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occurs when the end-product of a metabolicpathway inhibits an enzyme’s activity near the start of the pathway. |
feedback inhibition |
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A series of enzymatically catalyzed chemical reactions called_______________ store energy in and release energy from organic molecules. |
metabolic pathways |
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The pentose phosphate pathway is used to oxidize five-carbonsugars; one ATP and 12 NADPH molecules are produced from oneglucose molecule .- The Entner-Doudoroff pathway yields one ATP and two NADPHmolecules from oxidation of one glucose molecule. |
alternatives to glycolysis |
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in glycolysis this is produced |
six molecules of NADH, two molecules of FADH2, and two molecules of ATP. |
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polysaccharide biosynthesis |
- Glycogen is formed from ADPG.- UDPNAc is the starting material for the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan. |
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fermentation vs anaerobic respiration |
f= endogenous electron acceptor r= exogenous electron acceptor, makes more energy, exclusively prokaryotes and archaea |
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pyruvic acid |
c3h6o3 -give off 6CO2 6H2O |
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amino acid into krebs cycle |
- carboxylae ( remove carbon)- deaminase (removal of amine group)- desulfurase (remove sulfure) |
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ethanol produced by |
yeasts through fermentation |
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biodiesel produced by |
algae through respiration |
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methane produced by |
archaea through anarobic respiraiton |
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for every fadh2 that goes through the etc |
2 atp |
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beta oxidation |
fatty acids breaking off in 2 carbon units |
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chemoheterotroph- use ________ as energy source- use ________for energy source as carbon source |
chemical, same chemical |
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chemoautotrophs |
use carbon dioxide and fix it into organic molecules- |
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photoheterotrophs |
light= energy sourcecarbon source= organic molecules made by something else |
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infection |
microbes colonizing on a host |
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study of the cause of a disease |
etiology |
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cutaneous |
affecting the skin |
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pulonary |
relating to the lungs |
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exotoxin |
secretes |
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in cell wall released when bacteria are killed |
endotoxin |
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cytotoxin |
toxin that kills cells |
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endotoxin rules |
gram -- structural- lps- lipid a- general action- heat stable- Lo toxicity- fever- high LD |
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gram -- structural- lps- lipid a- general action- heat stable- Lo toxicity- fever- high LD |
endotoxin rules |
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- gram +- metabolic product- protein- specific action- heat labile (not heat stable)- Hi toxicity- no fever- small LD 50 (easy to contract , virulent) |
exotoxin rules |
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enzymes |
- coagulase ( blood clots together- kinases ( break through blood clot, digest fibron clot)- haluronidase (digesting glue that holds cell together, so they can move between cells)- collagenase ( digests connective collagen)- IgA proteases (proteases that destroy IgA) |
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bacteria cannot do this simultaneously |
coagulase (clot) and kinases(break through clots) |
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damage that viruses cause |
cytopathic effects |
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cytopathic effects of viruses |
- stop mitosis- autolysis- inclusion bodies- synscytia (clump cells together)- altered function- contact inhibitonless ( make cells forget to stop growing when come in contact with each other, cause tumers, wart, cancer)- kinins (cause fluid loss from mucous membranes, common cold) |
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- neurotoxins- some interfere with protein synthesis RNA polymerase inhibitors- hypersensitivity- all caused by 3 genera that all have keratinase- only superficial |
fungi |
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the study of natural history of infectious diseases |
epidimiology |
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a set of standard criteria for deciding whether a person has a particular disease or health related condition, b specifying clinical criteria and limitation on time, place, and person |
case definition |
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alcohol fermentaiton |
- co2 as byproduct- acetadlhyde |
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virulence |
degree of pathogenicity |
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application of screening, improvement , management,and exploitation of microorganisms for the production of various useful end products on a large scale. |
industrial microbio |
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propionibacterium produce |
propioinc acid and co2 |
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saccharomyces produce |
ethanol and co2 |
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weizmann found |
acetone and butyric acid made by clostridium |
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remove carbon from pyruvic acid to make |
acetyl - coenzyme a- in doing this 2 co2 are removed |
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glycolysis takes 1 glucose and makes |
2 (3 carbon) pyruvic acids and produces 2 ATP + 2 NADH |
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the enzymes of glycolysis extract some of the |
potential energy stored in glucose- this process yeilds 2 atp and 2 nadh |
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4C compound + 2 acetyl coenzyme a |
