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Prokaryotes
Biology 106 Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen Fixation | Covert atmospheric Nitrogen (N2) to Ammonia (NH3) Incorporate into Amino Acids |
| Why not reproduce a colony that outweighs earth in 3 days? | Exhaust nutrient supply Poison with metabolic wastes Consumed by other organisms Antibiotic chemicals by other microorganisms stopping them |
| Internal and Genomic Organization | lack complex compartamentalization (some have specialized membranes that perform metabolic functions, by infoldings of plasmamembrane) 1/1000 as much DNA as ProK Few proteins associated with DNA No Nucleus, Nucleoid Region |
| Flagellum | Composed of Protein Flagellin Helical Gram+ have 2 basal body rings Gram- have 4 rings Driven by proton motive force |
| Erythromycin Tetracycline Ribosomal Difference: Eukaryote vs. Prokaryote | Prokaryotic ribosomes smaller and differ in protein and RNA content Both bind and block protein synthesis in prokaryotes and not eukaryotic cells due to size of ribosomes |
| Plasmid | smaller rings of DNA in bacteria provide resistance to antibiotics direct metabolism of rarely encountered nutrients Cell can Survive W/O Plasmid, just plasmid increases chance of survival, e.g.against antibiotics Replicate independent of chromosome |