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Bacterial Growth, Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, and the ETC
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
10/12/2010

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Term
WHAT ARE THE 4 PHASES OF POPULATION GROWTH IN BACTERIA?
Definition

LAG PHASE

LOG PHASE

STATIONARY PHASE

DEATH OR DECLINE PHASE

Term

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

GROWTH IN BACTERIAL ORGANISMS IS STATIC

Definition
FALSE, GROWTH IS NOT STATIC IN BACTERIAL ORGANISMS.
Term
THE PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT OCCURS IN WHICH PHASE?
Definition
LAG PHASE
Term
IN WHICH PHASE ARE THE BACTERIA TAKEN OUT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT?
Definition
LAG PHASE
Term
IN THIS PHASE, CELLS INCREASE IN SIZE NOT IN NUMBERS AND ARE METABOLICALLY ACTIVE
Definition
LAG PHASE
Term
DURING THIS PHASE, YOU WILL FIND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TOXINS
Definition
LOG PHASE
Term
THIS PHASE IS KNOWN AS THE PERIOD OF GROWTH
Definition
LOG PHASE
Term
DURING THIS PHASE, GROWTH IS EXPONENTIAL,THE POPULATION DOUBLES, GROWTH IS AT ITS MAXIMUM RATE, AND CELLS ARE NEARLY UNIFORM
Definition
LOG PHASE
Term
THIS PHASE IS CALLED THE PERIOD WHEN CELL DEATH IS EQUAL TO CELL DIVISION
Definition
STATIONARY PHASE
Term
DURING THIS PHASE, THERE IS NO INCREASE IN CELL POPULATION, AND THE GENERATION TIME INCREASES
Definition
STATIONARY PHASE
Term
THE TIME BETWEEN CELL DIVISIONS IS CALLED ?
Definition
GENERATION TIME
Term
THIS PHASE IS A RESULT OF INCREASED TOXINS AND DECREASED NUTRIENTS
Definition
STATIONARY PHASE
Term
THIS PHASE IS CALLED THE PERIOD WHEN CELL DEATH IS GREATER THAN CELL DIVISION
Definition
DEATH OR DECLINE PHASE
Term
THIS PHASE IS DUE TO THE NEARLY COMPLETE DEPLETION OF NUTRIENTS
Definition
DEATH OR DECLINE PHASE
Term
HOW IS BACTERIAL GROWTH MEASURED?
Definition
BACTERIAL GROWTH IS MEASURED IN POPULATION SIZE NOT PHYSICAL SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL BACTERIA
Term

TRUE OR FALSE?

BACTERIA GROW UNIFORMLY

Definition
TRUE
Term

WHAT ARE THE 3 METHODS OF BACTERIAL MEASUREMENT?

 

 

Definition

DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT

STANDARD PLATE COUNT

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECTROPHOTOMETER)

Term
WHICH BACTERIAL MEASUREMENT IS USEFUL FOR COUNTING CELLS THAT WILL NOT GROW IN CULTURES?
Definition
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT
Term
WHICH BACTERIA MEASUREMENT IS ONLY USED TO COUNT VIABLE CELLS?
Definition
STANDARD PLATE COUNT
Term
FEWER CELLS---->LESS TURBID----> ?
Definition
LESS LIGHT ABSORBED OR MORE LIGHT TRANSMITTED
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 METHODS OF PRESERVATION?
Definition

PERIODIC TRANSFER OF CULTURE

LYOPHILIZATION

LOW TEMPERATURE HOLDING

Term
TRANSFERRING EXISTING BACTERIAL CULTURE FROM OLD NUTRIENT TO NEW TO CREATE A NEW POPULATION OF BACTERIA IS ?
Definition
PERIODIC TRANSFER OF CULTURE
Term
FREEZE DRYING OF CULTURES IS ?
Definition
LYOPHILIZATION
Term
AT WHAT DEGREE DOES FREEZE DRYING OF CULTURES OCCUR?
Definition
-80 degree C
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS NEEDED FOR GROWTH?
Definition

TEMPERATURE

OXYGEN

pH

Term
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR INFLUENCING BACTERIAL GROWTH?
Definition
TEMPERATURE
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 TEMPERATURE RANGES FOR BACTERIAL GROWTH?
Definition

MINIMUM

OPTIMAL

MAXIMUM

Term

AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DO PSYCHROPHILES GROW?

