kingdoms Flashcards
(14 cards)
Taxonomy
The study of classification
Microbiology
study of small, not eye visible living things
Micro organisms
Not visible with naked eye
Pathogen
Disease causing micro organism
Endospore
A thick tough walled dormant cell formed during unfavourable conditions
Photosynthetic
Make food using light every
Chemosynthetic
Make food with energy released from chemical reactions
Saprophytic
Take in food from dead or decaying organisms
Facultative anaerobes (bacteria)
Can respite with or without oxygen eg E. coli
Obligate anaerobes
Only without oxygen eg clostridium tentani
Bio processing
use of enzyme controlled reactions to create a product
Bioreactor
Vessel in which biological reactions controlled by enzymes take place
Batch Culture
The growth of micro organisms in a sealed bioreactor to produce a product until all nutrients are used up
Continuous flow culture
Growth of micro organisms in a sealed bioreactor to produce a product where nutrients are continuously added and waste continuously removed