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eight ways to characterise a specific living thing of the biosphere

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species




(Da King's Pony Can Order French Grain Salad)

Study of Microbes

Microbiology

Four SIMPLE characteristics of bacteria

-very small


-easy to study


-can live anywhere


-prokaryotic

What are prokaryotes?

Cells that have no membrane/nucleus

What does the "archae" in archaebacteria mean?

Ancient

What differentiates archaebacteria from eubacteria

Archaebacteria live in extreme environments and have no peptidoglycan.

Three most common types of Archarbacteria

Thermoacidofiles, Methanogens, Halophiles

Another name for archaebacteria

Extremophiles

What does eubacteria have that archaebacteria doesnt have

Peptidoglycan

Primary function of bacteria

Decomposer organisms

Three main shapes of bacteria

Cocci, Bacilli, Spirilli

Bacteria reproduce asexually through...

Binary Fission

Three ways that genetic material is transferred from one bacteria to the other

Conjugation, Transmission, Transformation

Plasmids of a donor cell are "donated" to a recipient cell, which makes copies of it. What form of genetic material transfer is this?

Conjugation

What form of genetic material transfer uses bacteriophage?

Transduction

What form of of genetic material transfer uses

The two types of eubacteria based on feeding

Autotrophic and Heterotrophic

Form of genetic transfer where cells take up bacteria's DNA after they die.

Transformation

What are heterotrophic bacteria?

Bacteria that need to feed on something else to survive. (Ex. Parasitic/Saprophytic Bacteria)

What are autotrophic bacteria? Give two types.

Self-sustaining bacteria. Can produce their own food.




-Chemosynthetic (Feeds on Chemicals)


-Photosynthetic (Feeds on the sun)

What are saprophytic bacteria?

Bacteria that feeds on dead material.

Four conditions for bacteria to grow?

Moisture


Temperature


pH


Nutrition

Temperature range needed for eubacteria to grow?

28-38 degrees celsius

What are facultative aerobes?

They are bacteria that grow as anaerobes but function as aerobes.

Latin for Poison

Virus

Who won a nobel prize for isolating TMV?

Wendell Stanley

Who is Dmitri Iwanowski

Man who discovered the Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)

Three outer parts of the cell

Membrane, Cell Wall, Cell Capsule

Function of a cell wall

Keeps the shape of a bacterium

Function of a cell membrane

The transportation of nutrients, and allows entry or exit of material

Function of capsule

keeps the shape of the cell

Five stages of the Lytic cycle

Attachment, Entry, Replication, Assembly, Cell Division

Five Stages of the Lysogenic Cycle

Attachment, Penetration, Incorporation, Replication, Cell Divison

What happens during replication in the Lytic Cycle

The virus mixes and replicates with the DNA

What happens during incorporation in the Lysogenic Cycle

The virus incorporates itself into the DNA of the cell

What is Lysis? What cycle is it a part of?

The host cell breaks open, releasing the new viruses into the area. It is a part of the Lytic Cycle.

A cell needs to have this in order for the viruses to connect with it

Receptor Sites

What is an attenuated vaccine?

It is a live virus that is weakened so that it can strengthen the immune system's defences.




Gives you a stronger immunity.

Some downsides to an attenuated vaccine

Cant be given to people who are allergic or have certain diseases such as HIV




Viruses can upgrade




Viruses can become live again

What are inactivated vaccines?





They contain viruses that are no longer live and cannot mutate to become live again. They help the immune system get stronger because the IS memorizes the attack plan of the virus.




It gives the virus in you a weaker immunity.

Downsides of inactivated vaccines

Stimulate a weaker immune system




Needs specific amounts (boosters) for it to take significant effect.





Upsides of Inactivated vaccines

Cheaper; Safer than live vaccines; can be given to those with certain diseases such as HIV

What is a vaccine?

method of exposing an infected virus to strengthen an immunity

what is an antigen?

substance that stimulates the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them

What's the difference between a virus and a vaccine

A virus weakens immunity




A vaccine strengthens immunity

What are interferons?

