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Chapter 7

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Nutrition   Process by which chemical substances(nutrients) are acquired from the environment and used in cellular activities  
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Nutrient   Any chemical substance that must be provided to a cell for normal metabolism and growth  
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Essential Nutrient   A substance that cannot be formed by an organism and must be supplied in the diet  
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Macronutrients   Required in large quantities; plays important roles in structure and metabolism; examples-Proteins, carbohydrates  
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Micronutrients (trace elements)   Required in small amounts; involved in enzyme function and maintenance of protein structure; examples-Manganese, zinc, nickle  
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Organic nutrients   Contains carbon and hydrogen atoms and usually the products of living things; examples-methane CH4, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids  
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inroganic nutrients   atom or molecule that contains a combination of atoms other than carbon and hydrogen; examples-metals and their salts (Magnesium sulfate, ferric nitrate, sodium phosphate), gases (oxygen, Carbon Dioxide), and water  
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Heterotroph   Organism that must obtain its carbon in an organic form made by other living organisms such as proteins, carbs, lipids, and nucleic acids  
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Autotroph   Organism that uses inorganic CO2 as its carbon source and not nutritionally dependent on other living things  
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Growth Factor   An organic compound such as a vitamin or amino acid that must be provided as a nutrient in the diet to facilitate growth  
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Photoautotrophs   photosynthetic; organism that uses light for its energy and CO2 for its carbon needs; aka they can make own food in presence of light  
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Oxygenic photosynthesis   oxygen producing photosynthesis; uses chlorophyll as its pigment  
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Anoxygenic photosynthesis   non oxygen producing photosynthesis; uses unique pigment  
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Chemoautotroph (lithoautotrophs)   Organism that relies on inorganic chemicals for its energy and CO2 for its carbon; survive totally on inorganic substances  
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Methanogens   a type of chemoautotroph; microbes that produce methane gas under anaerobic conditions  
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Chemoheterotrophs   derives both carbon and energy from organic compounds  
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Saprobes   Free living microorganisms that feed on organic detritus from dead organisms  
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Opportunistic pathogen   saprobe is considered opportunistic when the host is compromised and infection may occur  
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Facultative parasite   when a saprobe infects a host  
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Parasites   derive nutrients from host; grow in or on the body of a host  
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Pathogens   An agent that causes diseases (pathogens and parasites are interchangeable)  
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Obligate parasites   Parasites that are dependent because they are unable to grow outside of a living host  
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Passive transport   Does not require energy; substances exist in a gradient and move from areas of higher to lower concentration  
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Diffusion   Net movement of molecules down their concentration gradient by random thermal motion to achieve a uniform distribution  
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Osmosis   Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane in direction of lower concentration  
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Isotonic   environment equal in solute concentration to cells internal environment  
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hypotonic   solute concentration of external environment is lower than cell's internal environment  
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hypertonic   higher solute concentration in external environment than its internal environment  
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Playmolysis   condition in cells with a wall, water loss causes shrinkage but does not collapse  
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Facilitated diffusion   passive movement of substance across from high to low concentration using carrier proteins  
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Active transport   requires energy and carrier proteins; gradient independent; from low to high concentration???  
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Group Translocation   Type of active transport; Transported molecule is chemically altered  
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Bulk transport   Mass transport of large particles, cells, liquids by engulfment and vesicle formation (endocytosis, phagocytosis, pinocytosis)  
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Niche   Totality of adaptations organisms make to their habitat; OR an organism's biological role in or contribution to its community  
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Minimum temperature   (1/3 cardinal temp) lowest temperature that permits a microbe's growth and metabolism  
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Maximum temperature   (2/3 cardinal temp) highest temperature that permits a microbe's growth and metabolism  
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Optimum temperature   (3/3 cardinal temp) promotes fastest rate of growth and metabolism (temperature between min and max)  
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Psychrophiles   microorganisms that have optimum temperature below 15 degrees celsius and is capable of growth at 0 degrees celsium (0-15)  
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Mesophiles   microorganisms that have optimum temperature from 20-40 degrees celsius; most human pathogens  
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Thermophiles   microorganisms that grow optimally at temperatures greater that 45 degrees celsius  
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Aerobe   uses oxygen and can detoxify it (aka a microbe that lives and grows in presence of free oxygen gas)  
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Obligate aerobe   cannot grow without oxygen  
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facultative anaerobe   uses oxygen but can also grow in its absence  
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microaerophile   requires only a small amount of oxygen  
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anaerobe   doesn't use oxygen (aka microbes that grow best in absence of oxygen)  
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obligate anaerobe   lacks enzymes to detoxify oxygen so cannot survive in oxygen environment  
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aerotolerant anaerobe   does not use oxygen but can survive and grow in its presence  
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capnophile   grows best at high CO2 concentrations/tensions than normally present in the atmosphere  
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alkalinophiles   grows at extreme alkaline pH (8 and 9 ?)  
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halophiles   require a high concentration of salt  
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osmotolerant   do not require a high concentration of solute/salt but can tolerate it if it occurs  
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barophiles   can survive under extreme pressure and will rupture if exposed to normal atmospheric pressure  
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symbiotic   organisms that live in close partnership  
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mutualism   obligatory, dependent, both member benefit  
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parasitism   parasite is dependent and benefits, host is harmed  
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nonsymbiotic   organisms are free living and relationships are not required for survival  
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synergism   members cooperate to produce a result that none of them could do alone (example-biofilm)  
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antagonism   a type of competition in which some members are inhibited or destroyed by others (actions of one organism affects the success or survival of others in same community  
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antibiosis   production of inhibitory compounds such as antibiotics  
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obligate acidophiles   grows at extreme pH (1-7)  
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halophiles   require a high concentration of salt  
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osmotolerant   do not require a high concentration of solute but can tolerate it if it occurs  
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barophiles   can survive under extreme pressure and will rupture if exposed to normal atmospheric pressure  
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symbiotic   organisms that live in close partnership  
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commensalism   commensal member benefits, other member neither harmed nor benefitted  
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biofilms   a complex association that arises from microorganisms growing together and interacting on surface of a habitat (results when organisms attach to a substrate/surface by some form of extracellular matrix that binds them together in complex organized layers)  
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Quorum sensing   an activity among bacteria in bioflims in which members signal each other and coordinate their function  
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generation/doubling time   the time required for a complete fission cycle growth curve  
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lag phase   "flat" period of adjustment, enlargement and there is little growth  
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exponential growth phase   a period of maximum growth will continue as long as cells have adequate nutrients and favorable environment  
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stationary phase   rate of cell growth equals rate of cell death caused by depletion of nutrients and O2, excretion of organic acids and pollutants  
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death phase   as limiting factors intensify, cells die exponentially  
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Turbidometry   most simple way of analyzing population growth, simple observation of seeing cloudiness (turbidity reflects population size)  
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viable colony count   quantitative evaluation of counting bacteria  
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direct cell count   count all cells present, automated or manually  
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coulter counter   electronically scans a culture and as cells pass through device, electronic detector counts numbers  
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flow cytometer   in addition to counting number of cells, it can measure cell size and differentiate between live and dead cells  
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