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1
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Do procaryotes have a nuclear membrane?

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No

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2
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Do eukaryotes have a nuclear membrane?

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Yes

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3
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Describe procaryotic DNA?

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single, circular structure (may be linear)

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4
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Describe eucaryotic DNA?

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linear, >1, mtDNA consists of multiple circular chromosomes

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5
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How do procaryotes divide?

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binary fission (membrane bound, septal ring structure)

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6
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How do eucaryotes divide?

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mitosis

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7
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How do procaryotes pass on genes to daughter cells?

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horizontal gene transfer, no sexual reproduction

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8
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How do eucaryotes pass on genes to daughter cells?

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meiosis

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9
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Do procaryotes have introns?

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rarely

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10
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Describe the prokaryotic cell membrane?

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lacks sterols

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11
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Describe the eukaryotic cell membrane?

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contains sterols

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12
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Describe the location of the respiratory system in procaryotes. ETC/ATP synthesis

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plasma membrane

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13
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Describe the location of the respiratory system in eucaryotes. ETC/ATP synthesis

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mitochondria

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14
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Describe the presence of sub cellular organelle in procaryotes.

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No lipid bound organelle with NA, most absent sub cellular organelle without NA

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15
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Describe the presence of sub cellular organelle in eucaryotes.

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lipid bound membranes with NA (mitochondria, chloroplasts) and without NA (golgi, ER, etc)

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16
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Describe the presence of protein bound microcompartments in procaryotes.

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present without NA

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17
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Describe the presence of protein bound microcompartments in eucaryotes.

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absent

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18
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Describe procaryotic ribosomes.

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70S (50S + 30S)

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19
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Describe eucaryotic ribosomes.

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80S (60S + 40S), except 70S in mitochondria

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20
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Describe the cytoskeleton components in procaryotes.

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present - homologs of actin, tubulin, IFs

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21
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Describe the cytoskeleton components in procaryotes.

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actin, myosin, tubulin, IFs

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22
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Describe the presence of endospores in procaryotes.

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present - resists heat, drying, chemicals

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23
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Describe the presence of endospores in eucaryotes.

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absent

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24
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Describe the presence of cell walls in procaryotes.

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present - most possess peptidoglycan

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25
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Describe the presence of cell walls in eucaryotes.

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only plants, fungi possess a polysaccharid cell wall

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26
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Describe flagella in procaryotes.

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present - submicroscopic single repeating peptide

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27
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Describe flagella in eucaryotes.

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present - microscopic 9+2 microtubule arrangement

28
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Describe surface motility in procaryotes.

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multiple types - pili, flagella, exopolysaccharide, cytoskeleton

29
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Describe surface motility in eucaryotes.

30
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Describe the typical size of procaryotes.

31
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Describe the typical size of eucaryotes.

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2 - 100 um

32
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Positive stain and examples

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stain that colors cells, not medium… gram stain

33
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Negative stain and examples

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stains medium not cells… india stain

34
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Gram positive

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extensive peptidoglycan layer retains crystal violet-iodine complex after destaining (blue/purple)

35
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Gram negative

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then peptidoglycan layer does not retain crystal violet-iodine complex after destaining (pink, red)

36
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Describe the steps on Gram staining

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  1. crystal violet - positive stain
  2. iodine - fixative that forms complex with the violet
  3. alcohol - destain
  4. safranin - counter stain - positive stain
37
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Alcohol destain during gram staining in excess? insufficient?

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All cells are destained and appear negative. All cells retain crystal complex and appear positive.

38
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Gram variable in a pure culture

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If gram positive bacteria has structural damage to its peptidoglycan layer (dead/damaged) it may appear negative in some cells and positive in others

39
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Bi-polar staining

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safety pin appearance of a gram-negative rod

40
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Modified Gram staining

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use of carbol-fuchsin counterstain instead of safranin in lightly staining gram-negative bacteria

41
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What can a gram stain, size, shape, and cell arrangement tell you?

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Cannot identify bacteria, but can direct the antimicrobial therapy and aid in identifying the microbe

42
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Acid-fast staining

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used to stain bacteria that are not gram-positive or negative due to their complex wall structure

43
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What genera of bacteria must be stained using acid-fast staining?

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Mycobacterium and Nocardia

44
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What are the genera of Gram-positive bacteria?

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Actinomyces, Bacillus, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Cornyebacterium (Propionibacterium and other diptheroids), enterococcus, Gardnerella, Lactobecillus, Listeria, Mobiluncus, Peptostreptococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus

45
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Medically important gram-positive cocci

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streptococcus, staphylococcus, enterococcus

46
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Medically important lancet-shaped diplococci

A

streptococcus pneumoniae

47
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Genera of bacterial endospore-formers

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clostridium, bacillus

48
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genera of medically important gram negative “kidney bean” shaped diplococci

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neisseria, veillonella, moraxella

49
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genera of gram negative comma (vibrio) shaped bacteria

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vibrio, helicobacter, campylobacter

50
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genera of acid-fast positive (pink) bacteria

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mycobacteria, nocardia

51
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What’s another name for peptidoglycan?

A

murein sacculus

52
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Cell shape is determined by

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murein sacculus and cytoskeleton

53
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Genera of gram negative diplococcus

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Neisseria, moraxella, veillonella (2 kidney beans side-by-side)

54
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Genera of gram positive diplococcus

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streptococcus pneumoniae (2 footballs end-to-end)

55
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Genera of gram positive chains

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Streptococcus

56
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Genera of gram positive clusters

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staphylococcus

57
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Genera of gram negative coccobacilli (short rods)

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Bordetelle, brucella, francisella tularemia, haemophilus spp, yersinia spp

58
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Short thin needle like rods are called

59
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Genera of gram positive long, thick rods

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bacillus, clostridium

60
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Genera of gram positive short, thick rods

61
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Genera of gram positive clubbed shaped rods

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corynebacterium spp, propionibacterium acnes

62
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Genera of gram positive thin, branching filamentous rods with clubbed endings

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actinomyces, nocardia

63
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Genera of gram negative curved.comma-shaped rod

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campylobacter, helicobacter, vibrio

64
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Genera of gram positive curved.comma-shaped rod

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mobiluncus spp

65
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Spirochetes

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borrelia, leptospira, treponema

66
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Pleomorphic cell shape describes

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a variation in size and shape

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