citric acid (6C compound) -krebs cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid all the same |
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citric acid cycle = |
krebs cycle |
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at end of glycolysis |
4 atp are produced, but net yield is 2 atp |
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yield of glycolysis |
2 atp, 2 electron carrying nadh, 2 pyruvates |
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in krebs cycle |
h2o + pyruvic acid = co2- produces 2 ATP + 6NADH +2FADH2 |
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krebs cycle is a |
aerobic process |
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reactions of krebs cycle and electron transpor tchain require |
oxygen gas- yield more atp than glycolysis |
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during krebs cycle the 2 acetyl coa molecules are oxidized yielding |
4 CO2 , 2 ATP, 6 NADH, and 2 FDAH2 |
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bacterial cell citric acid cycle and glycolysis takes place in |
cytoplasm |
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etc in bacterial cell is in |
plasma membrane |
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Decarboxylation of pyruvic acid produces one CO2 and one ________________ group. |
acetyal |
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differnt organisms have different - cytochrome oxidase found in - enzyme that attaches electrons to oxygen |
sequences of electron transport chains cytocrome |
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electron transport chain by product
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hydrogen peroxide and oxygen which bind to o2 and h2o |
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energy comes from |
substrate that you can oxidize - glucose |
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eid |
emerging infectious diseases |
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how eid come about or increase |
-weather = behaviour of people during the weather -over crowding - antibiotic abuse - genetic recomination - migration - geologic events = VALLEY FEVER RESPIRATORY INFECTION FROM EARTHQUAKE, HURICANE CHOLERA - globalization = product carry, travel then mosquitos transmit - predisposing factors - suburbia = move into pathogen home - pesticide use= - improved case reporting - did it really emerge or were people distracted with bigger issues - global warming= rain = more mosquitos due to more moisture, change seasonal issues to all the time - public health failure = - environmental encroachment |
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tics transfer coccidioidomycosis - valley fever |
lyme disease respiratory infection from soil |
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aedes albopictus a. algypti |
mosquito ccarried disease transfered from globalization - feed all day - dengue fever- occurs in asia and carribean |
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pneumocystis jirobicii |
affects immuno compormised people |
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S. enterica typhi , S. enterica Cholerasius |
typhoid fever - transmitted fecal oral route |
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prevalence |
# of people who have disease
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incidence |
# of new cases |
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Rate of reaction increases when ______________. |
Amount of heat is increased -molecular movement increases -frequency of collision increases -number of molecules that are at or above the activation energy level increases Other ways to increase reaction rate: -increase the pressure -increase the number of reactants |
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A substrate is_____________.t. |
A molecule your enzymes works on to make another produc |
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The cofactor and _________ make the whole piece that fits into the ________ site. |
coenzyme, allosteric site
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What factors affect enzymes? |
temperature (optimal 35-37*C) 2. pH (7 optimal) 3. substrate concentration- goes high and plateaus |
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Enzyme inhibitors: |
Competitive - competes directly for the active site non-competitive- competes in directly for the allosteric site -causes active site to change shape so the the correct substrate cannot bind (eg. DDT is an inhibitor) |
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Stop signal of enzyme always binds to ___________ . |
Enzyme 1 |
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Allosteric site does what? |
causes active site to change shape halting substrate to fit |
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From one molecule of glucose, oxidation produces __ molecules of NADH, two molecules of ________ and two molecules of ___________ . |
6 FADH2 ATP |
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Decarboxylation produces six molecules of ______ . |
CO2 |
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Step 1 of glycolysis: |
glucose was phosphorylated and ATP was dephosphorylated. |
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Step 3 of glycolysis: |
Fructose-6 phosphate was phosphorylated while ATP was dephosphorylated. |
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___________ is decarboxylated (carbon removed)and is oxidized by_________. |
Acetyl group is attached via a high energy bond to coenzyme A (CoA)pyruvic acid NAD |
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Krebs's cycle steps: |
acetyl enters the cycle - CoA is reused to help another acetyl enter the Krebs's cycle - Acetyl is oxidized in a series of steps - CO2 is produced (all carbon that enters exists as CO2) - NADH and FADH are produced by redox reactions |
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Examples of final electron acceptors |
Nitrate-E. coli and pseudomonas Fe3+ geobacter |
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Chemiosmosis is the generation of _____ using the ______. |
ATP ETC |
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Most of the cell's ATP is produced at this stage __________ . |
chemiosmosis in etc |
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H+ diffuse across the membrane through ______ channels containing an enzyme ______________. |
protein ATP synthase |
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True or false. Fermentation does not require the Krebs's cycle or ETC |
true |
