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Review Sheet 1: Chapter 3,4 - Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Flashcards

1
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7 Bacterial Shapes

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Cocci, Bacillus, Vibrios, Spirilla, Spirochetes, Mycelium, Pleomorph

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Cocci

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Round

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3
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Bacillus

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Rod

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4
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Vibrios

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Crescent Rod

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5
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Spirilla

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Rigid Spiral

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Spirochetes

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Flexible spiral

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7
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Mycelium

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Interwoven matt of hyphal growth

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Pleomorph

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Can have different ‘pleomorphic’ shapes

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9
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Bacterial size

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0.3 µm - 600 µm

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10
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Internal Membrane of Prokaryotes

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Folds of Plasma Membrane

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11
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Hopanoids

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Lipids -not cholesterol- in Prokaryotes

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12
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Gram +

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  • Thick Layer of Peptidoglycan
  • Techoic Acids
  • Periplasmic Space
  • Plasma Membrane
  • Stains Purple
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Gram -

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  • Thin layer Peptidoglycans
  • No techoic acids
  • Outer membrane
  • Plasma membrane
  • Stains Red
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Peptidoglycan

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Long sugar chains w/AAs that are not easily digested.

Crosslinked by peptide bridges

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Techoic Acids

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Slippery polymers of simple sugars w/ PO4-

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Periplasm

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Small area between plasma membrane and cell wall

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Protoplast

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Cell w/o cell wall

18
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3 parts of LPS

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  1. O side chain
  2. Core polysaccharide
  3. Lipid A (Endotoxin)
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LPS

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Lipopolysaccharides

Major lipid component of outer leaflet of outer membrane. Part of the membrane.

20
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O Side chain

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Exposed to outside cell. Mutates quickly

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Core Polysaccharide

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Links O side chain and Lipid A

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Lipid A (Endotoxin)

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  • Anchors LPS in membrane

- Toxic to mammals

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Lysozyme

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Enzyme that degrades peptidoglycan

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Spheroplast

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A cell w/ Some or most of its cell wall removed

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Plasmolysis

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Cell breaking open due to osmotic pressure

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Penicillin

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Antibiotic that prevents growth of cell wall

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Glycocalyces

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Carbohydrates that coat outside of cell wall

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3 types of glycocalyces

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  1. Capsule
  2. Slime Layer
  3. S- Layer
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Glycocalyx Capsule

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Well organized and tightly attached

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Glycocalyx Slime Layer

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Loosely organized and loosely attached. Can slip away from phagocytes

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Glycocalyx S- layer

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Has more proteins. Not very important

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Fimbrae

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Small protrusion used to adhere to something

33
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Pili

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Type of fimbrae used to adhere during mating

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Flagellae

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Large protrusions used for motility

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Endospore

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Spores survive harsher conditions, relatively inactive

36
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Sporangium

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Cell that makes a spore

37
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Germination

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Cell w/ its cell wall emerges from endospore

- Triggered by nutrients

38
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5 parts of endospore

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  1. Core - Cytoplasm
  2. Spore cell wall
  3. Cortex
  4. Spore Coat
  5. Exosporium - membrane
39
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2 parts of endospore that do most protecting

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Cortex and Spore Coat

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