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Bio401 - Lec 3-4
Micro Bio Lecture 3-4 Crossword Puzzle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heterotroph | Organism that requires other organisms to form organic compounds. |
| Germination | Trigger to wake dormant spores. |
| Facilitated | This type of diffusion moves a compound down its concentration gradient. |
| Siderophore | Secreted to bind ferric ion and transport it into the cell. |
| Symport | When two molecules travel in the same direction during active transport. |
| Lag | Phase of microbial growth where cells need time to detect their environment. |
| Symbiote | Organism that lives in intimate association with a second organism. |
| Antiport | Actively transported molecules move in the direction opposite to the driving ion. |
| Micronutrients | Small Amounts of trace elements that microbes require. |
| Stationary | Stage of cell growth where cell numbers stop residing possibly de o lack of nutrients. |
| Chemostat | A continuous culture system. |
| Selective | Media which favors the growth of one organism over another. |
| Colony | On a plate this represents one viable organism from the original culture. |
| Biofilm | Surface-attached microbial communities. |
| Autotroph | Microbes that assimilate CO2 as a Carbon Source. |
| Differential | Medium which exposes differences between two species. |
| Minimal | type of medium that contains only compounds needed for growth |
| Quarum | This type of sensing (communication between cells) is used in biofilm formation. |