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In fermentation the final electron acceptor is _____________. |
organic |
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Does fermentation yield any ATP? |
yes but in small amounts only during glycolysis |
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Two types of fermentation: |
1. lactic acid fermentation: -pyruvic acid-----> lactic acid (streptococci and lactobacillus are lactic acid bacteria) 2. alcohol fermentation: -reduced -heterolactic (variety of products due to fermentation) |
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homoplastic- |
can only produce lactic acid |
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____________________ is a sequence of enzymatically catalyzed chemical reactions in a cell |
metabolic pathway |
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______________________states that chemical reactions can occur when atoms, ions, and molecules collide |
collision theory |
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______________________is needed to disrupt electronic configurations |
Activation energy |
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_____________________ is the frequency of collisions with enough energy to bring about a reaction |
Reaction rate |
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Reaction rate can be increased by___________or by increasing __________or__________. |
Enzymes Temperature Pressure |
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Maximum number of substrate molecules an enzyme converts to product in a second is ____________ |
turnover Number |
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Oxidoreductase: |
oxidation-reduction reactions |
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Transferase |
transfer functional groups |
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Hydrolase |
hydrolysis |
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Lyase |
removal of atoms without hydrolysis |
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Isomerase |
rearrangement of atoms |
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Ligase: |
joining of molecules; uses ATP |
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Apoenzyme |
incomplete, inactive form of an enzyme
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Holoenzyme: |
Complete active form of an enzyme |
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Coenzyme |
Organic molecules that activate enzymes often vitamins |
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Cofactor |
Inorganic molecules or elements that activate enzymes often trace elements, minerals |
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Allosteric Site |
secondary site, not where enzyme is binding |
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Competitive Inhibitor |
both compounds compete for the primary binding site |
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2 Types of non-competitive inhibition |
Attaches to allosteric site on enzyme OR Binds up cofactors (e.g. cyanide poisoning) |
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Feedback Inhibition |
End product of pathway, binds back to enzyme when Concentrations are sufficient and stops the Rxn (Efficiency Rxn) - stops wasteful production of something that we have created enough of. |
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How many ATP are formed per glucose in Fermentation |
2 |
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What type of phosphorylation occurs in Fermentation? |
Substrate-Level |
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________________ microbes produce ONLY lactic acid |
Homolactic |
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______________ microbes produce lactic acid & other products |
Heterolactic microbes. |
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What is the Enter-Doudoroff pathway? |
An alternative to glycolysis, cleaves glucose into pyruvic acid using alternate set of enzymes. |
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___________ Separate glycerol. & fatty acids? |
Lipases |
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In lipid catabolism what molecule enters glycolysis? |
GLYCEROL Transformed to pyruvic acid then Acetyl CoA to enter Kreb |
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Fatty Acids cleaved into 2-carbon fragments by ____________________ into Acetyl-CoA then enter Krebs Cycle in lipid catabolism. |
beta-oxidation |
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_____________ & ____________ cleave proteins into amino acids |
Proteases and Peptidases |
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Deamination is : |
removal of amino group |
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Decarboxylation: |
removal of a carboxyl group |
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How many turns of the Calvin-Benson Cycle does it take to create 1 - glucose ? |
6 |
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____________ Get organic carbon from outside sources |
Heterotrophs |
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___________ make their own food from inorganic carbon |
Autotrophs |
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_______________ depend on redox reaction of organic or inorganic compounds for energy |
Chemotrophs |
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Photosynthetic Structure for plants/cyanobacteria (DISCS) |
Thylakoids |
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Photosynthetic structure of green sulfur bacteria |
Chlorosomes |
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Photosynthetic structure for purple sulfur bacteria |
Chromatophores |
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A Stack of thylakoids is a _________________ |
Granum |
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53.The fluid filled space around the grana is _________________ |
Stroma |
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Oxygenic Photosynthesis |
Water is the H donor, O2 released |
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Anoxygenic photosynthesis |
H2S is the H donor, sulfur granules produced |
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2 stages of photosynthesis |
Photo - (light dependent) Synthesis (light independent) |
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57.In the Calvin Benson Cycle ___________ is taken in and converted to ___________. |
Carbon Dioxide, Sugar |
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In light dependent reactions __________ is taken in and _________ is released. |
Water, Oxygen |
