Bacterial Structures
Bacterial Growth
Bacterial Genetics
Microbial Metabolism
Physical Control
100

A structure loosely attached to the outside of a cell allowing for attachment to surfaces.

What is a slime layer?

100
A growth media in which the chemical contents and amounts are entirely known.
What is synthetic media?
100
The location where replication begins.
What is the origin of replication?
100
The building up of larger molecules from smaller ones.
What is anabolism?
100
The complete absence of microorganisms.
What is sterility?
200
A structural coating firmly attached to the outside of a cell that contributes to virulence.
What is a capsule?
200
Organisms that can only grow in an environment lacking oxygen.
What is an obligate anerobe?
200
Components that carry antibiotic resistance genes on plasmids.
What are R-factors?
200
The subatomic particle that allows for production of ATP.
What is the electron?
200
A device that heats things to 121ºC at a pressure of 15 psi.
What is an autoclave?
300
The component of certian bacteria that cause it to stain acid fast.
What is mycolic acid?
300
The time it takes for a bacterial population to double in size.
What is the generation time?
300
It causes a change in DNA that results in a premature stop codon in mRNA.
What is a nonsense mutation?
300
Where fatty acid chains and deaminated amino acids can enter into metabolism.
What is the Krebs cycle?
300
The time required at a specific temperature to kill 90% of organisms.
What is the decimal reduction time?
400
Communal bacterial associations in which bacteria communicate via quorum sensing.
What is a biofilm?
400
A limiting element in terms of bacterial growth.
What is Nitrogen?
400
A genetic element known as a jumping gene.
What is a transposon?
400
The process by which organisms can synthesize ATP from light.
What is photophosphorylation?
400
The time necessary for killing all organisms at a given temperature.
What is the thermal death time?
500
A component of gram negative bacteria that can lead to sepsis.
What is lipopolysaccharide(LPS)?
500
Lag, Log, Stationary, and Decline
What are the four stages of bacterial growth?
500
It allows for negative induction of lactose metabolizing genes.
What is the lac operon?
500
The type of phosphorylation that occurs due to the electron transport chain.
What is oxidative phosphorylation?
500
The minimal temperature at which organisms die in a given time.
What is the thermal death point?
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