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1
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phototrophy

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use of light energy

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2
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photosynthesis

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metabolic process where light is used to drive metabolism
- energy of light converted to chemical

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3
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where does chemical energy come from in photosynthesis?

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ATP and NADH

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4
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what is ATP and NADH used for?

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fix CO2

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5
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autotrophic organisms

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can fix CO2

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6
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photoautotrophic organisms

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use light energy to start metabolism and fixes CO2

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7
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photoheterotrophic organisms

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organisms that use light energy but CANNOT fix CO2

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8
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what do photoheterotrophic organisms use?

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organic carbons sources

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9
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what do photoautotrophic organisms use?

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co2 carbon source (inorganic)

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10
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kinds of photoautotrophic organisms

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purple and green sulfur bacteria
cyanobacteria

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11
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kinds of photoheterotrophic organisms

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purple and green NON sulfur bacteria

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12
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kinds of photosynthetic pigments

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chlorophylls
bacteriochlorophylls
helper proteins
phycobiliproteins
carotenoids

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13
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antennae pigments

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phycobiliprotein + carotenoids
- light harvesting center or chlorosomes

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14
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where are chlorosomes found?

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green sulfur bacteria

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15
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where are antennae pigments found?

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cyanobacteria
purple sulfur bacteria

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16
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what is a photocomplex made of?

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chlorophylls/bacteriochlorophylls + helper proteins

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17
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what is a reaction center made of?

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a few photocomplexes

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18
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what do antennae pigments surround?

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reaction center

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19
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characteristics of purple sulfur bacteria?

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  • anoxygenic photosynthesis
  • H2S oxidized (e donor)
  • S2 byproduct (deposited inside cell)
  • quinone based rxn center (P870)
  • runs reverse e flow
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20
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what does reverse electron flow do?

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helps purple sulfur bacteria in energy generation
- form ATP and NADH

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21
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what is the light harvesting structure in purple sulfur bacteria?

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  • bacteriochlorophylls a and b
  • photosynthetic membrane - lamellae/stacks
  • helper pigments (antennae pigments)
  • pigments embedded in stacks
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22
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green sulfur bacteria

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  • anoxygenic photosynthesis
  • H2S oxidized (e donor)
  • S2 byproduct (deposited outside cell)
  • ferredoxin based reaction center (P840)
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23
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light harvesting strucutre for green sulfur bacteria

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  • bacteriochlorophylls c,d,e
  • photosynthetic membrane - lamellae/stacks
  • helper pigments in chlorosomes
  • pigments in stacks
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24
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cyanobacteria

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  • oxygenic photosynthesis
  • H2O oxidized (e donor)
  • O2 byproduct ( deposited outside cell)
  • quinone and ferredoxin based rxn center
  • PSII (P680)- quinone based (similar to purple sulfur)
  • PSI (P700)- ferredoxin based (similar to green sulfur)
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25
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cyanobacteria light-harvesting structure

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  • chlorophyll a
  • photosynthetic membrane - thylakoids
  • helper pigment - organized as antennae pigment
  • pigment in thylakoids
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26
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which bacteria uses the lowest light?

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green

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27
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who is exposed to the light gradient?

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green

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28
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what kind of sensory structures evolved in green bacteria?

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chlorosomes

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29
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whats the function of carotenoids?

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photoprotective agents
- absorb harmful light to prevent dangerous photooxidations

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30
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what colour are phycoerythrin?

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red

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31
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what colour are phycocyanin?

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blue

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32
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what are phycobilisomes?

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phycobiliproteins organized into assemble into aggregates

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33
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what to phycobilisomes facilitate?

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energy transfer to cyanobacterial reaction centers

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34
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what do phycobiliproteins allow cyanobacteria to do?

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grow at lower light intensities

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35
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what happens to PSI if PSII is blocked in oxygenic phototrophs?

A

PSI takes role in cyanobacteria

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36
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what do cyanobacteria resemble?

A

anoxygenic photosynthesis
- uses H2S like green and purple sulfur bacteria

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37
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name a filamentous cyanobacteria

A

Oscillatoria limnetica
- lives in anoxic salt ponds
- oxidize H2S and create S
- along with purple and green sulfur

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38
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what kind of bacteria preceded cyanobactera?

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purple and green sulfur bacteria

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39
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what was the first form of photosynthesis?

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anoxygenic

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40
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what did the key evolutionary inventions of cyanobacteria connect?

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  • connect 2 forms of reactions centers
  • evolve ability to use H2O as photosynthetic e donor
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41
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autotrophy

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highly oxidized form of CO2 is reduced and assimilated into cell material

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42
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what are autotrophs

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all phototrophs and chemolithotrophs

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43
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what do autotrophs do?