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sulfur bacteria use what type of chlorophyll? |
Bacteriochlorophylls |
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Excited electrons in photosynthesis are passed from molecule to molecule until _________________? |
They are captured by electron acceptor |
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Primary electron acceptors in photosynthesis pass electrons off to the _____________. |
ETC |
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What types of organisms use cyclic photophosphorylation? |
Purple/Green bacteria. - This is anoxygenic (no oxygen is produced) Final electron acceptor is chlorophyll |
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What types of organisms use noncyclic photophosphorylation? |
Plants/Cyanobacterial b/c electrons are replaced by splitting water!!!!! Final electron acceptor is NADP+ |
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final electron accepetor of cyclic photophosphorylation |
chlorophyll |
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final electron accepetor of noncyclic photophosphorylation |
NADP+ |
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What is needed for input into Calvin-Benson cycle? |
Carbon Dioxide, ATP, NADPH (from light reactions) |
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What is the output of Calvin Benson cycle? |
G3P (Which is made into glucose) NADP+ ADP |
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calvin vs krebs cycle |
1.Calvin Cycle - only in plants; Krebs - in plants & animals 2.Calvin Cycle - in chloroplasts; Krebs - in mitochondria 3.Calvin Cycle - uses ATP; Krebs - leads to ATP production 4.Calvin Cycle - produces carbohydrates; Krebs - breaks down carbohydrates. 5.Calvin Cycle - does not need O2; Krebs - cannot work if no O2. |
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in algae and plants the substance that reduces co2 is |
h atoms of h2o |
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in algae and plants the site of photosynthesis is |
chloroplasts and thylakoids |
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in cyanobacteria the substance that reduces co2 is |
h atoms of h2o |
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in cyanobacteria the site of photosynthesis is |
thylakoids |
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cyanobacteria(e) oxygen production |
oxygenic and anoxygenic |
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in green bacteria (p) the substance that reduces co2 is |
sulfur, h2 gas |
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in purple bacteria (p) the substance that reduces co2 is |
sulfur, h2 gas |
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in purple bacteria (p) the site of photosynthesis is |
chromatophores - bacteriochlorophyll a or b -anoxygenic -anaerobic |
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in green bacteria (p) the site of photosynthesis is |
chromosomes - bacteriochlorophyll a -anoxygenic -anaerobic |
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What temperature group is responsible for most food spoilage? |
Psychrotrophs (0-32) |
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What temperature group is responsible for most human pathogenesis |
Mesophiles |
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What are the 5 temperature groups of microorganisms? |
Psychrophiles = very cold, reproduce and grow, salt Psychrotrophs= cold Mesophiles Thermophiles= high temps Hyperthermophiles= very hot |
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require oxygen to live |
Obligate aerobes |
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may grow with or without oxygen can use fermentation or anaerobic respiration |
Facultative anaerobes: |
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requires absence of oxygen to live |
Obligate anaerobes: |
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do not use oxygen, but oxygen is not toxic |
Aerotolerant anaerobes: |
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require small amount of oxygen |
Microaerophiles: |
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What does Sodium thioglycollate do in liquid broth? |
depletes oxygen |
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What is enrichment media? |
Similar to selective media but designed to increase number of desired microbes to detectable levels |
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Organisms that require many growth factors are described as ________________. |
fastidious |
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Microbes that grow better at high CO2 concentrations are called __________________. |
Capnophiles |
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How to bacteria multiply? |
Binary Fission |
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___________ Phase - intense activity preparing for population growth, but no increase in population |
LAG PHASE Think of tooling up - Protein synthesis preparatory for reproduction |
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_______ Phase - Logarithmic or exponential increase in population |
LOG PHASE Active cellular reproduction, exponential growth, constant generation time |
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_________ Phase - Period of equilibrium; microbial deaths balance production of new cells. |
STATIONARY PHASE |
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Problems with Plate Count Methods |
Heat from melted agar may inhibit growth & may be hard to see colonies under each other in 3-D |
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Spread plate Method |
Pour known amount/conc. onto a plate and spread evenly over whole plate surface |
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Pour Plate Method |
Pour known amount/conc onto empty plate, pour in liquid agar and swirl, allow to cool. |
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Indirect Method for measuring # of bacteria |
Turbidity (Amount of light that can pass through a bacterial suspension) |
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Destruction or removal of ALL forms of microbial life including endospores but with the possible exception of prions is : |
:Sterilization |
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Sufficient heat treatment to kill endospores of Clostridium botulinum in canned food: |
commercial Sterilization |
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Destruction of vegetative pathogens: |
Disinfection (Note killing the vegetative but NOT the spore) |
