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Lecture 3 & 4
Dr. Lewis
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Microbiology
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04/21/2011

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what is the size of sperical bacteria?
Definition
0.5 mcm-2mcm
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What is the size of rod shaped bacteria?
Definition
1mcm-10 mcm
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Flagella
Definition
whip like projections used for movement
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Cilia
Definition
hair like projections used for movement
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What are the three basic bacterial shapes?
Definition
spherical, rod and spiral
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Pili
Definition
short hair like appendages used for attachment
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axial filaments
Definition
allow spirochetes to move through tissue
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phychrophiles
Definition
low temperature
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mesophiles
Definition
intermediate temperature
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thermophiles
Definition
high temperature
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acidophile
Definition
low ph
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alkalinophile
Definition
high ph
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neutrophiles
Definition
neutral ph
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obligae aerobe
Definition

requires oxygen

will NOT grow in the absense

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obligate anaerobe
Definition
grows ONLY in the absense of oxygen
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Facultative anaerobes
Definition
grows either in the presence or absence of oxygen
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Halophiles
Definition
saline lakes and ponds (high salt concentration)
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Barophiles
Definition
deep sea (high barometric pressure)
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metabolism
Definition
sum total of all chical reactions
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anabolism
Definition

build up

small to large

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catabolism
Definition

break down

large to small

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