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1st Micro Exam

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What are Koch's Postulates?   1. Must be present in every case of the disease, but not in healthy individuals 2. Must be isolated and grown in a pure culture 3.The same disease must result when healthy individual is inoculated with organism 4. Must isolate from inoculated individua  
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Why can't we use all of Koch's postulates today?   Some organisms cannot be grown in a pure culture, inoculating a healthy human is unethical, may be replaced by genetic and molecular evidence, some individuals may be naturally immune to the disease  
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What produces an image in dark field microscopy?   Only the light refracted by the object.  
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What is dark field good for?   Internal structure in live, unstained cells  
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What does phase contrast do?   Changes differences in refractive indexes into variations of light intensity  
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What does differential interference contrast microscopy do?   Uses 2 beams of plane polarized light to form a colored, 3D image  
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Transmission EM   uses electrons that pass through an organism to form an image: shape and fine details of organelles  
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Scanning EM   Forms image from electrons released from organism’s surface: 3D detailed image  
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Confocal   Focuses light from all areas of the object, not just the plane of focus  
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Scanning Probe   Move a sharp probe over the electron cloud, apply a small voltage between the two, this current is sensitive to distance  
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What are the 3 parts of a lipopolysaccharide?   1. Lipid A 2. Core polysaccharide 3. O side chain  
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Where is an LPS located?   Embedded in the outer membrane  
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What charge does LPS give to the cell surface, what does this do?   Negative, help attach to surfaces and form biofilm  
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What does LPS contribute to the cell?   Stability, permeability barrier, protection, can act as an endo toxin  
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What substance forms capsules and slime layers?   Glycocalyx  
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Diplococci   pairs  
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Streptococci   Chains  
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Staphylococci   grape-like clusters  
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Tetrads   4 cocci in a square  
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Sarcinae   cubic configuration of 8 cocci  
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Cocci   spheres  
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Bacilli   Rods  
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Vibrios   comma shaped  
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Spirilla   rigid helices  
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Spirochetes   flexible helices  
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Mycelium   network of long, multinucleate filaments  
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Palisades   grid-like  
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Pleomorphic   Organisms that are variable in shape  
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Which 2 cell envelope components make up the cell wall?   Peptidoglycan and the outer membrane.  
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Fluid mosaic model   The idea that membranes are lipid bilayers in which proteins float  
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Amphipathic   contains both polar and non polar ends  
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Peripheral proteins   Loosely connected to the membrane, easily removed  
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Integral proteins   Not easily removed from membrane, insoluble in aqueous solutions  
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Hopanoids   Like steroids, help stabilize membrane  
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Protoplast   The plasma membrane and everything w/in it  
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Inclusion bodies   granules of organic and inorganic material suspended in the cytoplasm, used for storage and reducing pressure  
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Where are proteins synthesized   Ribosomes  
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Nucleoid   Irregularly shaped region containing the bacterial chromosome  
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Plasmid   small, double-stranded DNA molecules that exist independently of the chromosome  
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What is the Periplasmic space?   area between plasma membrane and cell wall  
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What two substances make up peptidoglycan?   N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid  
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Which type of bacteria has teichoic acids?   Gram (+)  
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Teichoic acids   Help give gram (+) cell wall its negative charge  
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Braun's lipoprotein   Links outer membrane to peptidoglycan  
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Sec-dependent   Secretion dependent, the main pathway for transporting proteins across the plasma membrane  
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What is it called when a cell has an outer layer that is clearly defined and not easily removed?   Capsule  
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Slime layer   Zone of diffuse, unorganized material that is easily washed off a cell  
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Fimbriae   Short, fine, hairlike appendages, thinner than flagella  
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Pili   1-10 per cell, larger than fimbriae, required for conjugation (sex pili)  
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What are the parts of a flagella?   Flagellar filament, basal body, flagellar hook  
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Flagellar filament   Part of a flagella that extends from the edge of the cell surface to the tip  
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Basal body   Part of the flagella that is embedded in the cell  
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Flagellar hook   Links the filament to the basal body, acts as a flexible coupling  
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Describe flagellar motion   The flagella is shaped like a helix, which rotates the cell and moves it forward  
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Monotrichous   One flagellum  
