Cellular Organisms Flashcards
(54 cards)
Cell Shape:
Coccus
sphere shaped

Cell Shape:
Bacillus
rod shaped

Cell Shape:
Vibrio
noddle like/ curved shaped

Cell Arrangement:
Staphyl
bunches

Cell Arrangement:
Strepto
Chain/ string like

Cell Shape:
Spirillum

Eukaryotic Cells

- Many organelles
- Nucleus
- Type of organisms
- humans
- fungi
- animals
- protista
Prokaryotic Cells
- not as many organelles
- no nucleus
- typical organisms
- bacteria
- archaea
- the only thing that they have in common is being prokaryotic
Three Domains
- Bacteria
- Archaea
- Eukaryotes
Cell Arrangement:
Tetrads
Groups of Four

Bacteria Coat themselves with ________
glycocalyx which is either a slime layer OR a capsule
a “good” capsule is __ ___ ________ and __ _______
used for protection and to adhere
if capsule blocked phagocytosis, ____
than the bacteria benifits the pathogen
slime layer

less structured than capsule but still considered a glycocalyx. has maytrix and biofilm
Phagocytes
Cell Type:
Function:
Example:
- wbc
- Engulf/destroy harmful stubstances
- netrophill and macrophages (both phagocytes but different)
Virulence Factor
- any characteristic of pathogens that help it cause diseases such as a capsule OR a toxin the pathogen might produce
Biofilm

- community of microbes that stick/adhere to surfaces
- organisms in biofilms that are less susceptible to anti-biotics than free-living organism
- very difficult to remove once established
Bacteria have three major types of cell wall which is..
- Gram negative
- Gram Positive
- Acid Fast
Gram- Negative Cells

- cell wall has both peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharides
- cell wall has a outter membrane
- thin layer of peptidoglycan
- cells inherently resist penicillin

Drugs that Block peptidoglycan synthesis

penicillin
vancomycin
bactitracin
(all weaken cell calls ►bacteria die►drugs are considered antibiotics)
Acid Fast Cell Walls
- 3rd type of cell wall
- waxy
- mycobacterium species- RAFB
- fast = color cant be rinsed out
Genus
Mycobacterium
- afb- acid fast bacillus
- waxy cell wall
- resist desiccation
- example: m. tuberculosis
peptidoglycan

complex polysaccharide that bacteria makes
sphere shaped

Cell Shape:
Coccus
















