Test 1 - Study Companion Flashcards
positive phototaxis
moves towards light
negative phototaxis
moves away from light
endospore
resistent cells formed when nutrients are lacking - go dormant
binary fission
how prokaryotes reproduce asexall
phototroph
uses light energy
chemotroph
energy from chemicals in environment
autotroph
need only CO2
heterotroph
require at least on organic nutrient
obigate aerobe
require O2
faculative anerobe
O2 if present, but can grow anerobically if none
obligate anaerobe
O2 poisons
bioremediate
use of organisms to remove pollutants from water, air and soil
two branches of prokaryotic evolution
Bacteria & Archaea
components of prokaryotic cell wall
peptidoglycan and outter membran if gram negative
cell wall of Gram positive differ from gram negative
Gram posotive has peptidoglycan
what functions of cell wall of prokaryotes
maintains shap
protection
prevents bursing in hypotonic enviroment
Why gram negative pathogens more threatenting than Gram positive ones
outer membrane protects against host defenses
How does penicillin inhibit prokaryotic growth
inhibits x-link formation
What is a capsule
sticky substance forms protective layer
What re fimbrie
hair like appendages
Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
pro - no internal membranes
smaller genomes
infolded membrane regions
What is a plasmid
smaller rings of DNA
How does erythromycin and tetracycline inhibit bacterial growth
block protein syntehsis by binding to prokaryotic ribosomes
what is horizontal gene transfer
DNA from different individuals brought together
three mechanisms prokaryotes use to transfer genes between individuals
Transformation - genes from environemnt
Conjugation - transfer of genes from one to another
Transduction - viruses transfer genes from one prokaryotes to another
photoautotrophs
photosynthetic organisms use light energy and CO2
chemoautotrophs
only need CO2 but use other inorganic subtances for oxidation
photoheterotrophs
light for energy and obtain carbon in organic form
chemoheterotrophs
consume organic molecules for energy and carbon
denitrification vs nitrogen fixation
denitrify - NO2 and NO3 return N2 to atmosphere
nitrogen fixation - convert N2 to NH4
metabolic cooperation
cooperation between prokaryotes allows them to use enviromental resources couldn’t otherwise use
biofilm
coatings of cooperating prokaryotes
extreme thermophile
live in high temperatures
halophile
live in high salt environments
methanogen
obtain energy using CO2 to oxidize CH4
symbiosis
ecological relationship
opportunistic pathogen
stricks when immune down
endotoxin
proteins secreted by prokaryote
exotoxin
released when bacteria die
protist
unicellular eukaryotes
eukaryote
have internal organelles
definiative host
organism where parasite reproduces sexually
intermediate host
organism which parasite does not reproduce sexually
protists discovered by whom
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
protissts differ from prokaryotes
organelles
why protists in 5 super groups
history and evolution not understood
5 protist supergroups
Excavata Chromaveolata Rhinizaria Archaeplastida Unikonta
kinetoplastic
singe large mirochondrion contains kinetoplast
kinetoplast
organized mass of DNA
three diseases involving kinetoplastids
African Sleeping Sickness
Chagas Disease
Leishmaniasis
African Sleeping sickness vector
Resivoir Antelope > Definitive Tsetse Fly > Intermediate Human
Chagas disease vector
Resivoir Mice > Definative Reduviid Bug > Intermediate Human
red tide
caused by dinoflagellates which produce toxins
Leishmaniasis vector
Resivoir Rat > Definative Sand Fly > Intermiedate Human