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fix CO2

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44
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what kinds of bacteria use Calvin cycle?

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  • cyanobacteria
  • purple sulfur
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45
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what bacteria uses hydroxypropionate cycle?

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Chloroflexus

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46
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what was the earliest phototrophs?

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Chloroflexus

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47
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what bacteria’s used reverse TCA cycle?

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thermoproteus (Archaea)
sulfolobus
aquifex

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48
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what bacterias used wood-ljungdahl?

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acetogens
methanogens

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49
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what are the autotrophic pahtways?

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calvin
hydroxypropionate
reverse tca
wood-ljungdahl

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50
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what was one of the first autotrophic metabolisms?

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hydroxypropionate

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51
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what was the most efficient pathway?

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wood-ljungdahl

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52
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what was the youngest co2 fixation?

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calvin

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53
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what was the most energetically expensive path?

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calvin

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54
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carboxysomes

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polyhedral structures or cell inclusions produced by autotrophs that operate with Calvin

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55
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what’s the function of carboxysomes?

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concentrate CO2 in cell so its immediately available for RUBISCO

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56
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chemolithotrophs

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use inorganic compounds to obtain energy for metabolic processes

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57
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what was the first form of energy conservation?

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chemolithotrophy

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58
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how do we know chemolithotrophy was one of the first?

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widespread among lineages near base of tree of B and A

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59
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what are the energy sources for chemolithotrophs?

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H2S
NH4+
H2
Fe2+

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60
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what is the carbon source for chemolithotrophs?

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CO2

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61
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what was one the oldest metabolic processes?

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chemolithotrophy

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62
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hydrogen oxidation

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B and A couple oxidation of H2 with reduction of various e acceptors

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63
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what are the e acceptors in H2 oxidation?

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NO2
SO4
Fe3+
CO2

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64
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what do aerobic H2 oxidizing bacteria do?

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H2 oxidizing bacteria that use O2 as terminal e acceptor

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65
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what did chemolithotrophs that use H2 develop?

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enzyme hydrogenase

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66
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what did chemolithotrphs develop?

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cytoplasmic hydrogenase-soluble enzyme
membrane-integrated hydrogenase

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67
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what organism modelled aerobic H2 oxidation?

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Raistonia eutropha

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68
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what did colorless sulfur bacteria do?

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reduced sulfur compounds as e donors
- anoxygenic photosynthesis

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69
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what are the reduced sulfur compounds used by colorless sulfur bacteria?

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H2S
S

70
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what do chemolithotrophic iron bacteria oxidize?

A

ferrous iron

71
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what is the process of iron oxidation?

A
  • ferric iron spont produced forming insoluble ferric hydroxide
  • precipitates formed in aquatic enviro
  • reaction drives pH down
72
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why did iron bacteria become acidophilic?

A

acidification because of iron oxidation

73
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what are the best known iron bacteria?

A

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

74
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in nitrification aerobic conditions what do B and A oxidize?

A
  • oxidize NH3 to NO2-
75
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what is AOB and AOA

A

ammonia oxidizing bacteria
ammonia oxidizing archaea

76
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what do NOBs do?

A

full process of nitrification

77
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what do NOB oxidize?

A

nitrite to nitrate

78
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what do anammox do?

A

in anoxic condition they oxidize ammonia

79
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who performs anaerobic ammonia oxidation?

A

anammox

80
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what is a major anammox organism?

A

Brocadia anammoxidans

81
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what are characteristics of anammox?

A
  • lack peptidoglycan
  • cytoplasm contains membrane-enclosed compartments
82
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what is anammoxosome?

A
  • cells of B. anammoxidans in compartment
  • membrane-enclosed structure surrounded by ladderane lipids- prevent leakage of toxic metabolic products from structure
  • from ammonium and nitrite toxic hydrazine produced
83
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what do fermentative organisms create?

A

ATP and NADH

84
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whats the process fermentative organisms do?

A

substrate level phosphorylation

85
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primary fermenters

A

microbes that ferment sugars to make acids or alcohol as primary product

86
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secondary fermenters

A

use products of primary fermenters to generate gases important for other microbes (methanogens, sulfidogens, acetogens)

87
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what do fermentative organisms not do?

A

respire and run ETC

88
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homolactic fermentation

A
  • product is lactate
  • some have ethanol dehydrogenase and reduce pyruvate to ethanol
  • net gain = 2 ATP
    2 lactate per glucose molecule fermented
89
Q

heterofermentative

A

no aldolase
6C to 5C molecule
gain glyceraldehyde 3P, acetyl phosphate, lactate, ethanol

90
Q

stickland reaction formation

A

prevents dental caries
amino acid 1 - e donor (alanine)
amino acid 2 - e acceptor (glycine)
proline in saliva
- promoted between free proline and amino acids made by plaque bacteria
- product is delta- NH2 valeric acid- degraded to ammonia

91
Q

peptostreptococci

A

plaque bacteria
complete glucose fermentation to produce free amino acids

92
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what is anaerobic respiration?

