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Archaea and Bacteria Diversity
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2014

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gram positive
Definition
Bacteria with uniformly dense cell wall consisting primarily of peptidoglycan
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anaerobic
Definition
Organism that does not use oxygen for metabolism
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aerobic
Definition
Organism that needs oxygen for metabolism
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photoautotroph
Definition
Organism that uses photons as a source of energy; can fix CO2 into sugar
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photoheterotroph
Definition
Organism that uses photons as a source of energy; cannot fix CO2 into sugar
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chemolithotroph (chemoautotroph)
Definition
Organism that uses inorganic compounds as a source of energy; can fix CO2 into sugar (two names)
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chemoheterotroph
Definition
Organism that must consume other living things for energy and mass
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get to host; enter host; evade host immune system; reproduce within host; be released to infected new hosts
Definition
Steps for a successful pathogen
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gram negative
Definition
Gram stain of spirochetes
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axial filaments
Definition
Motility of spirochetes
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chemoheterotrophs
Definition
Metabolism of spirochetes
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corkskrew
Definition
Shape of spirochetes
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parasites or free living
Definition
Host of spirochetes
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Lyme disease and syphilis
Definition
Diseases associated with spirochetes
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obligate intracellular parasites
Definition
Host of chlamydia
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exchange ATP for ADP with host
Definition
How chlamydia gets ATP
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eye infections, STDs, pneumonia
Definition
Diseases associated with chlamydia
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elementary body <-> reticulate body
Definition
Life cycle of chlamydia
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G and C
Definition
High-GC Gram-positive bacteria have high concentration of which DNA bases?
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tuberculosis
Definition
Disease associated with High-GC Gram-positive bacteria
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form spores at tips; reproduction by fission
Definition
Life cycle of High-GC Gram-positive bacteria
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gram positive and gram negative
Definition
Gram stain of Low-GC Gram-positive bacteria
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endospores that become dormant
Definition
life cycle of Low-GC Gram-positive bacteria
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anthrax, boils, respiratory infections, intestinal infections, skin infections
Definition
medical conditions associated with Low-GC Gram-positive bacteria
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produce new filaments
Definition
Function of cyanobacteria spores
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photosynthesis
Definition
Function of cyanobacteria vegetative portion
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fix nitrogen
Definition
Function of cyanobacteria heterocyst
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heterocyst, vegetative, spores
Definition
Types of cyanobacteria in colony
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photoautotroph with photosynthetic lamellae
Definition
Nutrition of cyanobacteria
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chloroplast
Definition
Cyanobacteria are ancestors of which organelle?
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gram negative
Definition
Gram stain of proteobacteria
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mitochondria
Definition
Proteobacteria are ancestors of which organelle?
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E. coli and Salmonella
Definition
Proteobacteria associated with which medical conditions?
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chemolithotrophs, chemoheterotrophs, photoautotrophs
Definition
Metabolism of proteobacteria
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thermophile or acidophiles
Definition
Living conditions of crenarchaeota
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methanogens
Definition
Obligate anaerobes
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euryarchaeotoa
Definition
All methanogens are _____.
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thermophiles and halophilies
Definition
Living conditions of euryarchaeotoa
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korarchaeota
Definition
Found in hot springs
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nanoarchaeota
Definition
Small; sometimes live in association with crenarchaeota
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