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pH & Extremely Adapted Microbes
Temperature Ranges for Microbial Growth
Oxygen Concentration
Pressure
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The "normal" aka optimum growth conditions

What is sea level, temp btw 20°C -40°C, neutral pH (around 7pH), 0.9% salt and ample nutrients

100

The term for microbes that require salt concentrations btw 3M and 6.2M with extremely high concentrations of potassium

What is Extreme halophiles

100

The term for microbes that like temperatures btw 0°C to 20°C

What is Psychrophiles

100

The tube that represents obligate anaerobes

What is tube B

100

The term for microbes the require high pressure to grow but die at higher pressures

What is Basophils

200

The description of hypotonic solution 

What is lower solute concentration where water enters the cell and cell swells and may burst

200

The term for microbes that have a growth optimum btw pH 0 and 5.5 (often chemoautotrophs)

What is Acidophiles

200

The term for microbes that like temperatures btw 20°C to 45°C

What is Mesophiles

200

The tube that represents microaerophiles

What is tube E

200

The term for microbes that grow up to a certain pressure, but die at higher pressures

What is Barotolerant

300

The description of hypertonic solution 

What is higher solute concentration where water leaves the cell and shrinkage from cell wall may occur

300

The term for microbes that have a growth optimum btw pH 8 and 11.5 (typically found in soda lakes)

What is Alkaliphiles (alkalophiles)

300

The term for microbes that like temperatures btw 85°C to 121 °C

What is hyperthermophiles

300

The tube that represents obligate aerobes

What is tube A

300

The term for microbes that die as pressure increases

What is Barosensitive

400

The teachnique used when culturing anaerobes in the lab in which O2 is removed by a reaction catalyzed by palladium

What is an anaerobic jar/anaerobic system

400

The term for microbes that grow optimally in the presence of NaCL or other salts at a concentration above ~ 0.2M

What is Halophiles

400

The term for microbes that like temperatures btw 0°C to 35°C

What is Psychrotrophs

400

The tube that represents aerotolerant anaerobes

What is tube D

400

The term for microbes adversely affected by increased pressure, but not as severely as non-tolerant organisms

What is Barotolerant

500

The technique used to culture anaerobes in the lab in which O2 is removed by vacuum and replaced with N2 and CO2

What is an anaerobic chamber with glove ports

500

The term for microbes that have a growth optimum btw pH 5.5 and 8 (includes most human pathogens)

What is Neutrophils

500

The term for microbes that like temperatures btw 45°C to 85°C

What is thermopiles

500

The tube that represents facultative anaerobes

What is tube C

500

The term for microbes that have maximal growth rate at pressures greater that 1 atm and change membrane fatty acids to adapt to high pressures

What is Barophilic