A

cell breaks down sugars to generate energy in absence of oxygen

93
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what molecule is the most efficient electron acceptor for respiration and why?

A

oxygen bc of high affinity for electrons

94
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what are the alternatives for oxygen in respiration?

A

no3
no2
so4
co2
h

95
Q

what is the worst compound for energy?

A

co2

96
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what is the mild-bad compound for energy?

A

s and h2s

97
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what is the best compound for energy?

A

o2

98
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what is a good compound for energy?

A

no3-

99
Q

in early earth was were the available energy sources?

A

h2s
h2
fe2+

100
Q

what did microorganisms do to the energy souces?

A

extract electrons and delivered it to alternative electron acceptors

101
Q

nitrate respiration

A

nitrate is electron acceptor
energy is oxidized

102
Q

assimilative reduction of nitrate

A

create organic compound

103
Q

dissimilative reduction of nitrate

A

create energy

104
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what is the process of nitrate respiration?

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Nitrate - nitrite - nitric oxide - nitrous oxide - dinitrogen

105
Q

what enzyme is used for nitrate respiration?

A

reductases

106
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what is denitrification detrimental for?

A

agriculture

107
Q

what is denitrification beneficial for?

A

sewage treatment
- bacteria reduces nitrate to help remove toxic nitrogen compounds from sewage

108
Q

denitrifying microogranisms

A

proteobacteria- phylogenetically
facultative aerobes - physiologically

109
Q

Benthic foraminifer

A

eukaryotic denitrification
- foraminifers store large amounts of nitrate inside cell
- produce N2 from NO3-
- no associated denitrifying prokaryotes
- in mitochondria
- no oxygen

110
Q

what is fusarium

A

fungus
eukaryotic organism
- hybrid respiration

111
Q

what organisms perform nitrite reduction?

A

Anammox
Candidatus

112
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what are the characteristics of anammox?

A
  • nh4+ is the energy source - oxidized
  • no2- respiration - reduced
  • n2 and n2h2 is produced (toxic hydrazine)
  • pseudoorganelle anammoxosomes (surrounded by ladderane lipids)
113
Q

what are ladderane lipids?

A

cyclobutene ring attached to glycerol via ether and ester bond

114
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what are the characteristics of Candidatus?

A
  • methane is energy source - oxidized
  • no2- respired -reduced
  • produces n2 and o2
  • o2 used to activate methane oxidation
  • belongs to NC10 Phylum of Bacteria
115
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what does the fuel source have to be to respire sulfate?

A

highly energetic

116
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which 2 things are above sulfate?

A

organic substrates
H2

117
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what is created when oxidizing fuel source and reducing sulfates?

A

microbes create sulfides (H2S)

118
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microbes that create sulfides are called _____

A

sulfidogens or sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB)

119
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sulfidogenesis

A

reduction of sulfate to create sulfide
- areas with highly concentrates organic matter

120
Q

ancient process of detox

A

add iron in area with sulfidogenesis
H2S reacts with ferric iron to form FeS2

121
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what are the characteristics of SRB?

A

energy source is organic or H2
sulfate is respired
h2s is produced
compete with methanogens for H2 as fuel source

122
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what is the process of sulfate reduction corrosions?

A
  • assimilative: satisfy sulfur needs
  • dissimilatory metabolism: create H2S
  • microbes consume O2 at metal surface
  • metal surface become O2 depleted
  • SRB occupy anaerobic area
  • SRB reduces SO4 and creates H2S
  • H2S reacts with metals forming metal-sulfides
  • metal sulfides create corrosions
  • coating constructions prevent microbial biofilms to reduce corrosion
123
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what are ANME?

A

anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea
- consume methane

124
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what do ANME do?

A

use methane as energy source and respire sulfate
use NADH made by SRB
- electrons transferred to SRB - sulfate reduction results in H2S forming

125
Q

what do SRB do?

A

use organics and respire sulfate
creates energy

126
Q

what is oxidized in acetogenesis?

A

H2

127
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sulfur cycle

A

DMSP molecule made by marine algae
- microorganisms degrade DMSP and create DMS
- DMS highly produced in ocean
- DMS e donor
- photooxidation of DNS creates aerosols with SO2, SO4, methane-sulfonate
- compounds contribute to global cooling

128
Q

what is fixed in acetogenesis?

