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Microbiology

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Eukaryotic cells have a N______ and membrane enclosed organelles.   Nucleus  
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Membrane organelles are present in Eukaryotic cells are present in:   • Animals • Plants • Fungi • Protozoa  
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Bacteria and Archaea are called:   Prokaryotic cells  
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Prokaryotic cells do not have:   a nucleus or membrane-enclosed organelles  
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Prokaryotic cells are Differentiation by:   • Morphology • Cell wall structure • Nutritional requirements • Biochemical activities • Source of energy • Sequence of genetic material • Size  
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The typical size of a Prokaryotic cell is   – 0.2 to 2.0 um in diameter – 2.0 to 8.0 um in length  
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Most common shapes of bacteria cells are:   Coccus Cocobacillus Vibrio Bacillus Sprillium Sprirochete  
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Most common shapes of Bacteria cells are:   Coccus Cocobacillus Vibrio Bacillus Sprillium Sprirochete  
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Chains (prefix strepto) are:   Divide into one plane  
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Diplococci   Divided into one plane  
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Tetrads are divided :   into two planes  
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Sarcinae are divided:   into three planes  
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Staphylococci are divided into:   Divide in multiple planes  
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Staphylococcus aureus are resistant to _____.   Methicillin-resistant  
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Structures external to the bacterial cell wall are:   • Glycocalyx • Flagella • Axial filaments • Fimbriae and pili  
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Glycocalyx is composed of a ______coat   sugar  
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Glycocalyx can have a C______or S_____ L____.   Capsule (firm) or slime layer (loose)  
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Made of polysaccharides in most bacteria, and polypeptides in a few bacteria   Glycocalyx  
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Glycocalyx main function is to:   • Inhibits phagocytosis • Attachment to host and environmental surfaces • Protects against desiccation (dehydration) (outside environment)  
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Bacterial slime in our food?   Xanthomonas campestris  
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Xanthomonas campestris   • Source of the polysaccharide xanthan gum • Stable at high temperatures • 1% in water thickens it significantly  
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Xanthomonas campestris in foods is used to :   – Emulsifing and stabilizing agent in salad dressings, ice creams,  
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Xanthomonas campestris in the industry is used to :   – Thickening agent (oil industry) • Drilling “mud”  
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Some Biofilm health effects of medical implants are are:   -Catheters – Heart valves – Prostheses – Contact lenses  
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Biofilm health effects also include   tooth decay and gingivitis  
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Flagella are:   Long filamentous appendagesand are made of the protein flagellin  
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Flagella are the bacteria motility. Positve   towards  
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Flagella are the bacteria motility. Negative   Away  
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T/F Some bacteria lack flagella   true  
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Monotrichous   one flagellum  
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Atrichous   no flagellum  
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Operation of Flagella if it moves counterclockwise :   it runs  
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Operation of Flagella if it moves clockwise:   it tumbles  
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Axial filaments are present in?   Present in spirochette cells  
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Axial filaments are present in?   Present in spirochette cells  
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Adapted to viscous fluids and wrap around the cell?   Axial Filaments  
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Two types of Axial Filaments are?   Treponema pallidum and – Borrelia burgdorferi  
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Treponema pallidum is:   Syphilis  
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Borrelia burgdorferi is:   Lyme disease  
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Axial filaments are present in?   Present in spirochette cells  
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Adapted to viscous fluids and wrap around the cell?   Axial Filaments  
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Two types of Axial Filaments are?   Treponema pallidum and – Borrelia burgdorferi  
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Treponema pallidum is:   Syphilis  
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Borrelia burgdorferi is:   Lyme disease  
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Other forms of bacterial motility include:   • Motility over low-water content surfaces • Gliding motility (smooth) • Mediated by specialized projections  
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Twitching (grappling) motility (jerky) – Extends  adheres  contracts   Mediated by specialized projections (pili) or pilus  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa moves by:   twitching  
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Fimbriae:   Made of pilin – Short thin appendages some bacteria (about 1,000/cell) • Help cells to adhere to surfaces and to one another • Virulence (attachment) factor  
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E coli are attached to the intestinal mucosa by:   fimbriae  
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Sex pilus are present in gram_____.   negative bacteria  
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Sex pilus are made of:   Made of pilin protein  
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Sex pilus bridges related bacteria and:   performs a DNA transfer (conjugation)  
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The Cell envelope is   All structural layers covering the cytoplasm  
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The cell wall:   Protects the cell from high internal osmotic pressure – Lattice formed by peptidoglycan (murein) • Strong elastic sac – Present in most bacteria  
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The cell wall is present in all bacteria. T/F   False (the cell wall is present in most bacteria)  
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Lattice formed by peptidoglycan (murein) • Strong elastic sac   cell wall  
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Peptidoglycan is a:   Repeating disaccharides crosslinked by polypeptides  
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Gram-positive cells have   Teichoic acids and lipoteichoic acids  
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Teichoic acids and lipoteichoic acids   -Stability of peptidoglycans – Cell division – Attachment to surfaces  
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Gram-negative cells have   – Lipoprotein-lipopolysaccharide-phospholipid -A thin poorly-organized peptidoglycan layer -Outer membrane  
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The Outer membrane in Gram-negative cells :   – Protects against phagocytosis – Porins • Transport of small hydrophilic molecules –Sugar and some amino acids – Barrier to many substances • Penicillin • Lysozyme  
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Unique to Gramnegative cells:   Periplasmic space  
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Periplasmic space (periplasm)   • Area between the “two membranes” – Contains the cell wall (peptidoglycans) – Abundance of digestive enzymes and selective transport proteins  
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Atypical bacterial cells   Mycoplasma bacteria lack cell walls Cell membrane contains sterols  
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Has a Highly impermeable wax coat –Mycolic acid:   Mycobacterium tuberculosis (acid fast bacteria) atypical  
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– Cell wall contains pseudomurein instead of murein (peptidoglycans)   Archaea  
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