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prokaryotes Flashcards

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What are Biofilms?

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Prokaryotes that may stick together to form filaments or complex communities.

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What is the nucleoid region?

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Region on prokaryotic cells where DNA is located (in cytoplasm)

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What is binary fission?

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A type of simple cell division used by prokaryotic cells to reproduce & split in two.

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What is horizontal gene transfer/HGT?

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Transfer of genes from one independent, mature organism to another.

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What are membrane folds used for?

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Used in respiration and photosynthesis. They increase surface area.

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What are plasmids?

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Small circular DNAs

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What are inclusion bodies?

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Compact masses that store materials. Store carbon, glycogen, phosphate, sulfur, and magnetite.

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What are the 3 parts of HGT?

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  1. Conjugation
  2. Transduction
  3. Transformation
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9
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What is a conjugation bridge?

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Hollow pilus

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In bacteria what are the chains that are formed called?

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Strepto

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In bacteria what are the clusters that are formed called?

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Stapho

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What does extremophile mean?

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Something that prefers to live in extreme habitats (Archaea)

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What are the 3 shapes prokaryote cells come in?

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  1. Bacillus-rod shaped
  2. Coccus-spherical
  3. Spirillum-spiral shaped
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What is rolling circle replication?

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Starts at a single origin and moves only in one direction

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15
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What are viruses that infect prokaryotes called?

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Phages

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16
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What is transduction?

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HGT done by viruses that infect prokaryotes

17
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What is transformation?

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When bacteria pick up DNA from their environment

18
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What are the 2 types of metabolism in eukaryotes?

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Autotrophy and Heterotrophy

19
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Energy can be obtained by?

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Hetero- in reduced forms from other organisms
Auto- in oxidized form from CO2 in the air

20
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Electrons can be obtained by?

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Litho- from reduced organic substances
Organo- From reduced carbon sources

21
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Who is classified as chemo organoheterotrophs?

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Humans

22
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Who is classified as photolithoautotrophs?

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Plants

23
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Prokaryotes can be:

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1.Chemoorganoheterotrophs
2. Chemolithoheterotrophs
3. Chemolithoautotrophs
4. Photolithoautotrophs
5. Photoorganoheterotrophs

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What is aerobic respiration?

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Respiration with oxygen

25
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What are facultative anaerobes?

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Can tolerate oxygen

25
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What are obligate aerobes?

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require oxygen

26
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What are obligate anaerobes?

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Cannot live in the presence of oxygen

27
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When do prokaryotes use fermentation?

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When a cell’s terminal electron acceptor is not available for respiration

28
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What is nutrient cycling?

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The cycle of chemical elements between organisms and the physical environments in which they live

29
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What are 2 examples of nutrient cycling?

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Decomposition and fixation

30
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What are decomposers?

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Organisms that carry out the decomposition portion of the cycle and release the dead organism’s matter back into the environment.

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What is fixation?

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The process that turns elements from inorganic forms to organic forms that heterotrophic organisms can use.

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What do photo synthesizers do?

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Fix carbon into sugars

33
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What is a microbiome?

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The community of microorganisms in a particular environment, including a part of the body

34
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What is bioremediation?

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Use of organisms to remove pollutants from water, air, and soil

35
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What is bio stimulation?

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Addition of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.) to encourage growth of microbes?

36
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What are the 5 characteristics of prokaryotes?

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  1. NO nucleus
  2. lack various internal structures, bound with phospholipid membrane
  3. are smaller than eukaryotes
  4. have simple structure
  5. include: bacteria and archaea
37
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How do bacterial diseases spread?

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Usually enter through mucosal surfaces and spreads through fluids, coughing, or contact with mucous membranes

38
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What are 3 examples of bacterial diseases?

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  1. Tuberculosis
  2. Bacterial Meningitis
  3. Ulcers and Cancer (Helicobacter pylori can cause ulcers and cancer)

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