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Destruction of vegetative pathogens on living tissue: |
Antisepsis (Note killing the vegetative but NOT the spore) |
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Removal of microbes from a limited area, such as the skin around an injection site: |
Degerming |
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Treatment intended to lower microbial counts on eating and drinking utensils to safe public health levels: |
Sanitation |
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Agents that inhibit microbial growth are: |
Bacteriostatic |
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3 Main Mechanisms of Microbial Control Agents are: |
:1.) Alteration to membrane permeability 2.) Damage to proteins 3.) Damage to nucleic acids |
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What is Thermal Death POINT |
?lowest temp at which all microbes in a liquid suspension will be killed in a 10 min. exposure |
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What is Thermal Death TIME? |
minimal time required to kill all microbes in a liquid culture at a particular temp. |
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True or False: Pasteurization sterilizes milk. |
FALSE. Pasteurization only removes pathogenic microbes, heat-resistant microbes will survive. |
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Before protein can enter the energy pathway, enzymes must first be |
deaminate (remove nitrogen groups) the amino acids |
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An amino acid that can enter the energy pathway between glucose and pyruvate is referred to as a |
glucogenic amino acid |
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an amino acid that can enter the energy pathway as acetyl CoA is referred to as a |
ketogenic amino acid |
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Abundant ATP comes from dietary fat because fat provides more |
carbon hydrogen bonds |
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the more hydrogen atoms provided, the more |
ATP bonds will be produced |
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respiration is |
catabolic exothermic redox reaction |
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Most of the ATP produced by aerobic respiration is made by |
oxidative phosphorylation. |
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in aerobic respiration One glucose molecule yields |
two molecules of pyruvate. |
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how many atp produced by krebs cycle in aerobic respiration |
2 atp |
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C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy (ATP) |
aerobic respiration |
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2 types of anaerobic respiration |
lactic acid fermentation and alcohol fermentation |
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this takes place in humans when there is not enough oxygen |
lactic acid fermentation |
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__________ is the anaerobic catabolic reaction of glucose. |
Glycolysis |
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Aerobic conditions produce _________and anaerobic conditions produce________ as the end products of glycolysis. |
pyruvate, lactate |
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In the eukaryotic cells, glycolysis occurs in the |
cytosol. |
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Two energy rich ATP molecules are required to start the process of glycolysis. At the end, the process yields |
a pyruvate molecule, four molecules of ATP ( net gain of 2 atp) are made and two NADP molecules.Both ATP and NADP molecules are energy-rich and are used in other cell reactions. |
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In the presence of oxygen, the pyruvate produced at the end of glycolysis is converted to |
acetyl-CoA. |
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In the absence of oxygen ___________ will occur. |
fermentation of the pyruvate molecule |
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When acetyl-CoA is produced, this molecule enters the citric acid cycle, which takes place in the |
mitochondrial matrix. |
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This molecule gets oxidized to CO2 and reduced NAD to NADH. |
acetyl coa |
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NADH is then again used in the electron transport chain to |
produce more ATP in oxidative phosphorylation. |
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The net energy gain from a single citric acid cycle is |
3 NADH, 1 FADH2 and 1 GTP. The GTP is subsequently used to produce ATP. |
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citric acid 6 c molecule is |
2 c acetyl coenzyme A + 4 c oxaloacetic acid |
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in etc |
When a carrier molecule reduces another molecule, the energy that is released is used to pump hydrogen ions across the membrane into the inter-membrane space. The remaining energy is used to reduce the next carrier molecule. As a result of this, hydrogen ions become concentrated in the inter-membrane space. |
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Embden-Meyerhof pathway ______________. |
is another name for glycolysis. is named after its discoverers. |
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Which of the following are products of glycolysis? |
NADH, pyruvic acid, ATP |
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The overall purpose of the Krebs cycle is ________. |
to extract the energy from pyruvate molecules enzymatically. |
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Which of the following is an electron carrier used in the Krebs cycle? |
NADH and FADH2 |
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Based on the animation, how many ATP is one NADH equal to? |
3 |
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What occurs at the transition step of krebs cycle? |
decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetyl CoA |
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Chemiosmosis ____________________________. |
is the process of using a proton gradient to generate ATP. |
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how do the protons flow in an electron transport system in a prokaryote? |
from regions of high concentration to low concentrations along a cell membrane |
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Which compound provides the electrons at the start of the electron transport system in the animation? |
