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intro to microbiology

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fat molecules contain   fatty acids and lipids  
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lipids   fats phospholipids waxes and steroids  
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carbohydrates contain   carbon hydrogen oxygen  
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Inorganic molecules   any molecule not consisting of a carbon atom  
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organic molecules   carbon hydrogen nitrogen sulfur and oxygen  
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2 types of nucleic acid   RNA DNA  
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makes up the cell membrane   a bilayer of phospholipids  
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6 main component of a living cell   carbon hydrogen nitrogen oxygen phospherous sulfur  
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4 types of macromolecules   lipids carbohydrates proteins nucleic acids  
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lipids have one common trait   they are hydrophobic  
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primary role of fats in organisms   store energy  
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fats are also called triglycerides because   they contain three fatty acid molecules linked to a molecule of glycerol  
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phospholipids contain   two fatty acids and a phosphate  
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phospholipid head is________,and the tail is___________.   hydrophillic, hydrophobic  
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a familiar steroid which is an undesirable component of food   cholesterol  
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CH2O   carbohydrate  
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large carbohydrates used for the long term storage of chemical energy   starch and glycogen  
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smaller carbohydrate molecule serves as a ready energy   glucose  
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monosaccharides   glucose fructose  
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disaccharides   sucrose maltose lactose  
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polysaccharides   starch in plants and glycogen in animals  
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cell walls of bacteria are composed of   peptidoglycan which is made of polysaccharides and amino acids  
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the most complex organic compounds   protein  
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functions of protein   structure, enzymatic catalyst, regulate, transportation, defense and offense.  
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a proteins function is dependent on   its shape, which is determined by the molecular structure of its constituent parts  
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proteins made up of   amino acids  
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ATP   adenosine triphosphate; the most important short term energy storage molecule in cells  
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the sum of all synthesis reactions in an organism   anabolism  
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the sum of all decomposition reactions in an organism   catabolism  
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endothermic reactions   require energy  
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exothermic reactions   release energy  
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the sum of all anabolic and catabolic chemical reactions in an organism   metabolism  
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4 main properties of water   solvent, liquidity, great capacity to absorb heat, and its participation in chemical reactions  
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vital inorganic compound   water  
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bacillus anthracis   Anthrax  
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4 life processes   growth, reproduction, responsiveness, metabolism  
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bacteria and archaea   Prokaryotes  
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describe prokaryotes   microbes that lack a cell nucleus and have no other membranous organelles  
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Eukaryotes   have a nucleus, more complex and larger than prokaryotes  
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animals, plants, algae, fungi, and protozoa are all__________   eukaryotic  
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cells share common structural features, name 4   external structures, cell walls, cytoplasmic membrane, cytoplasm  
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external structures of prokaryotic cells include   glycocalyces, flagella, fimbriae, pili  
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sticky external sheaths of cells, that may be loosely attached slime layers or firmly attached capsules that prevent cells from drying out are   glycocalyces  
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enable cells to stick to each other and to surfaces in the environment   slime layers  
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protect cells from phagocytosis by other cells   capsules  
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composed of a basal body, hook, and filament and allows cells to move toward favorable conditions and away from unfavorable conditions   flagellum  
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nonmotile extensions of some bacterial cells   fimbriae  
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Pili   are hollow nonmotile tubes of protein that connect some prokaryotic cells  
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typical prokaryotic cell   ribosomes, cytoplasm, nucleoid, glycocalyces, cell wall, cell membrane, flagellum, inclusions  
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true or false, red blood cells do not have a nucleus.   true  
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2 bacterias that cause pneumonia, and have capsules to protect them   streptoccocus and klebsiella  
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flagella is attached to the cell was by protein rings. the number of rings differ according to gram negative and gram positive bacteria, how many rings for each   gram positive-2 ringsgram negative-4 rings  
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4 types of flagella   monotrichous, lophotrichous. amphitrichous, peritrichous  
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movement to light   phototaxis  
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movement to chemicals   chemotaxis  
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taxis   movement in response to a stimulus  
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prokaryotic cell membrane is often referred to as a phospholipid bilayer. the phospholipid molecule is bipolar wh/ means   the molecule is hydrophilic and hydrophobic  
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First to discover and observe microbes   Leeuwenhoek  
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5 basic categories of microorganisms   fungi, algae, protozoa, prokaryotes, small animals  
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fungi cells are   eukaryotic, they have cell walls, and they get their food from other animals  
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multicellular organisms that grow in long filaments called hyphae, reproduce asexually by spores   mold  
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mold that produces penicillin   pennicillan chrysogenum  
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produced by soybean fermentation   soy sauce  
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unicellular, reproduce asexually by budding,   yeast  
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saccharomyces cervisiae   caused bread to rise and produces alcohol from sugar  
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candida albicans   urogenital infections in women  
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animal like, eukaryote, usually live in water,capable of locomotion   protozoa  
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trypanosoma brucei   african sleeping disease  
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pseudopodia   extensions of a cell that flow in the direction of travel  
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numerous short hairlike protrusions of a cell that beat rhythmically to propel the protozoan through its environment   cilia  
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flagella   extensions of a cell but are fewer, longer and more whiplike than cilia  
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unicellular or multicellular photosynthetic organisms   algae  
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large algae that provide the most of the worlds oxygen   seaweed and kelp  
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acellular obligatory parasites composed of small amounts of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat   viruses  
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abiogenesis or life from inanimate objects   spontaneous generation  
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the Father of Microbiology   Louis Pasteur  
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heating liquids just enough to kill bacteria   pasteurization  
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pathogens cause disease   germ theory of disease  
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the study of the causation of diseases   etiology  
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Semmelweis   physician ridiculed for requiring medical students to wash their hands to prevent the spread of infections to women giving birth  
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modified and advanced the idea of antisepsis   Lister  
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founder of modern nursing, influential in introducing antiseptic technique into nursing   Florence Nightingale  
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Jenner   developed smallpox vaccine  
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discovered pennicillin   alexander fleming  
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sought a "magic bullet" to destroy pathogens and laid the foundations for chemotherapy   Ehrlich  
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Ehrlich   found chemicals that killed trypanosomes (african sleeping disease)  
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discovered that cholera epidemics due to unsafe and unclean drinking water supplies   Snow  
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treponema pallidum   syphilis  
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Koch's Postulates   suspected bacteria must be found in every case and be absent from healthy host.bacteria must be isolated and grown outside host.bacteria reintroduced to healthy susceptible host, the host must get the dz.the same bacteria must be reisolated.  
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two means of identifying bacteria   shape and stain  
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