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MICROBIOLOGY
EXAM #1
3 groups of Carbohydrates - ANSWERS-Monosaccharide, Disaccharide,
Polysaccharide
Monosaccharide - ANSWERS-One single sugar unit; glucose, fructose,
and galactose are examples; linear or ring structures
Disaccharide - ANSWERS-Two monosaccharides joined together;
sucrose, maltose, lactose; broken into monosaccharides by hydrolysis
reactions
Polysaccharide - ANSWERS-3 or more monosaccharides linked
together; glucose molecules important for cellular energy storage
In plants, polysaccharides are called - ANSWERS-Starch
In animals, polysaccharides are called - ANSWERS-Glycogen
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MICROBIOLOGY
EXAM #1
Polysaccharides are important in cellular structures because -
ANSWERS-They form cell walls in plants, sugar in chitin is the
structural component of fungal cell walls
Prokaryotic cells - ANSWERS-lack a nucleus
Eukaryotic cells - ANSWERS-have a nucleus
Life can characterized into three categories - ANSWERS-Bateria,
archaea, eukarya
Bacteria and Archaea - ANSWERS-Prokaryotic
Bacteria - ANSWERS-large cohort of prokaryotic microorganisms
Coccus - ANSWERS-Round/spherical (streptococcus)
Bacillus - ANSWERS-Rod (e coli)
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MICROBIOLOGY
EXAM #1
3 groups of Carbohydrates - ANSWERS-Monosaccharide, Disaccharide,
Polysaccharide
Monosaccharide - ANSWERS-One single sugar unit; glucose, fructose,
and galactose are examples; linear or ring structures
Disaccharide - ANSWERS-Two monosaccharides joined together;
sucrose, maltose, lactose; broken into monosaccharides by hydrolysis
reactions
Polysaccharide - ANSWERS-3 or more monosaccharides linked
together; glucose molecules important for cellular energy storage
In plants, polysaccharides are called - ANSWERS-Starch
In animals, polysaccharides are called - ANSWERS-Glycogen
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, PORTAGE LATEST
MICROBIOLOGY
EXAM #1
Polysaccharides are important in cellular structures because -
ANSWERS-They form cell walls in plants, sugar in chitin is the
structural component of fungal cell walls
Prokaryotic cells - ANSWERS-lack a nucleus
Eukaryotic cells - ANSWERS-have a nucleus
Life can characterized into three categories - ANSWERS-Bateria,
archaea, eukarya
Bacteria and Archaea - ANSWERS-Prokaryotic
Bacteria - ANSWERS-large cohort of prokaryotic microorganisms
Coccus - ANSWERS-Round/spherical (streptococcus)
Bacillus - ANSWERS-Rod (e coli)
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