Quiz 1 Flashcards
What domain is eubacteria and archaea placed under
Prokaryotes
A small circular price of DNA found in bacteria and containing only a small number of genes
Plasmid
Members of archaea kingdom thrive in very cold waters the Arctic and Antarctic
Psychophiles
Highly resistant bacterial structure that can survive dormant for many years in unfavourable surroundings until conditions improve
Endospore
Structures that certain species of bacteria use to move about
Flagellum
A protein made by white blood cells to inactivate and find invaders
Antibody
As other name for a protein that sour rounds a virus
Capsid
Reproductive cycle of viruses in which the viral DNA remains dormant as part of the host DNA for a while before it activates
Lysogenic
Infectious protein particles that causes disease in brain and nervous tissue. These misfolded proteins causes normal proteins to misfold.
Prion
Main method by which bacteria reproduce
Binary fission
Process by which a bacterium sends a piece of DNA to another bacterium via a sex pilus (bridge). Recipient cell can show new characteristic - resistance to antibiotics
Conjugation
Anchor bacteria to surface. Launched in genetic transfer between bacterial cells. Rod like
Pili
New strand of DNA transferred from dead bacteria to living. No physical contact. New bacteria can perform new things - become pathegenic (disease causing)
Transformation
Virus(phage) used to transfer one bacterium to another. Phage causes host cell to mass produce DNA which are packaged into viral capsids. During, some of bacterial DNA (sliced when virus invaded) now can invade new bacterium passing along genes
Transduction
Reasons for success
Prokaryotes: no true nucleus or membrane organelles
Most varied and adaptable
Occupy every ecological niche
Endosphore