Biofilms

Formation/Cycle

100

This process involves sending signals to organisms to bind to substrate and to each other, causing the biofilm to grow

What is Quorum Sensing?

200

This is the first step to biofilm formation.

What is the formation of a conditioning layer?

300

This is when planktonic cell binding becomes permanent

What is the secretion of the Extracellular Polymeric Matrix (EPM)?

400

These forces holds the planktonic cells in a reversible attachment

What are van der Waals interactions?

500

Two ways that biofilms could be detached were mentioned. Name both.

What is mechanical shearing and quorum sensing mediated?

Characteristics

100

Slower metabolizing cells are located towards here in the biofilm

What is the center?

200

The outer layer of the bio film holds this charge which allows it to stick to surfaces and hold back antimicrobials

Negative charge

300

Biofilm longevity and resilience is related to the population's ______

What is genetic and/or physiological diversity?

400

This feature in the biofilm's architecture allows for the transportation of nutrients and quorum sensing

What are water channels?

500

Nutritional gradients partition the biofilms into these ecological roles

What are niches

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Variables

100

The texture of what the biofilm can attach to is

Extrinsic

200

Cell surface properties are

Intrinsic

300

pH is

Extrinsic

400

EPS and EPM is 

Intrinsic

500

Extracellular appendages are

Intrinsic 

Quorum Sensing

100

The strength of the response is based off of

What is Density?

200

There are three rules concerning quorum sensing systems. Name one.

What is: 

Must produce an autoinducer

Must have a receptor for the autoinducer

Binding must induce a response

300

Gram positive cell quorum sensing is mediate by this polymer of a macromolecule 

What is peptides

400

Which type of bacteria uses the same autoinducer molecule to activate its enzyme production

What is Gram Negative?

500

If you degrade autoinducers to stop quorum sensing, this part of the mechanism remains unaffected

What is LuxI or LuxI-like enzyme producing the autoinducers?

Cole Questions

100

This place has my favorite cheese fries

What is StaggerInn?

200

My major other than Biochemistry is

What is Microbiology

300

My cat is this old

What is 17?

400

This is one of the best sequel films of all time IMO

What is Shrek 2

500

A random one off fact I knew about a particularly funny gene name. This gene is responsible for embryonic morphogenesis in ALL animals and is named after

What is Sonic the Hedgehog (SHH gene)?