NADH |
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What is the primary function of fermentation? |
It provides the cell with a mechanism to regenerate the oxidized form of electron carriers, allowing glycolysis to continue. |
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During fermentation, which compound is the substrate to be reduced with the electrons from NADH? |
Pyruvic acid |
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Which of the following is a product of alcohol fermentation? |
CO2, ethanol, NAD+ |
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What is the function of NADH in fermentation? |
NADH provides the electrons to reduce pyruvic acid to either an organic acid or ethanol. |
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Which of the following is NOT an organic acid produced by the process of fermentation? |
Pyruvic acid |
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As the nurse researcher in a large medical center, you are working with the gastroenterology physicians on a project to study the effect of diet on intestinal gas. People in the test group who developed the most gas ate broccoli and beans, which are high in raffinose and stachyose, and eggs, which are high in methionine and cysteine. Intestinal gas is composed of CO2, CH4, H2S, and H2. How are these gases produced? |
Humans cannot digest the oligosaccharides raffinose and stachyose. These undigested carbohydrates go into the large intestine, where normal microbiota use them. Bacteria produce H2S when they remove sulfur from the amino acids to use the carbon skeletons in the Krebs cycle. |
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What is the chemical pathway that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose and oxygen? |
photosynthesis |
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What is the chemical pathway that uses glucose and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water? |
AEROBIC CELLULAR RESPIRATION |
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Where does glycolysis take place in bacteria? |
CYTOPLASM |
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Where does the electron transport system take place in bacteria? |
CELL MEMBRANE |
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Which of these is/are produced by yeast during fermentation? |
ALCOHOL AND CO2 |
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Which of these organisms performs butyric/butyric acid fermentation? |
CLOSTRIDIUM |
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During allosteric inhibition, the inhibitor binds and causes this to happen |
:ACTIVE SITE CHANGES SHAPE |
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During competitive inhibition, the inhibitor is very similar to the ________ in shape. |
SUBSTRATES |
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The enzyme is like a _______ and the substrate is like a _______. |
LOCK AND KEY |
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Which of these is NOT true for an enzyme? |
OFTEN MADE FOR VITAMINS |
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What is the function of fermentation? |
RECYCLES NADH BACK TO NAD |
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Which of these pairs of pathways are usually anaerobic? |
GLYCOLYSIS AND FERMENTATION |
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Some anaerobic bacteria can use this as the final electron acceptor for electron transport. |
NITRATE |
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During the transition reaction, how many net ATPs are produced directly |
none |
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During the transition reaction, the first molecules of ______ are produced. |
CO2 |
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During the Krebs cycle, how many molecules of carbon dioxide are produced for each pyruvate that enters? |
2 |
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_________ ends with pyruvate and ___________ begins with pyruvate |
GLYCOLYSIS, FERMENTATION or krebs cycle |
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These are used to transfer electrons from one molecule to another. |
COENZYMES |
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These are used to improve the fit between the substrate(s) and the active site. |
COFACTORS |
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This is often used as a cofactor in enzymatic reactions. |
MAGNESIUM |
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Coenzymes are __________ molecules. |
ORGANIC |
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Which of these coenzymes carries electrons with the highest energy level? |
NAD |
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A strictly fermentative bacterium produces energyby |
glycolysis only |
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If a cell is starved for ATP, which of the following pathways would most likely be shut down |
pentose phosphate pathway |
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How would a noncompetitive inhibitor interfere with a reaction involving the enzyme shown in Figure 5.3 |
it would bind to b the thing that looks like it |
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How is ATP generated in the reaction shown in Figure 5.4? |
B) substrate-level phosphorylation |
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Assume you are working for a chemical company and are responsible for growing a yeast culture that produces ethanol. The yeasts are growing well on the maltose medium but are not producing alcohol. What is the most likely explanation? |
O2 is in the medium. |
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In noncyclic photophosphorylation, O2 is released from |
H2O. |
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An enzyme, citrate synthase, in the Krebs cycle is inhibited by ATP. This is an example of all of thefollowing EXCEPT |
competitive inhibition IS AN EXAMPLE OF Allosteric inhibition, feedback inhibition, and noncompetitive inhibition (It is not competitive inhibition) |
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Which of the following statements regarding the glycolysis pathway is FALSE? |
One molecule of ATP is expanded. |
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What is the fate of pyruvic acid in an organism that uses aerobic respiration? |
b. It is oxidized in the Krebs cycle. |
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Gallionella bacteria can get energy from the reaction: Fe 2+ → Fe3+. This reaction is an example of |
Oxidation |
