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| What is unique about Bdellovibrio growth? |
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Bdellovibrio can reproduce in various numbers; one cell can split to form anywhere from 2 to 9 daughter cells. Typically, 4 cells result and the other amounts vary |
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| What does the FtsZ protein do? |
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Definition
FtsZ forms a ring around the center of the cell which determines the plane of division when prokaryotes are going through binary fision. FtsZ is related to tubulin but it's not really the same thing |
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| What is the functions of the Min proteins? |
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Definition
The Min proteins determine where the FtsZ ring will be located. Faulty min proteins will result in uneven cell division and could be catastrophic for the cell line |
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| If you have an E. coli population of 104, what will be the size of the populations after 2 hours if they have a generation time of 20 mins? |
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Definition
| You would take 26 (which equals 64) and multiply it by 104 to get 6.4x105 |
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| You are doing a growth curve. At the stationary phase you get 9 colonies on the plate where you spread 100 microliters of your sixth 1:10 dilution. how many bacterial cells were in the population? |
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Definition
There would be 9,000,000 in the theoretical population due to the fact that you multiply the value that you get by 106 to account for the dilution of the cells |
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