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Concepts Lec Flashcards

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Name Endospore components from inner to outer.

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Core, Cortex (peptidoglycan ), Spore coat, and (sometimes) Exosporium

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What is a Endospore Core comprised of?

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DNA surrounded by RNA, protein, dipicoline acid and calcium

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What is a spore coat comprised of?

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Spore specific keratin like proteins

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What is a Exosporium?

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A thin lipoprotein layer which some endospores have as an outermost layer.

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Vegetative Cell

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Refers to cells involved with obtaining nutrients instead of reproduction

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Sporulation

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Process of spore and endospore formation.

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What is a Spore?

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A reproductive structure formed by fungi and actinomycetes.

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What is an endospore?

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A resting structure formed inside some bacteria.

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What is epidimiology

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The Study of when and where diseases occur and how they spread.

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10
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Who identified Cholera?

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Anatomist Felipo Paccini in 1854

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Who developed epidimiology?

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John Snow

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What is condensation?

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The removal of water and links monomers together

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States contrasts between Exergonic and Endergonic Reactions

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exergonic: a spontaeous chemical reaction which a net release of energy occurs.
endergonic: a non-spontaneous chemical reaction which free energy is absorbed from surroundings

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What is induction?

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Process where one group of embryonic cell influences the development of other cells normally by changes in gene expression.

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15
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List all known Eukarya groups

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Fungi, Amoebae, Slime molds, plants, green algae, animals, ciliates, diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglenozoa, giardia

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What are the 3 domains of organisms

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bacteria, archaea, and eukarya

17
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what are the 4 groups of protozoa?

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sarcodina, sporozoa, ciliophora, and mastigophora

18
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What is an inducer?

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a chemical or envrionmental stimulus that caused transcription of specific genes.

19
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What Roles do Hydrogen Bonds serve?

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That act as stabilizers between and within molecules (water, proteins and DNA) and help with flexibility and maintain conformation

20
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What is metabolism

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The total energy reactions in a living organism

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