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| An aggregation of cells arising from a single parent cell. |
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| A collection of microbes living on a surface in a complex community. |
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Carbon
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-Environment
-living in or on another organism (the byproduct of this is disease) |
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| Two ways microbes obtain nutrients |
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| make organic compounds from CO2 |
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| aquire carbon from organic compounds from other organisms |
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| Two types of organisms based on source of carbon |
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| Two types of organisms based on source of energy |
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| Most pathogenic organisms are what? |
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| Oxygen is essential for.... |
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| Oxygen is highly reactive and can cause oxidation to cells. |
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| Why is oxygen deadly to cells? |
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Singlet Oxygen
Superoxide Radicals
Peroxide Anion
Hydroxyl Radical |
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| Molecular oxygen with electrons in high energy state. |
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| Superoxide Radicals (O2-) |
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| Aerobes have superoxide dimutases, which can render this form of toxic oxygen harmless. |
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| Aerobes have catalase and peroxidase which can render this form of toxic oxygen harmless. |
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| The most toxic form of oxygen. |
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| Can maintain life via fermentation, but use aerobic respiration more. |
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| Posses enzymes to detoxify O2, can live with oxygen but require all anaerobic cycles. |
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| Requires little (2-10%) of oxygen for various processes. |
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| All cells recycle nitrogen from _____ and _______ |
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-Phosphorous
-Sulfur
-Trace Elements
-Growth Factors (cannot be synthesized by some organisms) |
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| Lesser Required Nutrients |
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| Grow best in acidic habitats |
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| Live in alkaline soils and water |
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| The pressure exerted on a semipermeable membrane by a solution containing solutes that connot freely cross membrane |
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| The pressure exerted by pressure in proportion to its depth. |
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| Live under extereme pressure in order to maintain 3D shape. |
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| Relationship: One Benefits, One Harmed |
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| Relationship: Both Benefit |
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| One benefits, one is neither benefitted nor harmed. |
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| Mircoorganisms response to density of nearby organisms. |
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| Colony Forming Unit (CFU) |
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| You know the exact chemical composition of the media. |
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| Has complex materials (yeast, soy etcc.) added to media, you do not know exact chemical composition. |
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| Selects/deselects microbes to grow |
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| Different organisms will use the media differently (ex.blood agar and hemolysis) |
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| Required for growth of anaerobes |
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| Transport bacteria requires more nutrients than usual due to stress |
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