The Bacterial Cell Wall Flashcards

0
Q

Water moving into a cell

A

Lysis

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1
Q

Water moving out of a cell causes

A

Shrinkage or plasmolysis

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2
Q

Prevents bacterial cells from rupturing or shrinking due to changes in osmotic pressure

A

Osmotic protection

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3
Q

Process of water moving across a selectively permeable membrane from a area of higher concentration to a area of lower water concentration

A

Osmosis

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4
Q

Components in the cell wall contribute to

A

Pathogenicity

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5
Q

Thick homogenous layer of peptidoglycan

A

Gram positive cell wall

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6
Q

Also murein

A

Peptidoglycan

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7
Q

Cell wall contains only a thin layer of

A

Peptidoglycan

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8
Q

Located between the outer membrane and the plasma membrane

A

Periplasm

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9
Q

Contains lps layer

A

Gram negative

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10
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Serve as a selective permeable barrier for materials entering and exiting the cell

A

Plasma membrane

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11
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Simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion and osmosis

A

Passive processes fro transport

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12
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Active transport and group translocation

A

Active processes fro transport

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13
Q

Mostly water

A

Cytoplasm

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14
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Packed with molecules, proteins in the form of enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, inorganic ions

A

Cytoplasm

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15
Q

Site for protein synthesis

A

Ribosomes

16
Q

Procaryotic ribosomes

A

70s

17
Q

Eucaryotic ribosomes

A

80s

18
Q

Does not contain histones

A

Nucleoid

19
Q

Not surrounded by a nuclear membrane/envelope

A

Nucleoid

20
Q

Replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome

A

Plasmids

21
Q

May be integrated into the main bacterial chromosome

A

Plasmids