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Microbiology ch 1-3

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show Used first microscope to observe the fruiting bodies (reproductive structures) of the common blue mold, penicillium. First person to describe microorganisms  
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show Made microscopes that could see bacteria. Named and described bacteria "wee animalcules"  
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Ferdinand J. Cohn   show
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show Louis Pasteur's method of killing bacteria and molds within liquids by heating them up  
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show Discovered anaerobiosis (organisms can live without air or oxygen), showed that spontaneous generation does not exist. Showed that microbes were everywhere and they did not develop from nothing  
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show 1) Material turnover through cycling (C, N, S cycle) 2) N2 Fixation (N2 from air to 2NH3[ammonia])  
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show *biofuels (CH4) *fermentation (corn->ethanol) *Microbial mining (CuS-->Cu 2+ --> Cu) *Bioremediation (cleaning up pollutants by microbes)  
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What is the importance of microorganisms in the food industry?   show
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Describe putrefaction.   show
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show Positive impact on food industry. Process that results in the formation of alcohols or organic acids (under anaerobic conditions). By breakdown of carbohydrates, the predominant organic compounds in plant tissues. Process that makes beer, cheese, etc.  
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What is the importance of microorganisms in biotechnology and disease control?   show
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show Would have doctors handwash with chlorine solution after dissection room  
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Joseph Lister   show
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Robert Koch   show
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When ______________ divide, they form ________   show
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show pure culture  
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Koch stressed the importance of working with pure cultures and formulated a series of tests to determine if a given microbe was the cause of a disease. there are know as ______________   show
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List Koch's first 2 postulates   show
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show 3) Cells from a pure culture of the suspected pathogen must cause disease in a healthy animal 4) The suspected pathogen must be re isolated and shown to be the same as the original  
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Martinus Beijernick   show
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show Oxidation of inorganic compounds to yield energy  
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Sergei Winogradsky   show
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show How microbes interact metabolically with their environments.  
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show Functionality, Adaptability, sustainability  
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show 1) Compartmentalization and metabolism (cells take up nutrients from environment and release wastes into environment) 2) Communication (cells interact by means of chemicals that are release or taken up) 3) movement (cells capable of self-propulsion )  
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show 1) Differentiation (cells can form new structures such as pores) 2) Evolution (cells contain genes and evolve to display new biological properties)  
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What are the factors of sustainability?   show
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show Archaea, Eukarya, Bacteria  
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Prokaryotes do not _____________________   show
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show Archaea  
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show Fungi (molds, yeast mushrooms, etc) Protists (Paramecium, Amoebae) Algae (plants)  
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show Separated from outside world membranes. Composed of cells (often single cell). Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic. Genetic material is always DNA.  
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show Archaea and Bacteria  
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show Viruses (nucleic acid surrounded by protein coat) and Viroids (naked RNA with no protein coat [infectious]) have no independent metabolism (obligatory parasite). Depend on other living cells  
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show eukaryotic virus that infects eukaryotic cells. Most famous member of this group infect mammalian neurons and causes rabies  
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What is a virion?   show
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Describe Lambda Bacteriophage   show
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show comparing sequences of certain macromolecules  
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show First used ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) sequences as a tool for constructing phylogenetic relationships which can be visualized on a phylogenetic tree  
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only _________, _________ and _________ contain macroorganisms   show
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Where do phototrophs get ATP from?   show
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show Chemical energy (chemically reduced electron donors are oxidized to produce ATP)  
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What are the two types of chemotrophs and describe them.   show
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show CO2 (CO2 Fixation)  
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show Organic compounds (assembled organic molecules are acquired from outside)  
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show Carbon for building their own biomass  
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Based on the energy source heterotrophs used to harvest carbon for building their own biomass, where to chemoheterotrophs and photoheterotrophs get their energy?   show
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Photoautotrophs _____________________________   show
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show Produce energy from oxidizing inorganic molecules such as iron, sulfur, or nitrogen. This energy is also used to fix CO2 into biomass  
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show Capture CO2 and convert it to their own biomass  
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What are extremophiles?   show
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What is the largest division of bacteria?   show
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show Cyanobacteria  
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show 1) Euryarchaeota 2) Crenarchaeota  
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show 1) Methanogens (Anaerobically degrade organic matter, produce methane) 2) Extreme halophiles (require high salt concentrations for metabolism and reproduction) 3) Thermoacidophiles (grow in moderately high temperatures and low pH environments)  
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show hyperthermophiles  
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Name some examples of archaea   show
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show Protists; Protista  
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show *Algae(green and brown algae, and diatoms) *Fungi(yeast, molds) *Protozoa (flagellates, cilliates) *Slime molds  
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Some protists, such as algae, are __________   show
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show True  
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show Fungus + Algae  
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show A method for isolating specific microorganisms from nature using specific culture media and incubation conditions  
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What is a pathogen?   show
