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Non-living, INFECTIOUS PARTICLE

VIRUS

protein coat on a virus

capsid



VIRUS THAT INFECTS BACTERIA

BACTERIOPHAGE

VIRUS THAT CAUSES AIDS

HIV - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

RNA VIRUS THAT USES THE ENZYME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE TO PRODUCE VIRAL DNA IN A HOST CELL

RETROVIRUS

DISEASE CAUSING AGENT

PATHOGEN

METHOD OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION THAT DIVIDES ONE BACTERIAL OR ARCHAEAL CELL INTO TWO IDENTICAL DESCENDANT CELLS

BINARY FISSION

ORGANISM THAT USES CARBON DIOXIDE AS ITS CARBON SOURCE AND OBTAINS ENERGY BY OXIDIZING INORGANIC MOLECULES

CHEMOAUTOTROPH

ORGANISM THAT OBTAINS ENERGY AND CARBON BY BREAKING DOWN ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

CHEMOHERTEROTROPH

ORGANISM THAT OBTAINS CARBON FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND ENERGY FROM LIGHT

PHOTOAUTOTROPH

ORGANISM THAT OBTAINS ITS CARBON FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND ITS ENERGY FROM LIGHT

PHOTOHETEROTROPH

PHOTOSYNTHETIC, OXYGEN-PRODUCING BACTERIA

CYANOBACTERIA

BACTERIA WITH THICK Peptidoglycan layer THAT ARE COLORED PURPLE WHEN PREPARED FOR MICROSCOPY BY GRAM STAINING

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

INCORPORATION OF NITROGEN GAS INTO AMMONIA

NITROGEN FIXATION

BACTERIA THAT RESEMBLE A STRETCHED-OUT SPRING

SPIROCHETES

ORGANISM ADAPTED TO LIFE IN A HIGHLY SALTY ENVIRONMENT, aerobes, heterotrophic

HALOPHILES

DURING HIV REPLICATION, REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE READS VIRAL _______ TO PRODUCE VIRAL________.

RNA AND DNA

______ARE OXYGEN-RELEASING PHOTOAUTOTROPHS

CYANOBACTERIA

NITROGEN FIXATION BY BACTERIA PRODUCES WHAT

AMMONIA

Spherical Bacteria

Coccus

live in hot, acid, sulfur environments

Thermoacidophiles

RELEASE OXYGEN

CYANOBACTERIA

obilgate anaerobes

METHANOGENS

RNA GENOME INSIDE A PROTEIN COAT

RETROVIRUSES

4 common virus characteristics

1. protein coat - capsid


2. nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA)


3. Rely on other cells for replication


4. small 10-400 nm in length

endocytosis

process in which viruses are moved into the cell

enzyme found in retrovirus

reverse transcriptase

retrovirus outside the cell

virion

6 steps to HIV reproduction

1. attachment - virus binds to receptor on host cell


2. entry - capsid enters cell releasing viral RNA and R.T.


3. reverse transcription - makes DNA from viral RNA. Viral DNA integrates into host DNA


4. biosynthesis - DNA transcription, mRNA translation, proteins.


5. maturation - viral protein s assemble to make new viruses


6. release - new viruses leave cell and destroy T-cell.

rod shaped bacteria

bacillus

wavy bacteria

spirillum

proteinaceous infectious particles

Prions

small circular pieces of DNA that carry antibiotic resistance genes

Plasmids

A dormant cell resistant to heat, UV, boiling and chemicals

Endospore

Stains pink, thin peptidoglycan layer, resists penicillin

Gram negative bacteria

cells that perform Nitrogen fixation - converting inorganic nitrogen and putting it in organic molecules

Heterocysts

blue-green color, photosynthetic and release O2 into the atmosphere

cyanobacteria

needs oxygen

obilgate aerobe

prefers oxygen but can live without it

Facultative anaerobe

obligate anaerobe

killed by oxygen

naked vs. enveloped virus

Naked - nucleic acid and capsid


Enveloped - nucleic acid, capsid, viral envelope with spikes