 

Definition
0-20 C
Term
AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DO MESOPHILES GROW?
Definition
20-45 C
Term

AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DOES THERMOPHILES GROW?

 

Definition
ABOVE 45 C
Term
WHAT ARE OBLIGATE ANAEROBES?
Definition
BACTERIA THAT DIE IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN
Term
WHAT ARE OBLIGATE AEROBES?
Definition
BACTERIA THAT CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT OXYGEN
Term
WHAT DOES FACULTATIVE MEAN?
Definition
BACTERIA THAT CAN GROW IN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF OXYGEN
Term
WHAT ARE MICROAEROPHILES?
Definition
BACTERIA THAT REQUIRE OXYGEN IN LIMITED AMOUNTS
Term
MOST BACTERIA SPECIES GROW BEST AT WHAT TYPE OF pH?
Definition
NEUTRAL pH
Term
BIOLOGICAL CATALYSTS THAT SPEED UP A CHEMICAL REACTION BY LOWERING THE ENERGY OF ACTIVATION IS A ?
Definition
ENZYME
Term

TRUE OR FALSE?

ENZYMES ARE KEY CELLULAR PROTEINS THAT MAINLY DETERMINE THE FUNCTION OF THE CELL.

Definition
TRUE
Term
THE MINIMUM ENERGY REQUIRED FOR A CHEMICAL REACTION TO TAKE PLACE SPONTANEOUSLY IS ?
Definition
ENERGY OF ACTIVATION
Term

TRUE OR FALSE?

ENZYMES ALTER THE REACTANTS OR PRODUCTS OF A CHEMICAL REACTION

Definition
FALSE, THEY DO NOT ALTER THE REACTANTS OR PRODUCTS OF A CHEMICAL REACTION NOR ARE THEY ALTERED BY THE CHEMICAL REACTION THEY CATALYZE.
Term
A REACTANT IS ALSO KNOWN AS A ?
Definition
SUBSTRATE
Term
WHAT BINDS TO THE ACTIVE SITE OF THE ENZYME TO FORM AN ENZYME/SUBSTRATE COMPLEX?
Definition
SUBSTRATE
Term
THE SPECIFIC SUBSTANCE ON WHICH THE ENZYME ACTS IS ?
Definition
THE SUBSTRATE
Term
SMALL, NON PROTEIN MOLECULES ATTACHED TO THE ENZYME ARE CALLED?
Definition
COENZYMES
Term
THE BASIC FUNCTION OF THIS IS TO TRANSFER MOLECULES, ATOMS, OR ELECTRONS FROM ONE MOLECULE TO ANOTHER ?
Definition
COENZYMES
Term
ENZYMES ARE USUALLY NAMED FOR ?
Definition
THE SUBSTRATE THEY ACT ON
Term
WHAT ARE 2 MAIN FACTORS THAT AFFECT ENZYMES?
Definition

TEMPERATURE

pH

Term
DRASTIC SHIFTS IN THE pH CAUSE WHAT TO HAPPEN TO AN ENZYME?
Definition
DENATURATION
Term
DENATURATION CAUSE ENZYMES TO BECOME WHAT?
Definition
NON-FUNCTIONAL
Term
ENZYMES ARE REGULATED THROUGH?
Definition
INHIBITION OF ENZYME ACTION
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF INHIBITION MECHANISMS?
Definition

COMPETITIVE INHIBITION

NON-COMPETITIVE INHIBITION

FEEDBACK INHIBITION

Term
WHAT TYPE OF INHIBITORS COMPETE FOR THE ACTIVE SITE OF THE ENZYME AND CAUSE THE SUBSTRATE NOT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ACTIVE SITE?
Definition
COMPETITIVE INHIBITORS
Term
WHAT NUTRIENT IS IMPERATIVE FOR BACTERIAL SURVIVAL?
Definition
FOLIC ACID
Term
A MECHANISM USED BY THE CELL TO STOP THE WASTE OF CHEMICAL RESOURCES IS?
Definition
FEEDBACK INHIBITION
Term
COLLECTIVE BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE INSIDE THE CELL IS CALLED?
Definition
METABOLISM
Term
WHAT ARE THE 2 BRANCHES OF METABOLISM?
Definition
ANABOLISM AND CATABOLISM
Term
WHAT DO ANABOLIC REACTIONS REQUIRE?
Definition
ENERGY
Term
WHAT BRANCH OF METABOLISM SYNTHESIZES LARGER MOLECULES FROM SMALLER SUBUNITS?
Definition
CATABOLISM
Term
WHAT 3 MOLECULES ARE PRODUCES THROUGH CATABOLISM AND WHAT DO THEY PRODUCE?
Definition