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The advantage of the pentose phosphate pathway is that it produces all of the following except |
three atps |
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What is the fate of pyruvic acid in an organism that uses aerobic respiration? |
is converted into acetyl CoA |
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Which of the following statements about beta oxidation is FALSE?. |
It is a step in glycolysis |
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C6H12O6(Glucose) ----Saccharomyces---> 2C2H5OH (Ethanol) + 2CO2 Which of the following is true about this reaction? |
B) This process occurs anaerobically. |
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Which of the following statements about anaerobic respiration is FALSE? |
It involves the reduction of an organic final electron acceptor |
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Which of the following compounds is NOT an enzyme? |
coenzyme A |
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Which organism is NOT correctly matched to its energy source? |
Photoautotroph - CO₂ |
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Which of the following is the best definition of oxidative phosphorylation? |
A proton gradient allows hydrogen ions to flow back into the cells through transmembrane protein channels, releasing energy that is used to generate ATP. |
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Which of the following uses glucose for carbon and energy? |
chemoheterotroph |
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Which of the following statements about substrate-level phosphorylation is FALSE? |
The oxidation of intermediate metabolic compounds releases energy that is used to generate ATP. |
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Assume you are growing bacteria on a lipid medium that started at pH 7. The action of bacterial lipases should cause the pH of the medium to |
Decrease |
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A urease test is used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis because |
C) M. tuberculosis produces urease |
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Which of the following is NOT necessary for respiration? |
Oxygen |
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Which of the following statements regarding metabolism is FALSE? |
Anabolic reactions are degradative. |
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A bacterial culture grown in a glucose-peptide medium causes the pH to increase. The bacteria are most likely using the |
peptides |
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Which of the following statements regarding the Entner-Doudoroff pathway is TRUE? |
ATP is generated. |
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Microorganisms that catabolize sugars into ethanol and hydrogen gas would be categorized as |
heterolactic fermenters |
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Which one of the following would you predict is an allosteric inhibitor of the Krebs cycle enzyme, ketoglutarate dehydrogenase? |
NADH |
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Which of the following uses CO2 for carbon and H2 for energy? |
C) chemoautotroph |
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Fatty acids are oxidized in |
C) the Krebs cycle |
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Which of the following has bacteriochlorophylls and uses alcohols for carbon? |
Photoheterotroph |
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Which statements are true? 1—Electron carriers are located at ribosomes. 2—ATP is a common intermediate between catabolic and anabolic pathways. 3—ATP is used for the long-term storage of energy and so is often found in storage granules. 4—Anaerobic organisms are capable of respiration. 5—ATP is generated by the flow of protons across the cell membrane |
2, 4, 5 |
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Which of the following statements about photophosphorylation is FALSE? |
It requires CO₂. |
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In green and purple bacteria, electrons to reduce CO2 come from |
h2s or co2 |
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Which of the following is the best definition of fermentation? |
the partial oxidation of glucose with organic molecules serving as electron acceptors |
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The rates of O2 and glucose consumption by a bacterial culture are shown in Figure 5.6. Assume a bacterial culture was grown in a glucose medium without O2. Then O2 was added at the time marked X. The data indicate that |
aerobic metabolism is more efficient than fermentation |
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The pentose phosphate pathway can be characterized as an anabolic pathway |
FALSE |
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Once an enzyme has converted substrates into products, the active site reverts back to its original form. |
TRUE |
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An apoenzyme that loses its coenzyme subunit will be non-functional. |
TRUE |
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The use of enzymes is necessary to increase the activation energy requirements of a chemical reaction. |
FALSE |
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In general, ATP is generated in catabolic pathways and expended in anabolic pathways. |
FALSE |
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Both respiration and photosynthesis require the use of an electron transport chain. |
TRUE |
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Catabolic reactions are generally degradative and hydrolytic. |
TRUE |
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Both respiration and photosynthesis use water molecules for the donation of hydrogen ions. |
FALSE |
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Glycolysis is utilized by cells in both respiration and fermentation. |
TRUE |
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Carbon fixation occurs during the light-independent phase of photosynthesis. |
TRUE |
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Substrate level phosphorylation |
The synthesis of ATP by direct transfer of a high energy phosphate group from and intermediate metabolic compound to ADP |
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Catabolism |
All decomposition reactions in a living organism; the breakdown of complex organic compounds into simpler ones. |
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Anabolism |
