Question | Answer |
organisms that gain energy from the sun | phototrophs |
organisms that result from the replication of a single cell | pure culture |
method with high heat, short time for treating foods | high heat Pasteurization |
control method that damages DNA and produces thymine dimmers | UV Radiation |
treatment effective against Pseudomonas spp., common bacteria of nosocomial infections | Radiation |
metabolic process that takes in carbon dioxide | photosynthesis |
metabolic process that produces NADPH | pentose phosphate pathway |
4 diseases that can be spread sexually | AIDS, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chancroid |
process that produces ATP by adding phospahate directly to ADP | substrate level phosphorylation |
optimal temperature for mesophiles | 20*C-45*C |
reduction of microbes to reach health standards | sanitation |
destroys microbes, including endospores, But can be mutagenic | ethylene oxide |
reduced when glucose is oxidized | NAD & FAD |
end products of glycolysis | 2 each of ATP, NADH, Pyruvate |
at the end of this process the energy acceptor is pyruvate, an organic compound | fermentation |
organism that needs oxygen for metabolism | obligate aerobe |
organism that uses preformed organic molecules as carbon source and energy source | chemoheterotroph |
type of causitive agent of Dengue | virus |
causitive agent is Borrelia burdorferi | Lyme disease |
disease caused by trematode that normally affects birds | Swimmers itch |
disease caused by Gonyaulax spp. | Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning |
disease treated with an antifungal | Sporotrichosis |
technique that adds chemicals (generally salt or sugar) to increase shelf life of foods | preservation |
organism that prefers oxygen but does NOT need it | facultative anaerobe |
organism that gains carbon from organic molecules and gets energy from the sun | chemoautotroph |
organism that uses carbon dioxide as a carbon source | autotroph |
medium that enhances the growth of one particular organism in a mixed population | selective media |
type of control that, unlike a disinfectant, is nontoxic enough to be used on human skin | antiseptic |
time it takes to kill 90% of a population | D time |
control method that kills bacteria by damaging DNA | UV light |
# of ATP generated by glycolysis | 2-4 |
causitive agent of filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti (roundworm) |
type of subunit that uses beta oxidation | fatty acid |
enzyme that breaks up starch | amylase |
2 problems with overuse of antimicrobials | resistance & toxicity |
outputs of transition step | 2 each of Acetyl CoA, NADH, CO2 |
outputs of TCA/Krebs Cycle | 6 NADH, 2 FADH2, 2 ATP, 4 CO2 |
outputs of electron transport chain | 10 NAD, 2 FAD, 6 H2O, 30 ATP |
maximum yeild of oxidative phophorylation | 34 ATP |
maximum yeild of substrate phosphorylation | 4 ATP |