Protein produced by infected host cell and released when cell bursts, binds to receptors in other cells, causing them to produce enzymes that stop dont allow viral replication.




Cell's way of protecting other cells



Six ways of being able to get infection

Airborne


Direct


Indirect


Contamination


Wound


Vector-Carried



What is an immune carrier

Someone or something that is immune to a pathogen, and can help others because of this

What is a pathogen

A bacterium or virus that causes disease

what does the "eu" in eubacteria mean?

Eu = True

What is peptidoglycan

Substance that forms the cell walls of bacteria. Is the foundation of the cell wall.




Basic component of the cell wall

what stops the entire bacterial process

No good environment = No reproduction = No decomposition

What are diplo, staphylo, and strepto shaped cells?

Diplo are double




Staphylo are cluster




Strepto are twisted chain

Some positive uses for bacteria

yogurt, cheese, vinegar, sauerkraut




insulin, penicillin, anitbiotics

What is an endospore

Layers of hard material around the nucleoid region





When are endospores used

When a cell detects an unfavorable environment (bad temp, no moisture, etc)

Two main parts of a virus and their functions

Capsid - Protection




Nucleic Acid - Like the DNA of the virus

Setting functions of a virus

Function best inside cell




Function well outside cell




Does not function outside host/organism

The ability of a pathogen to affect cells

Virulence

Result of the Lysogenic cycle in a nutshell

Every cell has a bacterial genome inside

Four classifications of virus

Based on:






Nucleic Acid


Strand of DNA or RNA


Shape


Envelope

A short single strand of circular RNA without capsid or envelopes

viroid

What is a prion

Abnormal form of protein that has no nucleic acid




can cause disease



Kingdom Protista is often called....

Catchall Kingdom

"Protozoans" means

First animals

What are protozoans?

Microscopic Mulitcellular Organisms

Protozoans are

Motile


Parasitic


Mostly aquatic


Rapid moving (energy used with cell wall is instead used for movement)


Heterotrophic

Protozoans dont have

Cell walls

Protozoans play a key role in the environment by

Participating in the food chain




Decomposing material

Protozoans form ______ when they enter hard environments

cysts

Cysts are...

hard coverings formed around protozoans




slows meatbolisms

What are eyespots?

Areas of pigment on protozoans that detext pigment, light/chemical intensity etc




DRIVING WHEEL

Four phylums of Kingdom Protista based on Locomotion

Sarcodina, Ciliphora, Zoomastigina, Sporozoa


What does a sarcondine lack?

Body Shape

What does a sarcondina have

Flexibe cell membrane (shape shifter)





Sarcondina can live in

Mouth, Sea, intestine etc



What do sarcondina form when feeding or moving?

Pseudopodia

What do sarcodina use to move?

Pseudopodia

What are pseudopodia

"False feet" that are formed for feeding or moving

Protists are examples of

Animalcules

Shape of sarcodina when dormant

Spherical

The main order of Sarcondina

Amoeba

Amoeba are part of the

slimy coverings of plants and rocks

Amoeba has two cytoplasms:

Endoplasm


Ectoplasm

Functions of the endo and ectoplams

Endoplasm grows pseudopodia and brings whole cell (with ectoplasm) with it.




Goes towards light and food.



Form of locomotion for Amoeba

Pseudopodia

What is phagocytosis?

Ingestion and surrounding of with pseudopodia of food

Changes in speed or direction in response to food or light

Taxes

Amoeba use taxes when they move towards or a way from...

Food and Light Chemicals

Digestion process of amoeba after phagocytosis

-Engulfed my amoeba


-Processed in food vacuole


-Deposits enzymes


-Digestion happens inside vacuole

One of the only pathogenic Amoebas

entamoeba hystolytica

intestinal disease caused by entamoeba hystolytica

amoebic dysentery

Another name for Ciliophora

Ciliates

Important parts of a ciliophora

Contractile Vacuole (for water)


Food Vacuole (for food)


Micronucleus


Macronucleus


Gullet


Mouth Pore


Anal Pore

Locomotion system of Ciliophora

Cilia

Ciliophora can keep its _______.