All synthesis reactions in a living organism; the building of complex organic molecules from simpler ones. |
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Fermentation |
The enzymatic degradation of carbohydrates in which the final electron acceptor is an organic molecule, ATP is synthesized by substrate-level phosphorylation, and O2 is not required. |
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an organism that requires an organic carbon source; also called organotroph |
chemoautotroph |
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an organism that uses light as its energy source and an organic carbon source |
photoheterotroph |
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a non protein substance that is associated with and that activates an enzyme |
coenzyme |
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the protein portion of an enzyme, which requires activation by a coenzyme |
apoenzyme |
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the nonprotein component of an enzyme. a microorganism or molecule that acts with others to synergistically enhance or cause disease. |
cofactor |
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an enzyme consisting of an apoenzyme and a cofactor |
holoenzyme |
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a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not altered |
catalyst |
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a molecule that catalyzes biochemical reactions in a living organism, usually a protein. |
enzyme |
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the process in which genes are transferred from one bacterium to another as naked DNA in solution. the changing of a normal cell into a cancerous cell. |
transformation |
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the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another involving cell to cell contact |
conjugation |
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enzyme that synthesizes DNA by copying a DNA template |
DNA polymerase |
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Which of the following correctly matches enzyme components with their correct definition and/or function? |
coenzymes are the organic cofactors important to enzyme activity |
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which of the following terms refers to pathways that can function both in anabolism and catabolism |
amphibolic pathways |
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Which of the following statements accurately describes the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration? |
Aerobic respiration uses oxygen as the final electron acceptor, and anaerobic respiration uses either an inorganic molecule, such as nitrate ions or sulfate ions, or an organic molecule, such as an acid or alcohol. |
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Which statements are true? 1-electron carriers are located at ribosomes 2- atp is a common intermediate between catabolic and anabolic pathways 3- atp is used for the long term storage of energy and so is often found in storage granules 4-anaerobic organisms are capable of generation atp via respiration 5- atp can be generated by the flow of protons across protein channels |
2,4,5 |
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Epidemiology methods- |
~Descriptive (retrospective vs. prospective) ~Analytical (case-control) ~Experimental |
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Methods of Transmission: |
~Droplets (sneezing) ~Direct contact ~Indirect contact (syringe or any inanimate object) ~Common vehicle (water supply) ~Vector (mosquitoes, lice, ticks, some flys, fleas, etc., anything that sucks blood) |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases: |
-new diseases or those that are increasing in incidence -CDC monitors them all (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) or NIH (National Institute of Health) or WHO (World Health Organization) |
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ways in which emerging infectious diseases emerge |
-overcrowding (birds in some areas of SF) -antibiotic abuse -genetic recombination -migration |
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How many ATP are generated from the complete oxidation of glucose with CO2 and H2O |
38 |
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Cyanobacteria are examples of what type of organism |
photoautotroph |
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What percent of the total ATP produced from the complete catabolism of glucose is producedby aerobic respiration? |
89%` |
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Heterotrophs source of energy |
ORGANIC CARBON SOURCE |
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chemoautotroph source of energy |
INORGANIC COMPOUND |
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_____ is another term for biosynthesis. |
anabolism |
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An enzyme |
is heat and pH labile |
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An apoenzyme is where the _________ is located |
ACTIVE SITE |
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Many coenzymes are |
VITAMINS |
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To digest cellulose in its environment, a fungus produces a/an |
EXOENZYME |
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In negative feedback control of enzymes, a build-up in the amount of _____ decreases the activity in the enzyme. |
product |
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Energy is carried from catabolic to anabolic reactions in the form of __________. |
high-energy ATP bonds |
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Exergonic reactions |
RELEASE POTENTIAL ENERGY |
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Most oxidation reactions in microbial bioenergetics involve the |
removal of electrons and hydrogens |
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Fermentation of a glucose molecule gives off a net number of ATPs. |
2 |
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The compound that enters the TCA cycle from glycolysis is |
PYRUVIC ACID NOT ACETYL COA |
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The FADH2 formed during the TCA cycle enters the electron transport system at which site? |
CYTOENZYME Q |
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ATP synthase complexes can generate _______ATP(s) for each NADH that enters electron transport. |
3 |
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1. Phosphorylation of ADP would be considered... |
dehydration reaction |