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Microbiology

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Active transport   many protein transporters exist in the membrane to bring desired chemials into cell by a pumping mechanism, runs on the cell's energy resources.  
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Basal body   2-4 rings mounted on a rod that secure the flagellum to the cell envelope--cylindrical-shaped--rotates in the cell envelope like a rotary motor.  
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Bacillus   rod-shaped cell  
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Capsule   cell covering--fimbriae/pili & flagella protruded--covers whole cell--2 functions-slippery so that wbcs can't capture-hard for antibodies to bind--hiding bacterium from immune system--glycocalyx/sugar coat  
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Cell envelope   made of cytoplasmic membrane and cell wall--all the covering layers of a bacterium  
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Cell wall   confers rigidity and shape to the bacteria  
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Chemotaxis   moving in a chemical gradient--when the bacterium is moving toward or away from chemicals  
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Coccus   spherical cell  
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Colony   streak plate made by picking up a loopful or bacteria/fungi on wire--rubbed bbanck and forth across culture media--incubated 16-24 hrs--microbes grow into visible clump of cells  
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Cytoplasm   content within the cytoplasmic membrane--contains all degradative/synthetic machinery to allow the cell to grow and produce a new copy of itself--DNA is expressed into RNA and proteins in cytoplasm--DNA is fre-floating due to bacteria have no nucleus  
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Cytoplasmic membrane   a boundary/structure that defines inside and outside--all living cells have one--also called cell/plasma membrane--controls what comes into and leaves the cell--semipermeable barrier--  
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Endospores   (spores)--grow in the cell--most stable form of life known--wrapped in multiple layers of peptidoglycan and protein--contain little H2O--protected from heat, drying freezing and general harsh conditions  
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Endotoxin   (lipid A)--proximal end of LPS--buried in the outer half of outer membrane on gram- bacteria and anchors it to the cell--potent inducer of inflammatory reactions  
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Filament   major part of flagellum--contains long, helical structures made of the polymerized protein flagellin--corkscrew shape and several times longer than the entire bacterial cell  
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Fimbriae   hairlike appendages on external surface of bactgeria--usually seen in 100s per cell--holdfasts--attach to host cells--  
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Flagella   (blank)  
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Flagellin   polymerized protein --part of the filament  
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Glycocalyx   (sugar coat/capsule)--covering of the cell--usually a polysaccharide--covers the whole cell-- 2 functions--makes cell slippery so wbcs cant capture it--hard for antibodies to bind to it--  
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Gram's stain   1-stain with crystal violet--2-fix crystal violet with Gram's iodine so it aggregates--3- wash aggregates from porous gram-neg. bacteria with acetone-alcohol--4-counterstain with safranin so gram-neg. cells are readily visible  
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Gram-negative   bacteria with 3-layered cell walls  
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Gram-positive   Bacteria with 2-layered cell walls  
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Granules   (inclusions)--in cytoplasm--provide an energy source--polysaccharides or polyphosphates--available when the cell has a special energy need  
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Hook   flexible piece at the proximal end of filament near the cell--bends to function as a universal joint--attached to a basal body  
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Lipid A   proximal end of gram -neg--buried in the outer half of the outer membrain and anchors it to the cell--also called endotoxin--potent inducer of inflammatory responses.  
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Lipopolysaccharide   (LPS)--capsule, fimbria, flagella will vary in chemical makeup from 1 bacteria to the next--may have all or combo or none of these--variations are a reason for great # of different strains observed in bacterial species  
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Lysis   occurs spontaneously if cell is damaged--internal osmotic pressure of most bacteria is high--several x's that of eukaryotic cells--bacteria with damaged cell walls will explode  
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Organelles   membrane-bound sacks that are smaller than a cell  
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Peptidoglycan   (PG)--makes up the protective cell wall of the cytoplasmic embrane--rigid--polysaccharide caled glycan is cross-linked to other polysaccharide molecules by short peptide cross-bridges--fishnet-like structure--gives cell shape, strength and prevents lysis  
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Pili   hairlike appendages on external surface independent of flagella--associated with the specific, larger structure used in gene transfer (sex pilus)--rigid and long--1/10 the length of flagellum  
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Plasmids   small pieces of DNA carried by bacteria--normally have only a few genes--carry genes for highly specialized functions--may code for resistance to some commonly used ABTs  
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Proteinaceous flagella   organelle of motility  
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Random-based walk   bacteria try different directions randomly and only go a significant distance when they like what is happening--important to the organisms' survival--competitive edge over nonmotile species  
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Ribosomes   enzymes that perform translation--vary between bacteria and eukaryotes--  
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Sex pilus   larger structure uses in gene transfer--hairlike appendages on external surface of bacteria--cell contians only 1-2--rigid and long  
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Spirochete   helical cell  
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Spores   (endospores)--grow inside cell--most stable form of life known--structure not completely understood--wrapped in multiple layers of peptidoglycan and protein--contain little water--thick structure--pprotected from heat, drying, freezing & hrsh lvng cond.  
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Vibrio   short spirochetes, contain less than a full helical turn--comma shaped  
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Mono   single cell  
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Diplo   2 linked cells  
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Tetra   4 linked cells in a square formation  
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Strepto   chains of cells  
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Staphlo   clusters of cells organized like a cluster of grapes  
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