Exam 1 MicroBiology Delgado
1 Meter = - 100 centimeters
1,000 millimeters
1,000,000 micrometers (aka microns)
1,000,000,000 nanometers
2 chains of glycans = NAM & NAG - Make up peptidoglycans
4 Groups - Protists
Fungus
Plants
Animals
Acid-Fast Stain - Used to identify members of the genus Mycobacterium
Acidophiles - Prefer a lower pH
Likes acidic environments
Adhesion - Proteins are responsible for joining together cells
Aerotaxis - Movement towards or away from oxygen
Agar - Polysaccharide that comes from the cell walls of certain species of red algae
Used as a growing medium
Translucent
Aldehyde - Formaldehyde
,Alkaliphiles - Optimal pH of higher than 8.5, commonly found in the alkaline lakes and soils
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek - He was a Dutch fabric merchant, he was the first to describe living cells
Using this simple/basic microscope he was able to describe some bacteria, protists, nematodes
(roundworms), blood cells, sperm cell, and lots of others
Archaea - Ancient bacteria
Non-Peptidoglycan prokaryotic microbes
Areotolerant anaerobes - Could care less about O2
Can grow fine with/without O2
Attractant - Chemical is desirable and the bacteria moves towards it
Autoclave - Uses wet heat/heated steam to kill pathogens
Bacillus - Rod
Bacillus - Rod shaped bacteria
Bacteria - New bacteria
Bacterial viruses - T4 phage infect E. Coli bacteria
Bacteriophage - Virus that infects bacteria
Binary Fission - Bacteria grow by ___ _____
, Binary fission - Most prokaryotes divide by _____
Binomial Nomenclature - Naming system that was developed in the late 1700's
Biofilm - Layer of bacteria on a surface
(plaque on your teeth, slick layer on a wet rock, layer of scum in your kitchen, etc.)
Biomass measurement - Total mass of the cells is measured
Group home for bacteria of all kinds
Bioremediation - Microorganisms are used to degrade environmental pollutants; also used to
clean up oil spills
Blood agar - Contains blood cells and a variety of other things
Bright Field Microscope - Standard light microscope
Capsid - Viral protein coat
Capsule - Distinct and jelly-like glycocalyx; polysaccharide layer in addition to cell wall
Carolus Linnaeus - Developed Binomial Nomenclature
Catalase - Enzyme deals with oxygen byproducts
Cell membrane - All eukaryotic organisms have a ____ _________
1 Meter = - 100 centimeters
1,000 millimeters
1,000,000 micrometers (aka microns)
1,000,000,000 nanometers
2 chains of glycans = NAM & NAG - Make up peptidoglycans
4 Groups - Protists
Fungus
Plants
Animals
Acid-Fast Stain - Used to identify members of the genus Mycobacterium
Acidophiles - Prefer a lower pH
Likes acidic environments
Adhesion - Proteins are responsible for joining together cells
Aerotaxis - Movement towards or away from oxygen
Agar - Polysaccharide that comes from the cell walls of certain species of red algae
Used as a growing medium
Translucent
Aldehyde - Formaldehyde
,Alkaliphiles - Optimal pH of higher than 8.5, commonly found in the alkaline lakes and soils
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek - He was a Dutch fabric merchant, he was the first to describe living cells
Using this simple/basic microscope he was able to describe some bacteria, protists, nematodes
(roundworms), blood cells, sperm cell, and lots of others
Archaea - Ancient bacteria
Non-Peptidoglycan prokaryotic microbes
Areotolerant anaerobes - Could care less about O2
Can grow fine with/without O2
Attractant - Chemical is desirable and the bacteria moves towards it
Autoclave - Uses wet heat/heated steam to kill pathogens
Bacillus - Rod
Bacillus - Rod shaped bacteria
Bacteria - New bacteria
Bacterial viruses - T4 phage infect E. Coli bacteria
Bacteriophage - Virus that infects bacteria
Binary Fission - Bacteria grow by ___ _____
, Binary fission - Most prokaryotes divide by _____
Binomial Nomenclature - Naming system that was developed in the late 1700's
Biofilm - Layer of bacteria on a surface
(plaque on your teeth, slick layer on a wet rock, layer of scum in your kitchen, etc.)
Biomass measurement - Total mass of the cells is measured
Group home for bacteria of all kinds
Bioremediation - Microorganisms are used to degrade environmental pollutants; also used to
clean up oil spills
Blood agar - Contains blood cells and a variety of other things
Bright Field Microscope - Standard light microscope
Capsid - Viral protein coat
Capsule - Distinct and jelly-like glycocalyx; polysaccharide layer in addition to cell wall
Carolus Linnaeus - Developed Binomial Nomenclature
Catalase - Enzyme deals with oxygen byproducts
Cell membrane - All eukaryotic organisms have a ____ _________
