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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
06/27/2012

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GLYCOLAX
Definition
GENERAL TERM FOR SUBSTANCES SURROUNDING BACTERIAL CELLS
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FIMBRIAE
Definition
NUMEROUS HAIR LIKE APPENDAGES THAT HELP ATTACHMENT TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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SEX PILI
Definition
SPECIALIZED EXTERNAL STRUCTURES THAT ASSIST IN THE TRANSFER OF GENTEIC MATERIAL BETWEEN CELLS
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CAPSULES
Definition
THICK, STICKY LAYER OF GLYCOCALYX
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PLASMA MEMBRANE
Definition
PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER STRUCTURE PRESENT IN BACTERIA AND EUCARYOTIC CELLS
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SPHEROPLASTS
Definition
GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL CELL WALLS AFTER THEIR TREATMENT WITH LYSOZYME
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METACHROMATIC GRANULES
Definition
STORED PHOSPHATE IN PROCARYOTES SUCH AS CORYNEBACTERIUM
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PLASMIDS
Definition
CIRCULAR STRANDS OF DNA, CODES FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
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NUCLEOPLASM
Definition
A GEL-LIKE FLUID IN THE EUCARYOTIC NUCLEUS
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RIBOSOMES
Definition
PROTIEN SYSTHESIS STUCTURES
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LYSOSOMES
Definition
MEMBRAN-ENCLOSED SPHERES IN PHAGOCYTE CELLS THAT CONTAIN POWERFUL DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
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MITOCHONDRIA
Definition
THE POWERHOUSES OF EUCARYOTES
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PINOCYTOSIS
Definition
ENTRANCE OF FLUIDS INTO EUCARYOTIC CELLS
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MICROTUBLES
Definition
FLAGELLA, CILIA, SPINDLE FIBER MOVEMENT
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GLYCOCALYX
Definition
EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES, EXTERNAL COATING OF MOST CELLS; MAY HELP CELLS ADHERE TO SURFACES
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GRAM POSITIVE
Definition
BACTERIAL CELL WITH NO OUTER MEMBRANE, THICK PG LAYER
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GRAM NEGATIVE
Definition
BACTERIAL CELL WITH THIN PG LAYER, OUTER MEMBRANE OF LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE.
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MICROFILAMENTS
Definition
RESPONSIBLE FOR CYTOPLASMIC AND AMOEBOID MOVEMENT
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PILIN
Definition
PROTEIN THAT FORMS FIMBRIAE
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HEMOLYSIS
Definition
RUPTURE OF RED BLOOD CELLS
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DIPICOLINIC ACID
Definition
A COMPOUND FOUND IN BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES
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CHITIN
Definition
A COMPOUND FREQUENTLY FOUND IN THE CELL WALLS OF FUNGI AND ALGAE AND EXOSKELETON OF INSECTS
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LYSOZYME
Definition
AN ENZYME AFFECTING GRAM-POSITIVE CELL WALLS; FOUND IN TEARS
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PERITRICHOUS
Definition
ARRANGEMENT OF FLAGELLA DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ENTIRE CELL
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AMPHITRICHOUS
Definition
A SINGLE FLAGELLUM AT EACH END OF THE CELL
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LOPHOTRICHOUS
Definition
HORSETAIL ARRANGEMENT OF FLAGELLA
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