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Week 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Phytanyl

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The lipid comprising the archaeal lipid bilayer

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Biphytanyl

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One of the lipids comprising the archaeal lipid bilayer; formed from 2 phytanyl molecules

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Crenarchaeol

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One of the lipids comprising the archaeal lipid bilayer; contains cyclic, steroid-like functional groups

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Pseudomurine

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Archeal molecule equivalent to peptidoglycan

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N-acetylasosaminuronic acid

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One of the acidic sugars found in pseudomurine

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Methanochondroitin

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Extracellular glycan found specifically in the methanotropic archaea

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Sheath

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Extra protein layer (in addition to the S-layer) found in some archaea

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Archalleum

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Structure that is responsible for swimming motility in archaea

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Hami

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Peritritchous appendages comprised of spikes and hooks

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Lag phase

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Part of the growth curve where cells are actively synthesizing new components but not increasing in cell numbers

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Exponential Phase

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Part of the growth curve where cells are doubling consistently

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Stationary Phase

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Part of the growth curve where cell growth and cell death are balanced

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Death Phase

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Part of the cell cycle where cells are dying

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Generation Time

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Time it takes a population to double

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Biofilm

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Growth of organisms in a matrix consisting of polysaccharides, extracellular DNA, and proteins

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Asexual Reproduction

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New cells from one set of chromosomes yield daughter cells that are genetic clones of the parent cell

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Binary Fission

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The mechanism that most bacteria use to divide

Their components replicate then they divide in the middle

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Budding

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Asymmetrical growth of cell on one side

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Fragmentation

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Production of new organisms from a parent breaking in two

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Sexual Reproduction

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Combination of genetic material from two organisms yield new organism

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Psuedosexual Reproduction

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DNA that does not come from a parent cell

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Conjugation

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Transfer of DNA from one cell to another via a pilus

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Transformation

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Taking up DNA from the environment

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Transduction

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Introduction of new DNA via a virus

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Septum

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During cell division, the part of new peptidoglycan that divides the cell in two

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Cytokinesis

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Replication of cellular components followed by cell division

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27
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N-acetylglucosamine

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Non-acidic amino sugar found in peptidoglycan

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28
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N-acetylmuramic acid

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Acidic amino sugar found in peptidoglycan

29
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Translocation

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Transfer of bactoprenyl-linked peptidoglycan across the plasma membrane

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Transglycosylation

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Addition of peptidoglycan subunits to the periplasmic peptidoglycan molecule

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Transpeptidation

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Cross linking of amino acid chains in peptidoglycan

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Bactoprenyl Phosphate

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Carrier molecule for peptidoglycan synthesis and transport

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Pyrophosphate

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Two phosphates

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Macronutrient

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Nutrient required in large quantities

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Micronutrient

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Nutrient required in small quantities

36
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Vitamin

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On organic molecule that is an essential micronutrient

37
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Siderophore

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Molecule bacteria need to obtain iron

38
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Niacin

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B vitamin necessary to make NAD+

39
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Riboflavin

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Vitamin needed to make FMN and FAD

40
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Pantothenic Acid

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Vitamin needed to make coenzyme A

41
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Psychrophile

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Bacteria with growth temperature optimum of about 5 degrees Celsius

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Mesophile

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Bacteria with growth temperature optimum of about 37 degrees Celsius

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Thermophile

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Bacteria with growth temperature optimum of about 60 degrees Celsius

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Hyperthermophile

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Bacteria with growth temperature optimum of over 80 degrees Celsius

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Osmolarity

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Total concentration of solute

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Tonicity

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Total concentration of permeable solute

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Osmotolerant

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Organism that grows well in high concentrations of solute

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Halotolerant

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Organism that grows okay in higher concentrations of salt

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Halophile

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Organisms that need high salt concentrations to grow

50
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Glycine Betaine

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Molecules used by halophiles to equalize solute concentration inside the cell

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Neutrophile

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Organisms that grow at neutral pH

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Acidophile

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Organisms that grow at a low pH

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Alkaliphile

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Organisms that grow at a high pH

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Obligate Aerobe

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Organisms that require oxygen to grow

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Facultative Aerobe

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Organisms that grow better in the presence of oxygen

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Microaerophile

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Organisms that grow in concentrations of oxygen just under 1 atm

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Aerotolerant

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Organisms that are unaffected by oxygen concentration

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Obligate Anaerobe

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Organisms that are killed by oxygen

59
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Superoxide

60
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Catalase

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Enzyme that breaks H2O2 into O2

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Superoxide Dismutase

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Enzyme that detoxifies superoxides

62
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Barotolerant

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Organisms that grow okay in increased pressure

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Barophilic

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Organisms that require increased pressure to grow

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Optical density

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he degree to which a refractive medium hinders transmitted rays of light.

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Defined Medium

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a relatively simple medium that is made up of specific chemicals at known concentrations

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Complex Medium

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A media where the exact chemical composition of the media is not known

67
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Selective Medium

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Selective media selects for the growth of some organisms by promoting their growth and/or inhibiting the growth of other organisms

68
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Differential Medium

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Differentiates between organisms growing on one plate

Microbiology 265 (26 decks)

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