrophic stramenopile
alveolate
dinoflagellates, ciliates, and certain parasites