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Eukaryotic Microbes
Eukaryotes
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
03/26/2013

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Term
Cercozoans and Radiolarens
Definition
~used to be called amoebas
~possess pseudopods
~CaCO3 shells called tests
~White Cliffs of Dover (Form.)
~Protist
Term
Amoebozoa
Definition
~pseudopods for movement and feeding
~Protist
(Cercozoans and Radiolarens)
Term
Gymnamoebas
Definition
~soil and water
~Protist
~(Cercozoans and Radiolarens)
Term
Entamoebas
Definition
~parasitic;
~E. histolytica --> dysentery
~Protists
(Cercozoans and Radiolarens)
Term
Diplomonads and Parabasalids
Definition
~unicellular, flagellated anaerobes
~often in intestines
~sometimes in urogenital tract
~some are parasites
~diplomonad: Giardia lamblia
giardiasis; waterborne diarrhea
~parabasalid: Trichomonas vaginalis
STD/STI; survives well on towels, toilet seats, etc
Term
Euglenozoa
Definition
~unicellular and flagellated
~some parasites
1. Kinetoplastids
2. Euglenids
Term
Kinetoplastids
Definition
~Euglenozoa
~most aquatic and feed on bacteria
~Trypanosoma brucei; tsetse fly -->African sleeping sickness
Term
Euglenids
Definition
~Euglenozoa
~Euglena sp.)
~aquatic; phagocytosis or use chloroplast from green algae
Term
Rough ER
Definition
ER-proteins for surface of cell or export
Term
Smooth ER
Definition
Lipid synthesis
Term
Golgi complex
Definition
~traffic center
~vesicles do the transport
Term
lysosome
Definition
vesicle with acid and enzymes endocytosed food digested here
Term
flagellum
Definition
whip motion
Term
the mitochondrion
Definition
~size & shape of bacteria
~Krebs cycle in matrix
~ETC and ATP synthase in cristae of IM
~some DNA & ribosomes
~probably from endosymbiosis of an alpha proteobacterium
~most genes since exported to nucleus
~anaerobes without them had them once; gene evidence
Term
the hydrogenosome
Definition
~in some anaerobes
~fermentation with kicker: pyruvate --> acetate + ATP
~also produce CO2 and H2
~Probably degenerate form of mitochondria
~Methanogens nearby
Term
the chloroplast
Definition
~thylakoid membranes inside 2 surrounding membranes
~contains PS’s & ETC
CO2 fixation in stroma
Term
Stroma
Definition
The supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels
Term
primary Endosymbioisis
Definition
~primary involved ancestor of Cyanobacteria
~found in red and green algae and plants
Term
Secondary endosymbiosis
Definition
~involved endosymbiosis of red or green algae
Term
constantly changing picture
Definition
a. 18S rRNA analysis not as compelling as 16S rRNA analysis with prokaryotes; comparisons of other genes being used to modify tree
b. catchall category of “Protists” constantly being reorganized – once upon a time:
protozoa – animal-like; classified by motility
algae – plant-like; classified by color (2o pigments)
some algae were even in Plantae
Term
Fungi
Definition
~most have cell walls of chitin--> NAG polymer (peptidoglycan); where else seen exoskeletons

~heterotrophs; absorptive nutrition with exoenzymes
~many are saprophytes; mineralization
~pathogens: some animal, many plant
~structure: molds, yeasts, & mushrooms
~filamentous cells called hyphae
-woven hyphae --> mycellium
hyphae septate or coenocytic
-aerial hyphae --> conidiospores
Term
Hyphae
Definition
Each of the branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus
Term
Mycelium
Definition
The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae)
Term
Septate Hyphae
Definition
Septate hyphae have cross-walls (called septa) that divide the cytoplasm into segments. They usually aren't complete divisions, so cytoplasm can still flow between them.
Term
Coenocytic Hyphae
Definition
hyphae lack septa are known as "aseptate" or "coenocytic"
Term
reproductive/aerial hyphae
Definition
~portion involved in reproduction
~conidiospores-->an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
Term
unicellular fungi (yeasts) reproduction
Definition
~asexually by either:
binary fission or
an asymmetric division called budding which leaves scars
~Fungi once classified by type of Sexual spores
Term
fungi imperfecti
Definition
No (observed) sex
Term
five groups of fungi
Definition
1.chytrids
2. Zygomycetes
3. glomermycetes
4. ascomycetes/sac fungi
5. basidomycetes
Term
chytrids
Definition
~Fungi type
~often aquatic motile zoospores; some pathogens; aquatic saprophytes
Term
Zygomycetes
Definition
Fungi type
~terrestrial
~saprophytes (bread mold)
Term
glomermycetes
Definition
~mycorrhizae
~associated with ~80% land plants
Term
ascomycetes/sac fungi
Definition
~yeasts
~MBF? Saccharomyces cerevisiae
~asexual reproduction by budding
~meiosis produces ascospores which are haploid
~a + alpha mating restores dipliod
Term
basidomycetes
Definition
~mushrooms & puffballs
~hapliod mycelia fuse --> dikaryotic mycelium (2 haploid nuclei but remain distinctive in cytoplasm)
-gives rise to basidiocarp
- nuclear fusion then meiosis--> basidiospores
Term
basidiocarp
Definition
~the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
Term
basidiospores
Definition
A spore produced by a basidium
Term
Red and Green Algae
Definition
~along with plants, descended from primary endosymbiont
~green algae closest plant relative
secondary endosymbioses --> other algae
Term
Red Algae
Definition
~phycobiliproteins instead of chlorophyll b
~Photopigment: phycoerythrin red coloration
~marine habitat most common
~some unicellular & some multicellular (source of AGAR)
~also source of carrageenans –Thickening agents for food
Term
Green Algae
Definition
~Green Algae – two groups:chlorophytes & charopyceans
~Charopyceans closest to plants
~Freshwater most common habitat
~complex life cycles with sexual and asexual phases
~Chlamydomonas is the green E. coli
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