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| main ingredient in walls of bacteria. Only bacterial cells have peptidoglycan. |
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Monera/ Procaryotae (bacteria) |
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-Least evolved life form -Lack organelles but still carry out the same functions -have walls -unicellular but tend to occur in pairs, bunches, etc. |
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| What are the 3 shapes of bacteria? |
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spherical=coccus (cocci) rod=bacillus (bacilli) helical=spiral (spirals) |
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| Obligate intracellular parasites. (Need a host) |
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| discovered by Carolus Linneaus. First name genus, last name species |
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psychrophiles, thermophiles, mesophiles |
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cold lovers, heat lovers, medium temp. lovers that are most frequently associated with human disease |
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| prefer medium heat but can endure some high temps |
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| depend on autotrophs for performed organic matter for food |
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| the slime around a cell wall used for adherence |
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| human defensive cells. scavengers that digest junk, debris, etc. They have a hard time digesting encapsulated cells. |
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| make their own food. self heater/ self nourisher |
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| cells which have no organelles, but still carry out the same functions as eucaryotic cells. |
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| membrane bound structures in which specialized functions occur |
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| animal kingdom characteristics |
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motile multicellular eucaryotic heterotrophs chemosynthetic lack walls |
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| plantae kingdom characteristics |
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non-motile multicellular eucaryotic autotrophs photosynthetic |
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| fungi kingdom characteristics |
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non-motile eucaryotic some multicellular, some unicellular chemosynthetic have walls |
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| protista kingdom characteristics |
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eucaryotic unicellular non-motile & motile autotrophs and heterotrophs some have walls and some do not |
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| microbial life exists and can change matter. (grapes to wine, etc.) |
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| 3 diseases that modern pasteurization eliminated |
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Bovine TB Q fever Brucellosis |
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| A motility structure attached to the cells walls. Too small to see under a regular microscope. |
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| a chemical used on a surface to eliminate or decrease certain MO's |
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| safe for use in and on humans |
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| techniques that dont accept the entry of unwanted contaminants |
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| gram positive cell walls are made of what? |
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one thick layer of peptidoglycan |
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| Mid 1800's, started the soaking of surgical instruments, hands, etc. in phenol. He created the first antiseptic. |
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| the free floating collection of MO's on water surfaces. Some plankton is photosynthetic. About half of the O2 on earth is from photosynthetic plankton. |
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| break down waste, recycle, and aid in digestion |
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| absorb nutrients slowly, grow and multiply slowly. (can take awhile between contraction of disease to the start of symptoms). |
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| scientist, late 1600's, credited with the first visualization of MO's. |
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| permanent, avirulent collection of MO's in and on the body that are usually beneficial, though sometimes are opportunistic. |
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| a mild heating process performed on dairy products in an effort to reduce the number of spoilage pores to increase the shelf life. |
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| mid 1800's, credited with pasteurization |
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| the weak ones (avirulent) antagonize the strong ones (virulent). The weak ones take up space and use the water in/on our bodies so that the strong ones cannot take over. |
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| a group of antimicrobials extracted from nature. ( a natural waste product from a MO). |
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| any drug used to treat a disease associated with a MO. |
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| a motile structure associated only with certain spiral shaped bacteria. |
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| lack walls for the antibiotics to target. (difficult to give meds before knowing) |
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| List the four kingdoms of eucaryotic life |
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in which kingdom do all members lack a wall? What other kingdom has many members that lack walls? |
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in which kingdom do all members photosynthesize? what other kingdom can have photosynthetic forms? |
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| a thin layer of peptidoglycan under a lipid envelope make up the cell walls. |
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| a spiral shaped bacteria that has an axial filament |
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| little hair-like structures of a cell used for adherence |
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| bursting apart of a cell when excess water is taken in. ( only cells without walls) |
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| MO's that are beneficial to humans, not harmful |
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