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1 Meter = - 100 centimeters 1,000 millimeters 1,000,000 micrometers (aka microns) 1,000,000,000 nanometers 2 chains of glycans = NAM & NAG - Make up peptidoglycans 4 Groups - Protists Fungus Plants Animals Acid-Fast Stain - Used to identify members of the genus Mycobacterium Acidophiles -...

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1 Meter = - 100 centimeters

1,000 millimeters

1,000,000 micrometers (aka microns)

1,000,000,000 nanometers



2 chains of glycans = NAM & NAG - Make up peptidoglycans



4 Groups - Protists

Fungus

Plants

Animals



Acid-Fast Stain - Used to identify members of the genus Mycobacterium



Acidophiles - Prefer a lower pH

Likes acidic environments



Adhesion - Proteins are responsible for joining together cells



Aerotaxis - Movement towards or away from oxygen



Agar - Polysaccharide that comes from the cell walls of certain species of red algae

Used as a growing medium

Translucent



Aldehyde - Formaldehyde

,Alkaliphiles - Optimal pH of higher than 8.5, commonly found in the alkaline lakes and soils



Anton Van Leeuwenhoek - He was a Dutch fabric merchant, he was the first to describe living cells

Using this simple/basic microscope he was able to describe some bacteria, protists, nematodes
(roundworms), blood cells, sperm cell, and lots of others



Archaea - Ancient bacteria

Non-Peptidoglycan prokaryotic microbes



Areotolerant anaerobes - Could care less about O2

Can grow fine with/without O2



Attractant - Chemical is desirable and the bacteria moves towards it



Autoclave - Uses wet heat/heated steam to kill pathogens



Bacillus - Rod



Bacillus - Rod shaped bacteria



Bacteria - New bacteria



Bacterial viruses - T4 phage infect E. Coli bacteria



Bacteriophage - Virus that infects bacteria



Binary Fission - Bacteria grow by ___ _____

, Binary fission - Most prokaryotes divide by _____



Binomial Nomenclature - Naming system that was developed in the late 1700's



Biofilm - Layer of bacteria on a surface

(plaque on your teeth, slick layer on a wet rock, layer of scum in your kitchen, etc.)



Biomass measurement - Total mass of the cells is measured

Group home for bacteria of all kinds



Bioremediation - Microorganisms are used to degrade environmental pollutants; also used to
clean up oil spills



Blood agar - Contains blood cells and a variety of other things



Bright Field Microscope - Standard light microscope



Capsid - Viral protein coat



Capsule - Distinct and jelly-like glycocalyx; polysaccharide layer in addition to cell wall



Carolus Linnaeus - Developed Binomial Nomenclature



Catalase - Enzyme deals with oxygen byproducts



Cell membrane - All eukaryotic organisms have a ____ _________

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