Shape

Another name for Phylum Zoomastigina

Zoomaflagellates

Means of locomotion for Phylum Zoomastigina

Flagella

Habitat of Phylum Zoomastigina

Ponds and lakes

Disease that is caused thanks to Phylum Zoomastigina

Trypanosomiasis

Vector of Trypanosoma

TseTse Fly

Process of Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosoma

How does Phylum Zoomastigina feed?

Through Phagocytosis

Zoomastigina usually reproduce.....

asexually

Study of Fungi

Mycology

Example of Fungi's damage to nature

Elm Bark Fungi


Chestnut Blight Fungus


Cracks on Tree

Vector of the Elm Bark Fungi

Elm Bark Beatle

What the Elm Bark fungi does to the tree

causes breakdown of water tissues on tree

Four examples of Fungi-Caused Diseases in Humans

Ringworms


Atheletes Foot


Thrush


Jock Itch


What is hiptoplasmosis?

Fungus found in the droppings of birds and bats

What is a jock itch?

Fungal Infection near groin

Three characteristics of Fungi

Nonphotosynthetic


Eukaryotic


Hetrotrophic

Four main fields of benefits of Fungi

Food


Medecine


Decomposition


Enzyme Production

Two types of cellular respiration

Aerobic and Anaerobic

How is cheese made?

Enzymes created by fungi act on milk to eat cheese

Process of producing carbon dioxide in bread dough

Leavening

A chemical that kills bacteria around a fungus

Penicillin

Origin words of the word Penicillin

Penicillin Notatum

The ability to change form to adapt to the environment

Dimorphism

Fungal Filaments that compose fungal colonies

Hyphae

Masses of hyphae

Mycelia

What are septa?

walls in the hyphae that have pores to allow cytoplasm to pass through

What are septate hyphae?

Hyphae divided into individual cells

What are nonspetate hyphae?

Hyphae that have no septa. The cytoplasm is shared by the entire organism.




Multinucleate

Why is the nonseptate cytoplasm multi nucleated?

Because nuclei is needed in the moving of a cytoplasm

Four types of Hyphae

Rhizoids


Stolons


Haustoria


Sporophores

What are Rhizoids?

Hyphae embedded where fungus is growing

What are Haustoria

Parasitic Fungi that attacks host cells to obtain nutrition from cytoplasm

What are sporophores

Aerial Hyphae that produce spores

What are stolons

Aerial hyphae that connects groups of hyphae together

What are Aerial Hyphae?

Absorb oxygen, produce spores, spread fungus

Three ways of Asexual reproduction in Hyphae

Budding


Fragmentation


Spore Production

What happens when hyphae buds?

Part of a cell pinches off to produce hyphae

What happens during hyphae fragmentation?

When hyphae or mycelia detach from a colony. Can happen for nonseptate hyphae

Two types of spores formed during Hyphae spore production

Sporagiophore


Conidiophore

Structure in which spores are formed in sporagiophore

Sporangium (Sac)

Sporangiophores are different because they...

produce spores in a sac.

Conidiophores are different because they...

dont produce spores in a sac.

Product of conidiophores

Conidium

When do hyphae reproduce sexually?

In unfavorable environments

Mating types of hyphae



Plus and Minus

When does sexual reproduction happen in hyphae?

When plus and minus hyphae meet each other

Structure produced by fused hyphae which releases spores

Fruiting body

Phylum that produces spores in the asci

Phylum Ascomycota

Phylum of Kingdom Protista that has no flagellum, cilia, etc

Sporozoa

Means of transportation of Sporozoans

vectors like the mosquito

Another word for female mosquitos

Anepholes

How do sporozoans reproduce?

In spores.

Disease of Sporozoans

Malaria

Malria penetrates the ______ after the blood stream

Liver

Order of Ciliophora

Paramecium

Order of Sporozoa that produces malaria

Plasmodium