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Polar flagellum   A flagellum located at one end of the cell  
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Amphitrichous   Flagellum at each pole  
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Lophotrichous   Cluster of flagella at one or both ends  
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Peritrichous   Flagella evenly spread all over  
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What is the purpose of an endospore   Survival under harsh environmental conditions  
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What is in the Periplasmic space?   Contains hydrolytic enzymes and binding proteins for nutrient processing and uptake  
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Heterotroph   Organisms that use reduced, pre-formed organic molecules as their carbon source  
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Autotrophs   Organisms that use CO2 as their sole or principal source of carbon  
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Phototrophs   Use light as their E source  
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Chemotrophs   Obtain E from oxidation of chemical compounds, can be organic or inorganic  
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Cemoorganotrophs   Obtain E from oxidation of organic compounds  
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Chemolithotrophs   Obtain E from oxidation of inorganic compounds  
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How do bacteria obtain inorganic Fe?   Siderophores  
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What are some examples of growth factors?   Vitamins, amino acids, purines, pyrimidines  
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Synthetic media   All components and their quantities are known  
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Complex media   contains some components of unknown compositions  
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What are the types of media?   General purpose, enriched, selective, differential  
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Enriched media   Added growth factors  
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Passive diffusion   Molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lesser concentration  
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Facilitated diffusion   Involves "carrier molecules" to increase the rate of diffusion  
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Active transport   metabolic energy required to move substances against a concentration gradient  
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What are the two types of active transport?   Symport, anti-port  
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Symport   Active transport of two molecules in the same direction  
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Anti-port   Active transport of two substances in opposite directions  
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Group translocation   modifies molecules as they enter the cell  
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Permeases   Carrier proteins  
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ATP-binding cassette transporters   Active transport system, consists of 2 hydrophobic membrane-spanning domains with 2 ATP binding domains  
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Selective media   favors the growth of one particular organism  
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Differential media   distinguishes among different groups of microbes and permits tentative identification  
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Pure culture   Population of cells arising from a single cell  
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Spread plate   Spread a dilute solution containing the organism over a plate of media  
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Streak plate   What we do in lab, use a loop to streak a small amount over the plate to achieve isolated colonies  
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Pour plate   Original sample is diluted several times to obtain isolated organisms when poured into a plate  
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What are the basic structures of a monosaccharide?   One carbon ring with hydrogens and oxygens bonded to it  
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How do bacteria use carbohydrates?   As glycoproteins, which are receptors for the cell, they also form glycocalxy, which produces capsules and slime layers, also used in respiration  
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How do microorganisms use lipids?   They use them for structure and as an energy source because of the high energy bonds present  
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How do microorganisms use cholesterol?   Provides structure and support  
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How do microorganisms use phospholipids?   Provide structure and protection, make up the cell membrane  
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What are the 3 parts of an amino acid?   An amine (-NH2), carboxyl groups (-COOH) and and R group  
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How many amino acids are needed to make a protein?   At least 30  
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Acid fast bacteria   Resistant to simple acids, also hard to break down with anti-microbials  
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What form of cell division do bacteria use?   Binary fission  
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What defines microbial growth?   Increase in cellular constituents, increase in organisms size, population size or all 3  
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Why is the initial phase of growth called the "lag phase"?   Because there is no immediate increase in population size because the cell is synthesizing new components needed for growth  
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What are the stages of cell growth in order?   Lag phase, exponential phase, stationary phase, death phase  
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At what salt concentration do Halophiles grow?   >0.2M  
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Which extremophiles grow at salt concentrations of 2M - 6.2M?   Extreme halophiles  
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What are the 3 ways to classify bacteria with respect to pH?   Acidophiles, neutrophiles, alkaliphiles  
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At what pH range do acidophiles thrive?   0-5.5  
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At what pH range do neutrophiles thrive?   5.5-7  
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At what pH range do alkaliphiles thrive?   8.5-11.5  
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What are the 5 ways of classifying bacteria with respect to temperature?   Psychrophile, psychrotroph, mesophile, thermophile, hyperthermophile  
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Fluorescence Microscopy   Exposes organisms to ultraviolet, violet, or blue light then forms an image from the resulting fluorescence  
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