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true membrane-bound nucleus

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bacteria - no
archaea - no
eukaryotes - yes

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DNA complex with histones

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bacteria - no
archaea - some
eukaryotes - yes

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chromosomes

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bacteria - one circular, single origin
archaea - one circular, multiple origins
eukaryotes - more than one

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Plasmids

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bacteria - very common
archaea - very common
eukaryotes - rare

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Introns in genes

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bacteria - rare
archaea - rare
eukaryotes - yes

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nucleolus

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bacteria - no
archaea - no
eukaryotes - yes

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mitochondria, chloroplasts, ER, Golgi, and lysosomes

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bacteria - no
archaea - no
eukaryotes - yes

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plasma membrane

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bacteria - ester link, hopanoids, some sterols
archaea - glycerol and diglycerol tetraethers
eukaryotes - ester-linka and sterols

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flagella

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bacteria - single type
archaea - more than one type
eukaryotes - 9+2 pattern, 20 microtubules

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peptidoglycan in cell walls

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bacteria - yes
archaea - no
eukaryotes - no

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ribosomes size and structure

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bacteria - 70s; 3 rRNAs; 55ribosomal proteins
archaea - 70s; most have 3 rRNA - 68 ribosomal proteins
eukaryotes - 80s; 4rRNAs - 80 ribosomal proteins

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cytoskeleton

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bacteria - rudimentary
archaea - rudimentary
eukaryotes - yes

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gas vesicles

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bacteria - yes
archaea - yes
eukaryotes - no

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study of disease in humans and animals is the field of :

1) medical
2) immunology
3) biotech

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1) medical

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epidemiologists working in the field of ____microbiology monitor the prevalence of disease in populations:

1) medical
2) public health
3) ecology

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2) public health

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scientists study how the immune system protects the body in the field of __:

1) medical
2) public health
3) immunology

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3) immunology

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in the field of __ , however, a variety of approaches are used to describe microbial diversity in terms of relationships between organisms and their governments:

1) molecular
2) microbial ecology
3) virology

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2) microbial ecology

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merging both medical and microbial ecology, the field of ___microbiology concerns the role of microbes in crop production and as pesticides :

1) food and dairy
2) agricultural
3) industrial

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2) agricultural

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another area that parallels agricultural microbiology is the study of microbial spoilage, which is part of the field of ____ micro:

1) industrial
2) public health
3) food and dairy

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3) food and dairy

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Researchers in the field of ___ microbiology develop ways to exploit the metabolic abilities of microbes to generate valuable products:

1) Industrial
2) public health
3) food and dairy

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1) industrial

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Bacteria and archaea are typically fixed to slides by _____ while eukaryotes with subcellular structure, such as protists, are typically fixed by ______.

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heat ; chemicals

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The initial statement of the _______ hypothesis proposed that over time a bacterial endosymbiont of an ancestral cell in the eukaryotic lineage lost its ability to live independently.

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Endosymbiotic

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The endosymbiont then became either a _______, if the intracellular bacterium used aerobic respiration, or a ________, if the endosymbiont was a photosynthetic bacterium.

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mitochondrion ; chloroplast

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Recently the endosymbiotic hypothesis for mitochondria has been modified by the ______ hypothesis. This asserts that the endosymbiont was an anaerobic bacterium that produced hydrogen and carbon dioxide as end products of its metabolism.

