Exam 1 Part 4 Flashcards

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What is the study of inheritance and inheritable traits as expressed in an organism’s genetic material?

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Genetics

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What the term for the entire genetic complement of an organism including its genes and nucleotide sequences?

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Genome

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What is the term for the actual set of genes in the genome?

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Genotype

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What is the term for the physical features and functional traits of the organism?

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Phenotype

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T/F:Genotype determines phenotype.

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True

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These small molecules of extra-chromosomal DNA are not essential for normal metabolsim, growth, or reproduction, but can confer survival advantages. What are they called?

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plasmids

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What are the 4 types of plasmids?

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Fertility factors (F plasmids), Resistance factors (R plasmids), Bacteriocin factors, and Virulence plasmids

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What is the term for exchange of nucleotide sequences between 2 DNA molecules?

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Genetic Recombination

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What is the term for cells with DNA molecules that contain new arrangements of nucleotide sequences?

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Recombinants

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What normal process (in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes) involves organisms replicating their genomes and providing copies to descendants?

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Vertical Gene transfer

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During which type of gene transfer are genes acquired from other microbes of the same generation?

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Horizontal gene transfer

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During which type of gene transfer can the donor cell be of a different species?

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Horizontal gene transfer

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What are the 3 types of horizontal gene transfer?

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transformation, transduction, and bacterial conjugation

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T/F: During Transformation, the recipient cell takes up DNA from environment.

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True

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What is the term for cells that take up DNA?

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competent

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T/F: Transformation occurs in most types of bacteria.

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False; only a few types

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What term is defined as the transfer of DNA from one cell to another via a replicating virus?

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Transduction

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What are the two types of Transduction?

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Generalized and Specialized

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What is the term for transfer of DNA from one cell to another, mediated by conjugation pili?

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conjugation

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What is required by the donor cell during conjugation?

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F plasmid (F+)

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T/F: recipient cells (of conjugation) lack F plasmid.

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True (F-)

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22
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What flesh-eating bacteria that lives in warm salt water was discussed in class?

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Vibrio vulnificus

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T/F: ALL prokaryotes reproduce asexually.

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What are the 3 main methods of reproduction for prokaryotes?

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Binary fission, snapping division, and budding

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What is the most common method of reproduction among prokaryotes?
Binary fission
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T/F: Snapping division is a variation of binary fission.
True
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What is the major difference between binary fission and snapping division?
Snapping division involves a hinge.
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What are the only things that can produce endospores?
Gram (+) Bacillus and Clostridium
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T/F: Each vegetative cell transforms into one endospore.
True
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T/F: Each endospore GERMINATES into one vegetative cell.
True
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How long does Sporulation take?
8-10 hours
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T/F: Many endospores produce deadly toxins that cause fatal diseases.
True
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What are cocci in clusters?
staphylococcus
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What are cocci in pairs and chains?
streptococcus
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What are the endospore forming rods?
bacillus and clostridum
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Listeria, propionibacterium, mycobacterium, nocardia, actinomyces, and streptomyces are all considered what?
non-endospore forming rods
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What disease is caused by the aerobic rod pseudomonas?
pneumonia
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What Gram (-) Bacteria is associated with UTIs?
Proteus
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What Gram (-) Bacteria is associated with cholera?
Vibrio
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What Gram (-) Bacteria is associated with meningitis in children?
Haemophilus
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What Gram (-) Bacteria is associated with appendicitis?
Bacteroides
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What gram (+) bacteria is associated with food poisoning?
Listeria
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What Gram(+) bacteria is associated with lung abscesses?
Nocardia
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What Gram (+) bacteria is associated with oral abscesses?
actinomyces
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What Gram (+) bacteria is an important source of antibiotics?
streptomyces
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What color will bacteria without a cell wall stain during Gram-staining?
red
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What distinctive appearance will form on bacteria with no cell wall when grown on media?
"fried egg"
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T/F: bacteria with a cell wall will regularly colonize osmotically protected habitats such as animal and human bodies.
False; this is true of bacteria without a cell wall
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What reemerging disease discussed in class is usually considered a childhood disease known commonly as whooping cough?
Pertussis
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What is the largest group of archaea?
Methanogens
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What is one of the primary sources of environmental methane?
animal colons
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What is the term for the ~10 trillion tons of methane gas that is buried in mud on the ocean floor?
greenhouse gas
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What type of Archaea converts CO2 and H2 into methane gas?
Methanogens
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Which type of Archaea require extreme conditions to survive (temperature, pH, and/or salinity)?
Extremophiles
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What are the 4 types of extremophiles?
psychrophiles, halophiles, acidophiles, and thermophiles (PHAT)