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LESSON 2 and 3 Flashcards

1
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contain membrane-bound organelles and nucleus

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Eukaryotic Cells

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2
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Does not contain nucleus or any membrane-bound organelle

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Prokaryotic Cells

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Are acellular (neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic)

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Viruses

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4
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Microorganisms that have no medical importance and does not cause disease to humans

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Archaea

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Archaea are

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Extremophiles

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6
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Extremophiles could be:

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Halophiles or salt-loving
Thermophiles or heat-loving
Alkaliphiles or alkaline-loving
Acidophiles or acid-loving

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7
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It is the bacteria of interest in medicine

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Eubacteria

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Eubacteria has cell walls that is composed of a carbohydrate and protein complex called

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Peptidoglycan

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9
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classified based on the thickness of the cell wall

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Eubactera

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10
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Eubacteria generally reproduce by dividing into two equal cells

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Binary fission

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11
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Eubacteria can swim using appendages called

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flagella

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12
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TRUE OR FALSE
All bacteria has flagella.

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False

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13
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It may be unicellular or multicellular (has both DNA and RNA)

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Fungi

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14
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Fungi are composed of cell walls composed primarily if a substance called

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Chitin

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15
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Human fungal disease

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Mycoses

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16
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fungal disease located on the skin

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Superficial mycoses

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17
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Fungal disease located in the body

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Systemic mycoses

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18
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It is divided into molds and yeasts

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Fungi

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19
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Are unicellular eukaryotic microbes classified based on their means of locomotion

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Protozoa

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20
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Protozoa with pseudopods or false feet as their means of locomotion

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Sarcodina

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21
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Example of sarcodina

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Amoeba

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22
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Protozoa with flagella as their means of locomotion

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Mastigophora

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23
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Example of mastigophora

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Euglena

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24
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Protozoa with cilia as their means of locomotion

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Ciliophora

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25
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Example of Ciliophora

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Paramecium

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26
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Protozoa with no means of locomotion

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Apicomplexa

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27
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Example of apicomplexa

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Plasmodium

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28
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Are plant-like organisms, most have chlorophyll and are capable of photosynthesis

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Algae

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29
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Algae has cell walls composed of a carbohydrate called

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Cellulose

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30
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Algae that causes red tides

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Dinoflagellates

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31
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Microorganisms that do not produce significant diseases in humans but are beneficial sources of food, iodine, and other minerals

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Algae

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32
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Group of worms that live as parasites

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Helminths

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33
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Are eukaryotic organisms with complex body organization

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Helminths

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34
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They receive nutrients by ingesting and absorbing digestive contents or ingesting and absorbing body fluids or tissues.

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Helminths

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35
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Types of helminths

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Tapeworm (cestodes)
Flukes (tematodes)
Roundworm (nematodes)

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36
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It takes over the cell host

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Virus

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37
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A virus that infects bacteria

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Bacteriophage

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38
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Parts of a virus

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Capsid
Genome
Envelope

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39
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Acellular, obligate intracellular parasites that is structurally very simple

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Virus

40
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Can reproduce only by using the cellular machinery of other organisms

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Virus

41
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An infectious particle and a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally.

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Prions

42
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Responsible for a variety of extremely fatal neurodegenerative diseases of animals but can be transmitted to humans

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Prions

43
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Disease caused by prions transmitted from a cattle

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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalitis (TSE)

44
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Disease caused by prions transmitted from cows

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalophaty (BSE)

45
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Disease caused by prions transmitted from humans

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

46
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All microbes have cells

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FALSE

47
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aka as the sugar coat

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Glycocalyx

48
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a viscous (sticky),
gelatinous polymer that is external to the cell wall and composed of polysaccharide, polypeptide, or both.