ATP= ENERGY

NAD= REDUCING POWER

PRECURSOR MEATABOLITES = MICROMOLECULES THAT MAKE UP MACROMOLECULES THROUGH ANABOLISM

Term
THE REMOVAL OF ELECTRONS FROM AN ATOM OR MOLECULE IS CALLED?
Definition
OXIDATION
Term
OXIDATIVE REACTIONS PRODUCE WHAT?
Definition
ENERGY
Term
THE ADDITION OF THE ELECTRONS REMOVED FROM OXIDATIVE REACTIONS TO MOLECULES OR ATOMS IS CALLED?
Definition
REDUCTION
Term
ADDITION OF ELECTRONS CAUSES A DECREASE IN WHAT?
Definition
THE OVERALL CHARGE OF THE MOLECULE OR ATOM
Term
EACH REDUCTION REACTION IS COUPLED WITH WHAT?
Definition
AN OXIDATION REACTION
Term
WHAT TYPE OF MACROMOLECULES ARE ENZYMES MADE OF?
Definition
PROTEINS
Term
CELLULAR OXIDATION IS ALSO CALLED WHAT?
Definition
DEHYDROGENATION
Term
THE REMOVAL OF ELECTRONS THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN ATOMS IS CALLED?
Definition
CELLULAR OXIDATION
Term
WHERE THE HYDROGEN GOES, THAT IS THE ELEMENT THAT HAS BEEN WHAT?
Definition
REDUCED
Term
COVALENT BONDS THAT RELEASE MORE ENERGY ARE CALLED?
Definition
HIGH ENERGY BONDS
Term
ENERGY MOLECULES FORMED FROM THE ENERGY RELEASED FROM BONDS BROKEN DURING OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTIONS ARE CALLED ?
Definition
ATP
Term
WHAT TYPE OF GROUP IS ADDED TO A MOLECULE OF ADP TO FORM ATP?
Definition
PHOSPHATE GROUP
Term
THE ADDITION OF PHOSPHATE GROUPS IS CALLED ?
Definition
PHOSPHORYLATION
Term
ATP IS USED IN WHAT TYPE OF REACTION AND CREATED IN WHAT TYPE OF REACTION?
Definition
ATP IS USED IN ANABOLIC REACTIONS AND CREATED IN CATABOLIC REACTIONS
Term
REMOVING A PHOSPHATE GROUP IS CALLED?
Definition
DEPHOSPHORYLATION
Term
WHAT ARE THE 2 MECHANISMS OF PHOSPHORYLATION?
Definition

SUBSTRATE PHOSPHORYLATION

OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION

Term
WHAT MOLECULES ACT AS CHEMICAL CATALYSTS?
Definition
ENZYMES
Term
WHAT DO CATALYSTS DO IN CHEMICAL REACTION?
Definition
THEY SPEED UP THE PROCESS BY LOWERING THE ENERGY OF ACTIVATION
Term
ARE ENZYMES CHANGED BY THE CHEMICAL REACTION?
Definition
ENZYMES ARE NOT ALTERED BY THE CHEMICAL REACTION THEY CATALYZE
Term
DO ENZYMES ADD ENERGY TO A CHEMICAL REACTION?
Definition
NO, ENZYMES LOWER THE ENERGY OF ACTIVATION NEEDED TO START A CHEMICAL REACTION.
Term
HOW DO ENZYMES SPEED UP CHEMICAL REACTION?
Definition
ENZYMES SPEED UP CHEMICAL REACTIONS BY GREATLY REDUCING THE ACTIVATION ENERGY NEEDED FROM A SYSTEM TO CATALYZE A REACTION.
Term
DO ENZYMES INTERACT WITH SEVERAL SUBSTRATE MOLECULES?
Definition
NO, A PARTICULAR ENZYME (LOCK) WILL ONLY ACT WITH ONE OR A LIMITED NUMBER OF SUBSTRATES (KEYS). NO PRODUCT WILL BE MADE IF THE ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE DO NOT MATCH UP.
Term
WHICH PRODUCES MORE ENERGY, AEROBIC RESPIRATION OR FERMENTATION?
Definition
AEROBIC RESPIRATION PRODUCES 38 ATP PER GLUCOSE WHERE AS FERMENTATION PRODUCE 2 ATP PER GLUCOSE
Term
WHAT IS THE BASIC EQUATION FOR AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition

