Topic 10: Diversity of Bacteria & Fungi (Part 1) Lecture 19 Flashcards
metagenomics
prokaryotes, can use metagenomics to identify prokaryotic species in soil and even the human gut (called the microbiome)
plasmid
prokaryotes lacks membrane-bound organelles (contains a PLASMID within the nucleotide)
- a small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecule that carries accessory genes separate from those of a bacterial chromosome
peptidoglycan
what bacterial cell walls are composed of
- Structural carbohydrate composed of sugars cross-linked with short polypeptides
capsule
what a cell wall is surrounded by
- Composed of polysaccharides and/ or protein
fimbriae (sing. Fimbria)
Some prokaryotes also have this
• Hairlike projections to anchor to hosts or substrata
Gram Staining
uses crystal violet dye and iodine, and alcohol rinse, and a final stain of red dye
Gram-positive
bacteria have simple cell walls > peptidoglycan
Gram-negative
bacteria have cell walls < peptidoglycan, but more lipopolysaccarhides
Endospores
are types of resistant cells produced by prokaryotes to survive harsh environments
- Bacterial cell replicates its DNA and surrounds it in a super resistant layer
Taxis
movement towards or away from a stimulus
- b/c prokaryotes can move within the environment
flagellum
prokaryotes can use this to move within the environment
binary fission
what prokaryotes reproduce via
- Under optimal conditions can divide every 1-3 hours
• Nutrient and space availability (quorum sensing), self-poisoning, competition limits colony cell
Obligate aerobes
need O2 for cellular respiration (prokaryotes)
Obligate anaerobes
are poisoned by O2
anaerobic respiration
is the process of producing cellular energy without oxygen (or fermentation)
Facultative anaerobes
use O2 when available but will carry out fermentation or anaerobic respiration when oxygen is absent
nitrogen fixation
prokaryotes can also carry out nitrogen fixation -> converting N2 to NH
heterocysts
prokaryotes have specialised cells called heterocysts in photosynthetic
prokaryotes to carry out N-fixation
microbiome
Diverse nutritional modes allow diverse bacteria to inhabit the human gut (called out microbiome) for prokaryotes
extremophiles
Archaea are prokaryotes that inhabit some of the harshest environments (we call these extremophiles)
Halophile
“salt loving”, live in super haline (salty) places
Thermophile
“heat loving”, thermal vents, geysers, volcanic hot springs (think Yellowstone)
Acidophile
“acid loving”, human gut, volcanic features
Methanogen
release methane (many archea also live in moderate environments)
• Found in marshes, cattle guts (cow farts)
• Important decomposers in the environment
heterotrophs
Like animals, fungi are heterotrophs
- an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or substances derived from them
yeasts
The most common fungal body structures are multicellular or single cells (yeasts)
Hyphae (sing. Hypha)
(sing. Hypha) -> tiny tubular filaments surrounding the plasma membrane
- a fungi structure
Mycelium
a mass of hyphae that maximises
SA:volume ratio
- a fungi structure
Fruiting body
reproductive structure
- a fungi structure
Cell walls
composed of chitin (nitrogen-containing polysaccharide)
- a fungi structure
chitin
what fungi cell walls are composed of
- (nitrogen-containing polysaccharide)
septate
divided, allowing large macromolecules to pass between hyphal cells
- 1 of the ways hyphae occur in fungi
coenocytic
(lacking septa) with a continuous cytoplasmic mass
- 1 of the ways hyphae occur in fungi
Mycorrhizae
are specialised fungi that form associations with plants
Ectomycorrhizal
forms sheaths of hyphae around plants roots
- type of mycorrhizal fungi (specialized fungi)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (endomycorrhizal)
Have branched hyphae called arbuscules that penetrate plant host cells to exchange nutrients
- type of mycorrhizal fungi (specialized fungi)
arbuscules
penetrate plant host cells to exchange nutrients (within the arbuscular mycorrhizal (arbuscules)
spores
what fungi reproduce via
- which can be produced sexually (meiospores) or asexually (mitospores)
meiospores
fungi reproduce via spores, which can be produced sexually (meiospores)
mitospores
fungi reproduce via spores, which can be produced asexually (mitospores)
Haplontic
dominantly haploid stage
Diplontic
dominantly diploid stage
Dikaryotic
“two nuclei”, a transition stage between haplontic and diplontic where plasmogamy (fusion of cytoplasms from parental mycelia) has occurred, but karyogamy (fusion of nuclei, thus completing fertilisation) has not
plasmogamy
(fusion of cytoplasms from parental mycelia) has occurred in the dikaryotic life stage
karyogamy
(fusion of nuclei, thus completing fertilisation) has not occurred in the dikaryotic life stage
heterokaryon
When the fungus is in the dikaryotic stage, we say it is a heterokaryon since its mycelium contains two genetically different nuclei within its cytoplasm
Opisthokonts
Animals, fungi, and protistan relatives form a monophyletic clade called the Opisthokonts (opistho = flagellal position)
nucleariids
Fungi more related to single-celled protistan relatives (nucleariids) than animals proper
Describe Chytrids
• Phylum: Chytridiomycota
• ~1000 species
• Found in LAKES and SOILS, hydrothermal VENTS
• Most are DECOMPOSERS, but SOME are PATHOGENIC
- Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans attacks amphibians and has decimated their populations
• SOME chytrids are MUTUALISTIC
- Live in the guts of sheep to help break down plant matter
• ALL chytrids have flagellated ZOOSPORES (spores that move)
• Have CELL WALLS of CHITIN
zoospores
All chytrids have flagellated zoospores (spores that move)