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show A culture containing a single kind of microorganism  
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show The hypothesis that living organisms can originate from nonliving matter  
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What does sterile mean?   show
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What is an autotroph?   show
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What is a chemolithotroph?   show
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show An organism that obtains its energy from the oxidation of organic compounds  
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show Prokaryotic oxygenic phototrophs  
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What is an extremophile?   show
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What is a heterotroph?   show
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show An organism that obtains energy from light  
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What is phylogeny?   show
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Proteobacteria   show
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What are protists?   show
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show It is the critical barrier for the cell to exist by allowing th einside of the cell to be different from the outside of the cell  
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show Rigid structure outside of the membrane that provides support for the membrane and protection for the cell  
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show Macromolecullar complexes composed of RNA and protein and the site of protein synthesis in all organisms  
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What is the nucleoid?   show
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show Flagella; protein-flagellin  
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What are inclusions and what are some examples?   show
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show 1) Coccus (spherical 2) Bacilli (rod) 3) Spirillum (spiral shape)  
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T or F: Morphology typically predicts physiology, ecology, phylogeny of a prokaryotic cell   show
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What is the cell size range for prokaryotes and eukaryotes?   show
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show *Nutrients and waste products pass more readily into and out of small cell than a large cell *Faster cellular metabolism and growth *small cells develop larger populations (dependent on rsources) *More adaptive flexibility to changing envir. conditions  
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show *Support greater nutrient exchange per unit cell volume *tend to grow faster than larger cells  
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show True  
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show True  
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What are the three major functions of the cytoplasmic membrane?   show
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Describe the permeability barrier function of the cytoplasmic membrane   show
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Describe the protein anchor function of the cytoplasmic membrane   show
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show Site of generation and use of the proton motive force  
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What are the two groups of membrane proteins?   show
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The cytoplasmic membrane is a __________ of __________ that contains both ___________ and ___________ components   show
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show Phosphatidyethanolamine  
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What are the two types of integral membrane proteins and describe their location?   show
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show Attached either to the lipid bilayer or to integral proteins  
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show Selectively permeable  
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What are the two types of movements across a membrane and describe them.   show
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show *Simple transporters *Group translocation *ABC transporters  
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show *Uniporter *Antiporter *Symporter  
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Cytoplasmic membranes are stabilized by _______ bonds and hydro______ intereactions. ______ and ______ help stabilized membrane by forming ionic bonds with _____________ charges on the phospholipids   show
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show only a spanning-transport protein  
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How do uniporters work?   show
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show They transports one molecule in membrane and one out membrane  
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show They transport one molecule along with another substance (typically a protein)  
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How does group translocation work?   show
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What is an example of group translocation?   show
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Describe ABC transporters (ATP-Binding cassette)   show
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show Part of gram negative cell wall between cytoplasmic membrane and outer membrane  
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show Proportional (low = low) (high = high)  
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T or F: At some point, all of the transport proteins are busy transporting molecules and adding more to the growth medium will not affect the rate of entry in the cell   show
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Carrier mediated transport allows ____________   show
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show -Sec translocase system -Type III secretion system  
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Describe the sec translocase system   show
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show Common in pathogenic bacteria, secreted protein (toxin) is translocated directly into the host  
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show Peptidoglycan  
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What are the functions of bacterial cell walls?   show
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show Thin; Thick  
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Describe the gram stain for gram + bacteria   show
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show A protein that cleaves the beta-1,4-glycosidic bonds between N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid in peptidoglycan, thereby weakening the cell wall  
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What are protoplasts?   show
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What are spheroplasts?   show
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What are the two prokaryotes without cell walls?   show
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show Archaea  
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The amino acids in the peptidoglycan are:   show
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In G+, each glycan unit contributes a _______ and the two _________ are connected by a short _______________   show
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Interbridges in G + are usually short peptides but in G-, Interbridges are __________________   show
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show Teichoic acids  
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Teichoic acids are only found in G+ bacteria and are partially responsible for ________________   show
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show True  
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show Teichoic acids; Lipopolysaccharide layer (LPS)  
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show An outer membrane  
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What is the outer membrane of G- bacteria constructed with?   show
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show second lipid bilayer  
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Outer membrane is also called __________________________, consisting of:   show
