Straighterline Microbiology Final

Straighterline Microbiology Final -CHO functional group and class of compounds - carbonyl (terminal end); aldehydes, polysaccharides -COC functional group and class of compounds - Carbonyl (internal); ketones; polysaccharides -COO functional group and class of compounds - Ester; lipids -COOH functional group and class of compounds - carboxyl; fatty acids, proteins, organic acids -NH2 functional group and class of compounds - amino; proteins, nucleic acid -OH functional group and class of compounds - hydroxyl; alcohol and carbohydrates -SH functional group and class of compounds - Sulfhydryl; cysteine (amino acid) and protein Acid - A substance that increases the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution. Archaea - prokaryotic single-celled organisms of primitive origin that have unusual anatomy, physiology, and genetics and live in harsh habitats Bacteria - a category of prokaryotes with peptidoglycan in their cell walls and circular chromosomes that reproduces via fission Base - A substance that decreases the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution. Bioremediation - the use of microbes or consortia of microbes to decompose harmful chemicals/pollution; one form is biostimulation Biostimulation - the process by which microbes in an environment are encouraged to grow by the addition of nutrients Covalent bond - A chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons betwee