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Chp.27 Bacteria and Archaea
Lanom-WCJC
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/09/2013

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Earths 1st Organisms
Definition
Prokaryotes
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Gramstain
Definition
Used to classify bacteria by cell wall composition
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Gram-positive
Definition
Simple wall; LARGE amounts of peptidoglycan
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Gram-negative
Definition
LESS peptidoglycan; outer membrane=toxic
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Capsule Bacteria
Definition
MORE of a threat, antibiotic resistant
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Fimbriae
Definition
Covers prokaryotes; polysaccharide/protein layer
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Plasmid
Definition
smaller rings of DNA
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Phototroph
Definition
Energy from light
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Chemotroph
Definition
Energy from chemicals
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Autotrophs
Definition
Requires CO2 as carbon source
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Heterotroph
Definition
Requires organic nutrient to make organic compounds
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Extreme Halophiles
Definition
Increased saline enviroment
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Exterme Thermophiles
Definition
Increased hot enviroments
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Methanogens
Definition
live in swamp/marsh and produce methane waste
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Escherichia Coli
Definition
inside intestines in mammals
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Heliobacter Pylori
Definition
causes stomach ulcer
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Chlamydia
Definition
Parasite in animal cell
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Bacillus Anthracis
Definition
causes anthrax
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Strepto coccus and Staphylococcus
Definition
sommon in human infection
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Symbiosis
Definition
ecological relationship with close contact
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Mutualism
Definition
both benefit
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Commensalism
Definition
1 benefits, but does not help or harm other
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Parasitism/Parasite
Definition
harm but does not kill host
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Pathogen
Definition
parasite that causes disease
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