Microbes in History
_______________ is the idea that invisible vital forces present in matter and led to the creation of life and contamination.
Spontaneous generation
King
Proteins
Cell wall containing ____________ is the hallmark of bacterial cell walls
Peptidoglycan
Evolutionary more closely related to __________ microorganisms.
Eukaryotic
Building blocks for starch
monosaccharides
What is Pastuer famous for?
Pasteurization and experiments disproving spontaneous generation
Lactose is an example of which type of macromolecule specifically?
Polysaccharide
Three most common bacteria cell shapes
cocci, bacilli and vibro
_______ ribosome size with similarity to _______ ribosomes
70s, eukaryotic
Aid in the fluidity of the cell membrane
cholesterols
Idea that living things arise only from other living things
Biogenesis
Contains nitrogenous bases adenine, uracil, guanine and cytosine
RNA
Cell wall that contains teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid
Gram positive bacteria
Archaea cell wall
lack peptidoglycan
Palmitic acid is a __________ fatty acid with no double bonds
saturated
Steps to establish the germ theory of disease is created to which scientist?
Robert Koch and his postulates
Amphipathic molecule that is selectively permeable and serves to protect
Phospholipids
These two types of microorganisms both contain a cell wall structure with peptidoglycan layer sandwiched between the outer membrane and plasma membrane
gram negative bacteria and mycobacterium
Grow at very high temperatures are _____________
Hyperthermophilic
Mostly abundant and thriving in hostile environments like saline waters
Halobacterium
cell organization, ability to reproduce, growth and development, energy use, homeostasis, evolution and response to stimuli
Hierarchy of protein structures and explanation
1-amino acid sequence
2-hydrogen bonding of peptide backbone causing amino acid folding pattern
3-3D folding patterns due to side chain interactions
4-more than one polypeptide chain interacting
How is the L form of mycoplasma different?
contain a cell wall for some part of their life but lose it eventually
Light sensitive pigment found in halobacterium
bacteriorhodopsin
Serve as a structural component and perform metabolic reactions
proteins