bacterial structure and morph

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Carl Woese Domains
3 Domains, Bacteria, Archae, and Eukarya
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Eocyte Hypothesis
2 domains, bacteria and Archae
archae is a much larger domain, with Eukaryotes being an offshoot.
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Prokaryotes
Archae and Bacteria
no nucleus or organelles
Nucleoid region of DNA (coiled tightly)
70S Ribosomes (30S+50S0
Haploid (DNA from single cell that splits)
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Bacteriaphage/phage
These are viruses that infect/EAT bacteria for replication
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phage definition (latin)
to eat
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Eukaryotic cell
80S ribosomes (40S+60S)
Diploid (two DNA sets)
NO peptidoglycan
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Unique to bacteria
peptidoglycan
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Nucleoid region
NOT membrane enclosed
single, large circular dsDNA that is supercoiled
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What are inclusion bodies?
Storage granules, contain:
metabolites, fats, sugars, and ions
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main difference between inclusion bodies and storage granules?
inclusion bodies will contain metals and ions
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Prokaryote cell membrane vs our cell membrane?
PROK: lack sterols, can be used for ETC&energy production BACTERIA will have peptidoglycan
EUK: contain sterols
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Gram positive vs gram negative
positive has thick outer shell of peptidoglycan
negative has thin layer of peptidoglycan underneath a second, outermembrane.
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Peptidoglycan bond names
NAG and NAM
Beta 1,4 glycosidic bond (NAG and NAM)
pentaglycine cross link between NAM's
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NAG
N-acetylglucosamine (protein sugars)
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NAM
N-acetylmuramic acid (protein sugars)
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Which enzyme catalyzed beta 1,4 glycosidic linkage between NAG and NAM?
transglycosylase
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NAM self link name?
Pentaglycine cross link
catalyzed by transpeptidase
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Bactoprenol
membrane carrier that transports monomers (NAG and NAM) from cytosol to external site (for peptidoglycan building)
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Transpeptidase
connects the NAM's together as pentaglycine link
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Gramp positive cell wall attributes
Techoic acids and/or Lipoteichoic acids
(TA) (LTA)
for rigidity and infectious attributes (anchors)
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Gram negative cell wall charactersitics
periplasmic space (between the membranes)
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) layer
NONE techoic acids
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what is the point of the periplasmic space?
produce enzymes to resist antibiotics in gram negative bacteria

*Beta Lactamase cleaves Beta lactam ring
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Lipopolysaccharide layer
O antigen (antigenic)
Core Polysaccharide
Lipid A (ENDOTOXIN)
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endotoxin refers to
usually refers to entire LPS structure, but lipid A is main antagonist for gram negative bacteria
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what do endotoxins do?
cells regocnize them via LPS receptors

start immune response and can induce fever or shock.
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Cytokines
produced my macrophage to trigger immune response
communication across cells
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Lysozyme effects
hydrolyzes Beta 1,4 glycosydic bond between NAG and NAM
acts as antibacterial in saliva
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Penecillin effects
Transpeptidase inhibition with Beta lactam ring
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protoplast
entire removal of cell wall

penecillin with gram positive bacteria
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spheroblast
partial removal of cell wall

penecillin with gram negative bacteria
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Glycocalyx
Slime layer
allows adhesion for biofilm formations
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Gram stain steps
fix
crystal violet
iodine
decolor with alcohol
coutnerstain

crystal violet stays in due to heavy peptidoglycan layer of gram positive cells
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Cell capsule
gelatinous layer outside of the cell wall, it can "hide" peptidogycan or LPS to avoid phagocytosis
BOTH gram POSTIVE and NEGATIVE
polysaccharide

Virulence factor; increases infectivity

Some capsules are ANTIGENIC
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pathogenicity
ability to cause disease
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virulence factors
attributes that increase disease severity or ability to infect
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Quellung reaction
antibody mediated, causes swelling of capsules by identifying proteins in capsules
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flagella
motility, chemotaxis

H7 indiactor in NAME. H means FLAGELLA

monotrichous
lophotrichous
Amphitrichous
Peritrichous
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Flagellar Anchors
Gram positive have 2 rings, P and M (peptidoglycan and membrane)

Gram negative has 4 rings
L ring (LPS)
P ring (periplasm)
S ring (surface cytoplasmic membrane)
C ring (cytoplasm)
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Fimbrae
attachment (many of them)
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Pili
Sense environment
attachment
horizontal gene transfer
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size order of pili, flagella, and fimbrae
Flagella>Pili>fimbrae
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Type I pili
Fim A or H, rod or adhesion proteins
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Type II pili
sex or fertility (F-Pili)
transfer plasmids and DNA via conjugation
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Type III Pili
injectosome, secretion channel to deliver Proteins
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Type IV Pili
twitching and jerking
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Type V Pili
Oral Pathogen and biofilm formation
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cocci
circular, sphere abcteria
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baccilus
rod shaped
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diplo
paired, 2
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strepto
chains
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staphylo
grape-like, paired in bunches
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