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Bio 2103 Presentation 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2012

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Term
Thermophiles
Definition
Heat loving
Term
Psychrophiles
Definition
Cold Loving
Term
halophiles
Definition
salt loving
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Acidophiles
Definition
Acid loving
Term
Anerobes
Definition
Use different e- receptor than O2
Term
Distinguishes Prokaryotes
Definition
Archaea have histones, bacteria don't
Circular chromosome (supercoil)
May or may not have plasmids

Have 70s Ribosomes (Eukaryotes 80S)
No organelles
Can't undergo sexual reproduction
Term
Prokaryote Cell Wall made of what?
Definition
Peptidoglycan in bacteria
Term
Materials for archea cell wall
Definition
pseudomurein
Term
Coccus
Definition
Spherical, CIRCLES
Term
Bacillus
Definition
Rod, walking stick
Term
Vibrio
Definition
Bent Rod
Term
Filamentous
Definition
branching or unbranching prokaryotes
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Flagellum
Definition
stringy, what makes cell move
Term
Photo
Definition
Sun
Term
Autotrophs
Definition
manufacture organic carbon from inoranic carbon
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Heterotrophs
Definition
Get organic carbon from other organic sources
Term
DNA SWAPPING
Definition
Term
Transformation
Definition
Get genetic info from enviroment
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Conjugation
Definition
swap genes with another bacterium
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Transduction
Definition
genes transferred by viruses
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Genomics
Definition
use entire genomes to study species
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Nitrogen cycle
Definition
Nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification
N2 converted to NH3 or NH4
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Nitrification
Definition
NH3/4 converted to NO3 or NO2
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Denitrification
Definition
NO3 converted to N2
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Nitrogen fixation
Definition
N2 to NH4
Term
Koch's Postulates
Definition
Microbe in sick, not healthy
Microbe isolated from host
Healthy individual exposed to mictrobe culture show symptom of illness.
Microbe isolated again from exposed now sick match original microbe
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Protobacteria
Definition
multiple phyla
purple photosynthetic bacteria
E. Coli and salmonella
Term
Actinobacteria
Definition
gram positive: stain dark with gram stain
thick peptiodglycan cell wall
LOTS OF GC's no AT's
look like fungi
Term
Firmicutes
Definition
low GC's lots of AT
low GC Gram positive
in YOGURT!!!!!
Term
Chlamydiales
Definition
small and coccus
Chlamidia
intracellular parasites
Term
Spirochetes
Definition
Spirillum
syphilis and lympe disease
ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION
Term
Phototroph
Definition
Get ATP energy from sun
Term
chemolithotrophs
Definition
Get energy from inorganic chemicals
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Chemoorganotrophs
Definition
Get energy from organic chemicals
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Photoautotrophs
Definition
energy from sun, fixes its own carbon
Term
Chemolitho(auto)trophs
Definition
energy from inorganic (rock), then use energy to fix its own carbon
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Chemoorganoautotrophs
Definition
Energy from eating things, start from scratch to produce organic compounds.
Term
Photoheterotroph
Definition
Energy from sun, carbon from a different source organic source (venus fly trap)
Term
Chemolithoheterotrophs
Definition
energy from rock (inorganic), organic from organic sources
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Chemoorganoheterotrophs
Definition
energy from food (organic), glucose from the fixed carbon they eat.
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