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Glycocalyx

49
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glycocalyx firmly attached to the cell wall

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Capsule

50
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glycocalyx that is loosely attached

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Slime layer

51
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It is used to evade phagocytosis (serves as a deception to phagocytes)

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Glycocalyx

52
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Long filamentous appendages that propel bacteria (causes the bacteria to move)

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Flagella

53
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Bacteria that lacks flagella

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Atrichous

54
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Bacteria with a single flagellum

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Monotrichous

55
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Bacteria with flagella distributed over the entire cell

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Peritrichous

56
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A tuft of flagella coming from one pole

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Lophotrichous

57
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Flagella at both ends of the pole

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Amphitrichous

58
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have a structure similar to that of
flagella

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Axial Filaments (Endoflagella)

59
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Hair-like appendages that are shorter, straighter, and thinner than flagella

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Pili/Fimbriae

60
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Used for attachment and transfer of DNA rather than for motility.

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Pili/Fimbriae

61
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Defines the shape of the bacterium

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Cell wall

62
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Ribosomes of bacteria

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70S

63
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Ribosomes of fungi

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80S

64
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The bacteria from the genus Mycoplasma do not have a cell wall. Hence, resistant to Gram Staining

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True

65
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found inside the stalk of a fungus

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hyphae

66
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A collection of hyphae

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Mycelium

67
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Two types of hyphae

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Septate Hyphae
Aseptate Hyphae

68
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Hyphae with septa divisions

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Septate hyphae

69
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Hyphae without septum

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Aseptate hyphae

70
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It is 40 layers thick, 90% peptidoglycan, and 10% teichoic acid

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Gram Positive Cell wall

71
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Protects bacteria from osmotic shock

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Cell wall

72
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If the cell wall is destroyed, bacteria dies

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True

73
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consist primarily of an alcohol (such as glycerol or ribitol) and phosphate. They may bind and regulate the movement of cations (positive ions) into and out of the cell.

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Teichoic acids

74
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Carrier of malaria

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Anopheles Mosquito

75
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Positive agent of malaria

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Genus Plasmodium

76
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Two classes of teichoic acid

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Lipoteichoic acid
Wall Teichoic acid

77
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linked to the plasma membrane

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Lipoteichoic acid

78
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linked to the peptidoglycan layer

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Wall Teichoic Acid

79
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Very thin, 1 layer only, no teichoic acid but with outer cell envelope (makes the cell impermeable to antibacterial agents)

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Gram Negative Cell Wall

80
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contains antibiotic-inactivating enzyme

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Periplasmic space

81
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Powerhouse of the bacterial cell and serves as a selective barrier through which materials can enter and exit the cell.

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Plasma Membrane

82
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Plasma membrane is selectively permeable because of

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Phospholipids

83
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It contains enzymes capable of catalyzing the chemical reactions that breakdown nutrients and produce ATP

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Plasma Membrane

84
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80% water

thick, aqueous, semitransparent, and elastic. It houses the nucleoid (containing DNA), particles called ribosomes, and reserve deposits called inclusions

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Cytoplasm

85
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A single long, continuous and frequently circularly arranged thread of double-stranded DNA called the bacterial chromosome (which carries all the information required for the cell’s structure and functions)

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Nucleoid

86
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the target of antibiotics and site of protein synthesis

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Ribosomes

87
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the suicide bag; releases enzymes

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Lysosomes

88
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The extrachromosomal genetic elements that are not connected to the main bacterial chromosome, but can replicate independently of chromosomal DNA

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Plasmids

89
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used for gene manipulation in biotechnology and may carry genes for such activities as antibiotic resistance, tolerance to toxic metals, the production of toxins, and the synthesis of enzymes

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Plasmids

90
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aka as reserve deposits

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Inclusions

91
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Cells may accumulate certain nutrients when they are plentiful and use them when the environment is deficient.

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92
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the resting cells; produced by bacteria (genus Bacillus and Clostridium) when they are under hostile environment

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Endospores

93
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composition of endospores which is resistant to heat, drying,
chemical agents and radiation

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Dipicolinic acid

94
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The process of spore formation which occurs when environment is not favorable to the bacterium

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Sporulation

95
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The process called when the bacterium returns to its vegetative state.

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Germination

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