Appendages and Internal Structure Flashcards

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What are the function of capsules and slime layers?

A

Attach to surfaces
Protect from phagocytosis

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Capsule vs Slime layer

A

Capsule more well-organized, pressed against the cell, and protects better against phagocytosis
Slime layer are not closely attached to the cell, they are used to form biofilms

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3
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What can block capsule development?

A

Cyclic polysaccharide

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4
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What is flagella made up of?

A

Filament, hook, shaft, and basal body

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5
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What is basal body made up of?

A

Bushing (reduces friction)
Stator (generates torque)
Rotor (does rotation)

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6
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How is flagellum built?

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Flagellin is exported from the cytoplasm through a type III protein export apparatus

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7
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How does flagellum move?

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PTM; H+ move through stator. Torque is transmitted to the rotor.

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8
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What is chemotaxis?

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Descriptor for flagellum movement. Bacteria move towards chemoattractants

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9
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What is “run” mode?

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C-ring has counterclockwise rotation, bacteria move in one direction

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10
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What is “tumble” mode?

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C-ring has clockwise rotation, flagellum move in different direction, bacteria “tumbles”

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11
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What structure is the C-ring part of?

A

Stator

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12
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Function of pili

A

Attachment to surfaces
Motility
Electron transfer between cells

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13
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Methods of motility using pili

A

Gliding
Twitching

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14
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What are nanowires?

A

thin, long tubular extension of cell membrane that extends from one cell to another that allows sharing of nutrients and electrons

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15
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What do bacteria use for storage? What do they store?

A

Granules can store carbon, phosphate, or sulfur

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16
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What form is carbon stored in bacteria?

A

glycogen granules, PHB, or PHA granules

17
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What form is phosphate stored?

A

Volutin, acts as energy storage

18
Q

What can microcompartments store?

A
  1. Enzymes
  2. Pigments for photosynthesis
  3. Gas
  4. Magnetite
19
Q

What pigments are used for photosynthesis?

A

phycobilisomes and chlorosomes

20
Q

What is magnetite? How is it stored?

A

iron compound stored in magnetosomes

21
Q

What are carboxysomes?

A

carbon fixation by RuBisCo

22
Q

What are endospores?

A

Metabolically inactive cells that are highly resistant to damage

23
Q

What causes formation of endospore? When does it germinate?

A

Forms during starvation, germinates in response to nutrient availability

24
Q

Can any bacteria form a spore?

A

No, only a few genera can

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Describe process to form a spore
Stage 0: normal growth Stage 1: bacterial division (duplicate DNA) Stage 2: Asymmetric septation (split the cell) Stage 3: Engulfment (larger cell surrounds spore) Stage 4: Cortex Synthesis (around spore) Stage 5: Coat Synthesis (around spore) Stage 6: Lysis of mother cell (larger cell lyse, leaving spore) Stage 7: Free spore
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Describe the core of an endospore
DNA is tightly compacted around SASP which makes it UV resistant. DIpicolinic acid draws water away making it heat resistant
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Describe the cortex of an endospore?
made up of special peptidoglycan which are loose and expansible