C6H12O6 + 6O2 -->6H2O + 6CO2 + ATP

 

IN SIMPLE TERMS,

1 GLUCOSE MOLECULE AND 6 OXYGEN MOLECULES MAKE 6 WATER MOLECULES, 6 CARBON DIOXIDE MOLECULES AND 1 ATP MOLECULE

Term
ATP IS GENERATED WHEN HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATES ARE DIRECTLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE SUBSTRATE OF THE ENZYME CATALYZED REACTION AND OCCURS IN GLYCOLYSIS AND THE KREBS CYCLE. THIS IS CALLED WHAT?
Definition
SUBSTRATE PHOSPHORYLATION
Term
ELECTRONS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO ELECTRON CARRIERS BY THE PROCESS OF ?
Definition
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION
Term
WHAT MECHANISMS OF PHOSPHORYLATION OCCURS IN THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN?
Definition
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION
Term
BACTERIA IS CLASSIFIED WHAT 2 TYPES OF ENERGY?
Definition

LIGHT ENERGY

CHEMICAL ENERGY

Term
ORGANISMS WITH THE PREFIX "PHOTO" ARE CLASSIFIED AS HAVING WHAT SOURCE OF ENERGY?
Definition
LIGHT ENERGY
Term
ORGANISMS WITH THE PREFIX "CHEMO" ARE CLASSIFIED AS HAVING WHAT SOURCE OF ENERGY?
Definition
CHEMICAL ENERGY
Term
BACTERIA CAN BE CLASSIFIED BY THEIR SOURCE OF CARBON. WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF CARBON CALLED?
Definition

ORGANIC CARBON

CO2

Term
HETEROTROPHS ARE ORGANISMS THAT USE WHAT KIND OF CARBON?
Definition
ORGANIC CARBON
Term
AUTOTROPHS ARE ORGANISMS THAT USE WHAT TYPE OF CARBON?
Definition
CO2
Term
ANOTHER TERM USED TO DESCRIBE METABOLISM OF THE CHEMOHETEROTROPHS IS CALLED?
Definition
AEROBIC RESPIRATION
Term
WHAT ARE 3 WAYS THAT ATP IS PRODUCED THROUGH AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition

GLYCOLYSIS

KREBS CYCLE

ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN

Term
WATER IS THE REDUCED FORM OF?
Definition
OXYGEN
Term
GLYCOLYSIS LITERALLY MEANS WHAT?
Definition
SUGAR SPLITTING
Term
1 MOLECULE OF GLUCOSE IS SPLIT INTO WHAT?
Definition
2 MOLECULES OF PYRUVIC ACID
Term
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GLYCOLYSIS?
Definition
TO SPLIT GLUCOSE AND PRODUCE PYRUVIC ACID
Term
PYRUVIC ACID IS THE OXIDIZED FORM OF WHAT?
Definition
GLYCERALDERHYDE
Term
HOW IS ENERGY PRODUCED IN GLYCOLYSIS?
Definition
THROUGH THE SUBSTRATE PHOSPHORYLATION OF ADP TO ATP
Term
WHERE IS CO2 PRODUCED IN AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition
IT IS PRODUCED AS A BI-PRODUCT OF THE KREBS CYCLE
Term
WHERE IS H20 PRODUCED IN AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition
AT THE END OF THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN.
Term
SINCE PYRUVIC ACID CANNOT ENTER THE KREBS CYCLE DIRECTLY, IT HAS TO BE DECARBOXYLATED TO PRODUCE WHAT?
Definition
CARBON DIOXIDE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE?