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hydrogen

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Over time, the host became dependent on the hydrogen produced by the endosymbiont. Ultimately the endosymbiont evolved into one of two organelles. If the endosymbiont developed the capacity to perform _______ respiration, it evolved into a mitochondrion.
aerobic
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However, if the endosymbiont did not develop this capacity, it evolved into a __________ - an organelle found in some extant protists that produce ATP by a process called ___________.
hydrogenosome ; fermentation
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Which domain describes an organism that lacks linear chromosomes BUT has peptidoglycan cell walls?
Bacteria
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In endospore formation, when DNA condenses and aligns itself in the center of the cell, the cell is called a __________.
mother cell
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The “cis” side of the Golgi complex refers to which side of the Golgi?
The side of the Golgi facing the ER.
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The proper sequence of reagents in the Gram stain procedure is:
crystal violet, iodine, ethanol, safranin
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In the gram-positive bacterial cell wall, the tetrapeptides that extend from the peptidoglycan layers are linked by _________.
peptide interbridges
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What domain produces hams and cannulae?
Archaea
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What domain has a cell envelope that often contains an S layer?
Archaea
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The domain that has chromosomes associated with histones.
Archaea
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The domain that has membrane lipids containing isoprenic hydrocarbons.
Archaea
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The domain with membranes that can be monolayers or bilayers.
Archaea
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The domain with flagellar rotation powered by proton motive force.
Bacteria
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The domain that has lipids with fatty acids attached to glycerol by water bonds.
Bacteria
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The domain that contains hollow flagella.
Bacteria
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The domain with cell envelopes with peptidoglycan.
Bacteria
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What microscope would be the best to use to constituents within a cell?
Transmission electron microscope
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What is a component of the outer membrane in Gram-negative bacteria that results in septic shock upon entering the bloodstream?
Lipopolysaccharide
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An archaeologist in a nutrient-poor environment is most likely to use _______ for nutrient uptake.
ABC transport
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An organism characterized by having cells containing DNA in a membrane-bound organelle.
Eukaryote
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An organism characterized by having a cell lacking a membrane-bound nucleus.
Prokaryote
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An infectious agent consisting of only protein.
Prion
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An infectious agent consisting of only RNA.
Viroid
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An infectious agent made up of protein, nucleic acids and sometimes a lipid membrane.
Virus
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What microscope is used to examine both stained or unstained specimens?
bright-field microscope
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It is called a bright-field microscope because it forms a ______ image against a _______ background.
dark ; brighter
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What is mounted within or beneath the stage of the bright-field microscope and focuses a cone of light on the slide?
condenser
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A microscope that retains proper focus when the objectives are changed.
par focal
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Light from the illuminated specimen is focused by the ______, creating an enlarged image with the microscope. The ______ further magnifies this primary image.
objective lens ; ocular lens
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The total magnification is calculated by multiplying the _____ and _____ magnifications together.
objective ; eyepiece
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The ability of a lens to separate or distinguish between small objects that are close together.
resolution
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Name the three types of light microscopes that create detailed, clear images of living specimens.
1. ) dark-field microscopes 2. ) phase-contrast microscopes 3. ) differential interference contrast microscopes
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Microscopy in which the specimen is brightly illuminated while the background is dark.
dark-field microscopy
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The minimal distance becomes smaller as the ______ of light used decreases and as the numerical aperture increases.
wavelength
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What will increase numerical aperture and resolution when using a microscope?
immersion oil
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Using dark-field microscopy, a hollow cone of light is focused on the specimen to that unreflected and unrefracted rays do not enter the ________ lens.
objective
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What two microscopes create images by detecting the differences in refractive indices and thickness?
1. ) differential interference contrast microscope | 2. ) phase-contrast microscope
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A fluorescent dye.
fluorochrome
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Green fluorescent gene encodes a ______ that naturally fluoresces green when exposed to light of a certain wavelength.
protein
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What type of light source is used by a confocal microscope?
laser
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What is obtained using a lens with the largest possible numerical aperture and light of the shortest wavelength?
the best resolution
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When preparing a specimen for microscopy, what two things generally occur during the fixation step?
1. ) cells are attached to the slide | 2. ) cells are killed
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A light microscope in which monochromatic laser derived light scans across the specimen at a specific level. Stray light from above and below the plane of focus is blocked out to give an image with excellent contrast and resolution.
confocal microscope
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The only light used to create an image by what microscope is from the plane of focus, and a much sharper image is formed.
confocal microscope
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Fixation technique that inactivates proteins, and destroys proteins of sub cellular structures.
heat fixation
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Fixation technique that inactivates proteins, but protects fine cellular substructure.
chemical fixation
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A chemical group with double bonds that absorbs visible light and gives a dye its color.
chromophore group
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A staining procedure in which a dye is used to make the background dark while the specimen is unstained.
negative staining
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What unique biomolecule is found in acid-fast bacterial cell walls that prevents dyes from binding readily to these cells?
mycolic acid
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A substance that helps fix dye on or in a cell.
mordant
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An extremely heat and chemical-resistant dormant, thick-walled spore that develops within some members of the bacterial phylum Firmicutes.
endospore
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Capsules are networks composed mostly of ______ that surround many bacteria.
polysaccharide
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Methylene blue, crystal violet and safranin are examples of which type of dye?
basic
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Most membrane-associated lipids are _______: they are structurally symmetrical with polar and nonpolar ends.
amphipathic
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A polar substance that has a strong affinity for water (or is readily soluble in water).
hydrophilic
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A non polar substance lacking affinity for water (or which is not readily soluble in water).
hydrophobic
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Are loosely connected to the membrane and can be easily removed. They are soluble in aqueous solutions and make up about 20-30% of total membrane protein.
peripheral membrane proteins
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Are not easily extracted from membranes and are insoluble in aqueous solutions when freed of lipids. They are amphipathic.
integral membrane proteins
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Hydrophobic regions are buried in the lipid while the hydrophilic portions project form the membrane surface.
amphipathic
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2 functions for integral membrane proteins.
1. ) transport proteins | 2. ) energy-conserving processes
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Lipids found in bacterial membranes that are similar in structure and function to the steroids found in eukaryotic membranes.
hopanoids
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What are the three types of growth factors?
1. ) amino acids 2. ) purines and pyrimidines 3. ) vitamins
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Compounds that must be acquired from the environment for cell survival.
growth factors
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The unaided energy-free movement of molecules across a membrane.
passive diffusion
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The use of ATP to power the movement of substance across a membrane is commonly referred to as ________ transport.
primary active transport
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Transport of molecules across the membrane using an additional solute.
secondary active transport
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What term is used to describe the plasma membrane and all layers external to it?
call envelope
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Describes the chemical modification of a molecule as it is transported into a bacterial cell.
group translocation
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Elements such as carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus are considered what?
macronutrients
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The "energy free" movement of molecules across a membrane with the aid of a transporting protein is called what?
facilitated diffusion
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What is the layer of lipid macromolecules that surround the cell's cytoplasm?
plasma membrane
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Complex of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh like structure.
peptidoglycan
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Peptidoglycan is composed of what two things?
1. ) sugars | 2. ) amino acids
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What is the role of teichoic acids?
give added strength to then cell wall
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Teichoic acids are common among gram (+ or -?) bacteria.
gram +
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Lipopolysaccharieds are found in gram (+ or -?) bacteria?
gram -
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What is well known to protect gram-negative bacteria from environmental toxic substances?
LPS
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The LPS component responsible for stimulating an antibody response in gram-negative bacterial infections is the what?
O antigen
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Which organism group has cell walls composed of peptidoglycan?
bacteria
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A regularly structured layer composed of protein or glycoprotein the tiles on the surface of many bacteria and archaea.
S-layer
105
Who established the 3 domains
Carl Woese

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