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Appreciate the speed and efficiency of bacterial metabolism and growth
Grow more rapidly than eukaryotic cells b/c it's an amorphous matrix of ribosomes. No compartments.
-more diversity also
-have just the right amount of building blocks to make macromolecules
-don't accumulate toxic stuff
-nothing unnecessary made
Explain how ATP and reducing power are generated
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Describe energy utilization in the bacterial cell
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List the nutrient entry mechanisms
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Explain the differences between fermentation and respiration
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Describe binary fission
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Explain phases of growth in bacteria
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Describe nutrition including oxygen requirements
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List the steps in the synthesis of peptidoglycan
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List the common classes of antibiotics and their targets
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Bactoprenol phosphate
transports the ppg across the cell membrane
Autolysins
break the glycosidic bonds of the ppg and peptide cross linkages
Transglycosidase (TG)
enzyme INSERT and LINKS monomoers into the new ppg
Transpeptidase (TP)
REFORMS the peptide cross links
Name some B-lactams and what they do
Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Carbepenem

bind to TRANSPEPTIDASE, preventing that last step
Vancomycin
beinds to peptides of ppg monomers and BLOCK TRANSGLYCOSIDASE
Bacitracin
blocks dephosphorylation of BACTOPRENOL PHOSPHATE
Cycloserine
blocks addition of dipeptide of UDP-NAM
Fosfomycin
inhibits phosphoenopyruvate transfer and PREVENTS FORMATION OF NAM
Linezolid
blocks initiating complex
Tetracycline and Aminoglycosides
30s inhibitors

Tetra-Amino-30
Macrolides and Chloramphenicol
50s inhibitors

Mac-Chloro-50
Name two drugs that block DNA synthesis
Fluroquinolones and Metronidazole

FluMetro-DNA
RNA synthesis
Rifampin

R-R
Folate Antagonists
Trimethoprim, Sulfonamides

FATS
Cytoplasm membrane
Polymyxins