Tutorial 3 Flashcards
What is the difference between bacteria and archaea?
Features that archaea have that bacteria don’t:
Have unique rRNA sequences
lack peptidoglycan in cell wall
Some have unusual metabolic characteristics
Many live in extreme environments
Features in bacteria that archaea lack:
Ubiquitous and some live in extreme environments
Cyanobacteria produce lots of oxygen
What are viroids and virusoids?
Infectious agents composed of RNA
What are prions?
Infectious proteins
What factors affect generation times between bacterial species?
Environmental pH
Oxygen level
Nutrient availability
Temperature
What are the ways to measure bacterial growth?
Direct method
Indirect method
What are the stages of the bacterial growth curve?
Lag phase
Exponential phase
Stationary phase
Death phase
What happens during lag phase?
Hardly any reproduction while bacteria are adjusting to their environment
What happens during exponential phase?
Constant growth provided nutrients are available in abundance
What happens during stationary phase?
Decreased availability of nutrients causes dying bacteria to equal bacteria reproduction rate
What happens during death phase?
Inversely correlates with log phase where logarithmic decline takes place
What are the categories of growth requirements?
Physical (temp pH osmotic pressure)
Chemical
What are obligate aerobes?
Require oxygen for growth
What are obligate anaerobes?
Cannot survive in presence of oxygen
What are facultative anaerobes?
Can grow with or without oxygen
What are aerotolerant microbes?
Grows in oxygen but doesn’t use it in metabolism
Microaerophile requires only low levels of oxygen for growth
What are some fastidious bacteria?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (grown in vivo)
Haemophilus influenza (grown on chocolate agar)
What are the types of media?
Solid (agar)
Liquid (broth)
What is the difference between selective and differential media?
Selective medium contains ingredients that prohibit growth of some organisms
Differential medium contains ingredients that can differentiate between organisms
What are some direct methods of measuring bacterial growth?
Direct cell counts
Cell-counting instruments
Viable cell counts
Plate counts
Membrane filtration
Most probable number
What are some indirect methods of measuring bacterial growth?
Measuring biomass
Turbidity (most often used)
Total weight
Chemical constituents
Measuring cell products
Acids and gases produced
What does TSB contain? Why?
tryptone and peptone to support growth of many fastidious organisms