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eukaryotes
nulticellular; nuclear membrane; membrane-bound organelles present; always sterols; 80s=40s+60s; absent or sellulose/chitin; yes-mitosis
prokaryotes
single cells; DNA incontact with sytoplasm; no organelles; 70s=30s+50s; peptidoglycan; no-mitosis
bacteria
single cell prokaryotes
viruses
cannot reproduce on their own
protozoa
one-celled eukaryotes
fungi
single or multi-cellular eukaryotes
metazoan
multi-cellular parasites
gram rxn
ability of stain to bin to cell walls; gram +/-
bacteria shapes
cocci - spherical
bacilli - rods
curved or spiral
Cell Wall:
Each bacterium is enclosed by a ridgid cell wall composed of ___________, a protein-sugar (polysaccharide) molecule. The wall gives the cell its ______ and either surrounds the _____________ or is found between _ membrane, protecting it from the _________. it also helps to anchor appendages like the pili and flagella, which originate in the cytoplasm membrane and protrude through the wall to the outside. The strength of the wall is responsible for keeping the cell from ________ when there are large differences in ________ ________ between the cytoplasm and the environment.
peptidoglycan
shape
cytoplasmic membrane
2
environment
bursting
osmotic pressure
Cell Membrane:
Phospholipid bilayer with outer ________ ends and inner _________ core.
hydrophilic
hydrophobic
Capsule:
Some species of bacteria have ____ protective covering, a capsule made up of ____ _____ and ______. Capsules play number of roles, but the most important are to keep the bacterium from _____ and to protect it from __________ by larger microorganisms, The capsule is major ____ factor in the major disease-causing bacteria, such as ____ and ______.
third
polysaccharides (complex carbohydrates)
proteins (m-antigen)
glycolipids
drying out
phagocytosis (engulfing)
virulence
Eschericharia coli
Streptocpccus pneumoniae.
Viruses are classified by:
- shape of capsids (protein coat that contains nucleic acid icosahedral/helical)
- presence of absence of envelope (lipids surrounding capsid)
- type of nucleic acid (DNA - RNA)
- type of attachement (viral attachment proteins)
fungi classification:
cutaneous
systemic
immunocompromised hosts
protozoa classifications:
spore forming
flagellates
amoeboid
cilates
spore forming:
Intestinal (spore forming) protozoa:

Transmitted either by ____ from person to person or through ________ _____ or ___ by infectious particle called a ______ or oocyst. _________ infections can occur. The most common symptom of infection is ________.
Cryptosporidium parvum
Isospora belli
Cyclospora cayetanenis
Enterocytozoan bieneusi
Septata intestinalis

stool
contaminated water
food
spore
oocyst
asymtomatic
diarrhea
flagellates

blood flagellates are transmitted by a vector ________
giardia intestinalis, Trichomas

leishmania
amoeboid
entamoeba histolytica
ciliate
balantidium (rarely disease causing)
protozoa have a sexual and asexual life cycle with exchange of genetic material diring conjugation

may have different stages of life-cycle in different hosts
metazoans (helminths) classification:
nematodes
platyhelminthes
nematodes
roundworms

Azcaris lumbricoides
platyhelminths
flateworms, tapeworms, flukes

Taenia solium
Schistosoma mansoni