Monera (Bacteria) Flashcards
(13 cards)
Micro-organisms
Small living things
Autotrophic
makes it’s own food
Photosynthetic
Uses light to make food
Chemosynthetic
Uses energy from chemical reactions to make food
Heterotrophic
takes food made by other organisms
Parasitic
Take in food from live host and often cause harm
Saprophytic
Take in dead, organic matter
Pathogenic bacteria
Disease causing bacteria
Antibiotics
Chemicals produced by micro-organisms that stop the growth of or kill other micro organisms without damaging human tissue
Batch culture
The growth of cells in a sealed bioreactor over a short period of time and under ideal conditions until all nutrients are used up
Continuous flow
The growth of cells in an open bioreactor where nutrients are added and the end products removed all the time at a rate that maintains the volume of liquid and the number of cells
Bioreactor
A vessel or container in which living cells or other products are used to make a product