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Polysaccharide chains are anchored in the hydrophobic lipid bilayer in the outer membrane by ________   show
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The LPS is also known as _________, responsible for illnesses associated with G- bacteria such as salmonella   show
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The phospholipid bilayer is similar to the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane but ____________   show
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show Relatively permeable  
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show The outer membrane is much more permeable than the cytoplasmic membrane  
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show Connects the outer membrane to the peptidoglycan layer. The protein end connects to the peptidoglycan layer and the lipid layer connects to the outer membrane  
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show Outer membrane ; cytoplasmic membrane; 1) Binding proteins 2) Chemoreceptors (chemotaxis) 3) Hydrolytic enzymes for the initial degredation of food molecules  
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What is chemotaxis?   show
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T or F: Cell walls of archaea do not contain peptidoglycan   show
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T or F: Archaea have outer membranes   show
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Some members of archaea have cell walls composed of __________   show
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Describe pseudomurein   show
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T or F: Lysozymes can break beta 1,3 linkages and beta-1,4 linkages   show
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The most common cell wall type of Archaea is the _________   show
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Describe the S-layer   show
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What is the purpose of fimriae in prokaryotes and how do they compare to flagella?   show
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Fimbriae can be extended and retracted rapidly and produce ___________   show
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show Also function in attachment to substrate but are longer and less in number  
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What are the two important functions of pili?   show
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The _______ is involved in bacterial mating (conjugation)   show
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show Slime layer; Capsule  
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Why are capsules "hard"?   show
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Capsules adhere __________ to cell wall and Slimes layers are ________   show
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show -Assistants in attachment to solid surface -Can develop into biofilm (a solid surface of cells) -Provide significant physical protection, resisting desiccation (dehydration) -Can mediate specific binding to host tissue to protect against phagocytosis  
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What are the 4 main types of inclusions in prokaryotes?   show
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show Accumulations of inorganic phosphate  
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What are some functions of inclusions?   show
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What is the most common lipid storage material?   show
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Granules of elemental sulfur are produced by:   show
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Instead of disposing of sulfur, the bacteria ____   show
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show Impart a magnetic dipole on a cell, allowing the cell to respond to a magnetic field  
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show Magnetotaxis  
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show Swim "downward" toward magnetic north  
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Magnetotactic bacteria usually mineralize ______   show
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What are gas vesicles?   show
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show Membrane enclosed; Protein in the form of repeating protein subunits  
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show impermeable to water and solutes of the cytoplasm but is permeable to gas.  
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What are endospores?   show
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Endospores are known as the ________ stage of bacterial life cycle   show
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show Gram-positive bacteria  
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show Terminal, subterminal and central  
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show -Exosporium (outer later, thin protein covering) -Spore coat (layers of sporulation protein) -Cortex (peptidoglycan [similar to cell wall]) -Core (cell wall, membrane, DNA, ribosomes, etc)  
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The process where a vegetable cell differentiates into an endospore is known as _________   show
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show 1) activation - occurs when endospores are heated for several minutes at elevated temperatures 2) germination - Endospore placed in presence of specific nutrients, such as AA's 3) Outgrowth - Cell emerges from broken endospore and begins to grow  
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show Ca-Dipicolinate, DPA, and small acid soluble proteins (SASPs). DPA and SASPs give endospore resistance to environmental stress. SASPs bind DNA and change it from a beta-form to an alpha-form helix which makes it resist UV damage  
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show During sporulation  
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show 1) Bind to DNA in core to protect from UV, dry heat, and desiccation. 2) Function as source of carbon and energy for outgrowth of a new vegetative cell from the endospore during germination  
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What do flagella do?   show
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What are flagella composed of?   show
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show Flagella attached to one or both ends of the cell  
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what does Peritrichous flagellation mean?   show
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About __________ flagellin = _________ filaments   show
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Flagella grow from the _____, not the ______   show
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show Rigid and rotates  
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show the Proton Motive Force  
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show Rotational speed; Proton motive force  
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Chemoreceptors in __________ bind chemicals   show
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show Equivalent of chemotaxis but with light. Some organisms are attracted to particular wavelengths and it is on or off whereass others actually travel along light intensity gradient  
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show Prokaryotes that dont have flagella (only filamentous or rod shaped bacteria use this motility)  
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show cells be in contact with solid surface  
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show secretion of a polysaccharide slime  
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What is the proton motive force (PMF)?   show
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show 1) Optimization for nutrient uptake 2) Swimming motility in viscous environments or near surfaces -gliding motility (filamentous bacteria)  
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What is lophotrichous flagella?   show
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show Gyrate; Reverse  
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show slowly in a straight line  
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show more rapidly and typically spin around  
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show Rod shaped  
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