A

co2 is respired

129
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what is hydrogenase?

A

extracts energy from H2 fuel that helps in CO2 fixation

130
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what is CO2 dehydrogenase?

A

reduces fixed CO2 and creates acetate

131
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what is methanogenesis?

A
  • consumes H2 and CO2
  • generate methane
132
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what category to methanogens belong to?

A

archaea

133
Q

what are the 2 important metals respired in metal reduction?

A

ferric iron and manganic iron

134
Q

what are the 2 famous iron reducers?

A

shewanella
geobacter

135
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what do metal reducers use?

A

organic energy source and H2

136
Q

nanowires are made of what?

A

cytochrome that protrude membrane and respire solids outside

137
Q

Shewanella and Geobacter are what?

A

nanowires

138
Q

who carries out the simplest anaerobic respiration?

A

Pyrococcus furiosus

139
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at what temp to Pyrococcus furiosus grow at?

A

100

140
Q

what do Pyrococcus furiosus respire?

A

H+
- modified glycolytic pathway

141
Q

what does Desulfotomaculum perform?

A

arsenate and sulfate reduction

142
Q

what does the process of arsenate and sulfate reduction generate?

A

As2S3 (orpiment)

143
Q

hydrocarbons

A

organic compound consisting of hydrogen and carbon
- crude oil, natural gas and coal
- highly combustible and main energy source
- great electron donors

144
Q

what do hydrocarbons need to be activated with?

A

o2

145
Q

what enzymes are used in oxygenation?

A

monooxygenase
dioxygenase

146
Q

how does monooxygenase work?

A

incorporates one atom of oxygen in organic compound

147
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how does dioxygenase work?

A

incorporates both o2 atoms into molecule

148
Q

what is the metabolic product of aliphatic hydrocarbons?

A

fatty acids

149
Q

examples of aliphatic hydrocarbons

A

alkanes (methane)
alkenes
alkines

150
Q

what are aromatic hydrocarbons?

A

aromatic hydrocarbons that go through initial stage of catechol formation

151
Q

what are the carbon and energy source for bacteria methylotrophs?

A

methane and other C1 compounds

152
Q

methanotrophs

A

bacteria that use methane

153
Q

t or f: oxidation of methane/methanol by methanotrophs is aerobic?

A

true

154
Q

what is the key enzyme in methane metabolism?

A

methane monooxygenase (MMO)

155
Q

2 groups of formaldehyde methanotrophs

A

Gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs - Ribuloso monophosphate cycle (RuMP)
Alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs - Serine cycle

156
Q

what is a special type of methanotroph?

A

Verrucomicrobia methanotrophs
- low pH, high temp, assimilate CO2 via Calvin

157
Q

what 2 organisms work together in anaerobic methane degradation?

A

SRB and ANME

158
Q

what can ANME utilize?

A

Sulfate
Nitrate

159
Q

what do Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens do?

A

respire nitrate
produces nitrite
feeds Anammox with nitrites

160
Q

Methylomonas denitrificans sp. strain FJG1

A

gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs
uses nitrate (respiration)
produce N2O if respiring nitrate

161
Q

if sulfate, nitrate and nitrite aren’t available what do methanotrophs respire?

A

iron 3+
manganese Mn4+

162
Q

Winogradsky column

A

prokaryotic are very diverse
recycle all mineral elements for life support
- Winogradsky and Beijerinck

163
Q

who studied pure culture?

A

Pasteur and Koch

164
Q

what’s the order of bacteria in column

A

bottom:
Clostridium
Desulfovirbrio
purple and green sulfur bacteria
non sulfur purple and green bacteria
cyanobacteria

165
Q

what promotes rapid microbial growth?

A

cellulose
- microbes degrade and consume all oxygen

166
Q

process in Clostridium

A

cellulose to glucose to organic acid/CO2

167
Q

process in Desulfovibrio

A

organic acid from 1 as energy
respires sulfate
creates sulfides (H2S)
- use fermentation products as energy source and respires sulfate on the bottom

168
Q

process in purple/green sulfur bacteria

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light to start anoxygenic photosynthesis
uses H2S made by Desulfovibrio
fixes CO2
- non sulfur

169
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process in non sulfur purple and green bacteria

A

light from top
uses organics from 1
no co2 fixation

170
Q

process in cyanobacteria

A

oxygenic photosynthesis

171
Q

how is life on earth categorized into?

A

phototrophs- energy from light
chemotrophs - organic or inorganic
autotrophs- carbon for cellular synthesis from co2
heterotrophs - carbon for cellular synthesis from organic compounds

172
Q

hydroxylase

A

c5-c16, fatty acids, alkyl benzenes and cycloalkanes
- pseudomonas

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