Structure and Function- General Flashcards
Midterm
Colony Morphology
Characteristics of the Colony produced by a species on solid agar
Examples of morphology
Size, Shape, Texture Colour
Morphotype
Colony with specific characteristics
Characteristics are influenced by:
Medium
Incubation conditions
Properties of all Cells (3)
Metabolism
Growth
Evolution
Properties of Some Cells (4)
Differentiation
Communication
Genetic Exchange
Motility
Which cell Property is the following:
Cells take up nutrients, transform them, and expels wastes
Metabolism
Which cell Property is the following: Nutrients from the environment atre converted into new materials to formnew cells
Growth
Which cell Property is the following:
Cells evolve to display new properties, Phylogenetic trees capture evolutionary relationships
Evolution
Which cell Property is the following:
Can form new cell structures such as a spore.
Differenciation
Which cell Property is the following:
Cells interact with each other by chemical messengers
Communication
Which cell Property is the following:
cells can exchange genes by several mechanisms
Genetic Exchange
Which cell Property is the following:
Are capable of Self-propulsion (Flagellum)
Motility
Two types of metabolism (Functions of cell)
Genetic
Catalytic
What is the genetic function of the cell? (Metabolism)
DNA Replication
DNA → Transcription → RNA → Translation → Proteins
What is the Catalytic Functions of the cell? (Metabolism)
Energy Conservation (ADP + Pi → ATP) Generation of precursors of macromolecules (Metabolism)
Enzyme (Metabolic Catalysts)
Intracellular Organelles of Prokaryotes
Cell Wall
Cytoplasmic Membrane
Nucleoid
Cytoplasm
Plasmid
Ribosomes
Prokaryotes are
Bacteria and Archea
Eukaryotes are
Eukarya
Intracellular Organelles of Eukaryotes
Cell Wall
Cytoplasmic Membrane
Mitochondrion
Nuclear Membrane
Nucleus
Ribosomes
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Cytoplasm
Golgi Complex
Three functions of the membrane
Permeability Barrier
Protein Anchor
Energy Conservation
What function fo the membrane is described:
Prevent leakage and a gateway for transport of nutrient into and waste out of cell
Permeability barrier
What function fo the membrane is described:
Site of many proteins that participate in transport, bioenergetics, and chemotaxis
Protein Anchor
What function fo the membrane is described:
Site of generation and use of the proton motive force
Energy conservation