ATP IS PRODUCED IN THE TRANSITION PROCESS OF THE KREBS CYCLES.

Definition
FALSE, ATP IS PRODUCED IN THE 4TH STEP OF THE KREBS CYCLE.
Term
THIS IS RELEASED THROUGH A SERIES OF OXIDATION REACTIONS BY TRANSFERRING ELECTRONS TO THE CARRIER COENZYMES NAD+ AND FAD+
Definition
POTENTIAL ENERGY
Term
BY RELEASING POTENTIAL ENERGY, IT WILL PRODUCE WHAT?
Definition
USABLE ENERGY
Term
HOW MUCH POTENTIAL ENERGY IS FOUND IN THE TRANSITION STEP OF THE KREBS CYCLE?
Definition
10
Term
WHAT ARE THE CARRIER CO-ENZYMES OF THE KREBS CYCLE?
Definition
NAD+ AND FAD+
Term
HOW MANY ATP ARE GENERATED IN GLYCOLYSIS FROM ONE MOLECULE OF GLUCOSE?
Definition
2
Term
WHERE DO THE NADH MOLECULES CREATED IN GLYCOLYSIS GO WITH THEIR ELECTRONS?
Definition
ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN
Term
GLYCOLYSIS STARTS WITH 1 GLUCOSE MOLECULE THAT CONSISTS OF A 6 CARBON CHAIN AND 2 PHOSPHATE GROUPS AND ENDS AS WHAT?
Definition
2 PYRUVIC ACID MOLECULES CONSISTING OF A 3 CARBON CHAIN AND 1 PHOSPHATE GROUP
Term
WHAT MOLECULE ACTS AS THE TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR IN AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition
OXYGEN
Term
A COMPLETE CYCLE INVOLVES HOW MANY ROTATIONS OF THE KREBS CYCLE?
Definition
2
Term
A SERIES OF COMPOUNDS THAT TRANSFER ELECTRONS FROM ONE COMPOUND TO GENERATING ATP THROUGH OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION IS?
Definition
ELECTRON TRANSFER CHAIN
Term
O2 (OXYGEN) IS THE FINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR PRODUCING WHAT?
Definition
H2O (WATER)
Term
WHAT ARE THE 2 AEROBIC RESPIRATIONS THAT PRODUCE NADH?
Definition
GLYCOLYSIS AND KREBS CYCLE
Term
FADH IS PRODUCED IN WHAT AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition
KREBS CYCLE
Term
HOW MUCH ATP IS PRODUCED IN THE ELECTRON TRANSFER CHAIN THROUGH THE REOXIDATION OF REDUCED NADH AND FADH?
Definition
34
Term
THE CONVERSION OF PYRUVIC ACID PRODUCED IN GLYCOLYSIS TO LACTIC ACID AND ETHANOL IS CALLED?
Definition
FERMENTATION
Term

TRUE OR FALSE?

FERMENTATION REQUIRES OXYGEN TO RELEASE ENERGY FROM SUGAR.

Definition
FALSE, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE OXYGEN
Term
INSTEAD OF OXYGEN, WHAT DOES FERMENTATION USE AS ITS FINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS?
Definition
ORGANIC MOLECULES
Term
TWO MOLECULES OF PYRUVIC ACID ARE REDUCED BY NADH TO FORM WHAT?
Definition
LACTIC ACID
Term
WHAT IS FORMED THROUGH THE DECARBOXYLATION OF PYRUVIC ACID?
Definition
2 MOLECULES OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Term
2 MOLECULES OF ETHANOL ARE PRODUCED THROUGH WHAT?
Definition
THE REDUCTION OF ACETALDEHYDE BY NADH
Term
3 MOLECULES OF USABLE ENERGY EQUALS HOW MUCH POTENTIAL ENERGY?
Definition
1
Term
H2O AND ATP ARE THE END PRODUCTS OF WHAT AEROBIC RESPIRATION?
Definition
ELECTRON TRANSFER CHAIN
Term
WHAT CAN PYRUVIC ACID BE CONVERTED TO IN FERMENTATION?
Definition
TWO MOLECULES OF PYRUVIC ACID ARE CONVERTED TO TWO MOLECULES OF ACETALDEHYDE
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