Microbio topics beginning of the year

Endocytosis

overall term for active transport process where a living cell folds on itself to bring material into the cell

Phagocytosis

specific type of endocytosis referring engulfing large material and calling it “cell eating”.

LPS

lipopolysaccharides

Outside of negative gram bacteria that helps prevent phagocytosis

LPS

negative gram bacteria

Bacteria that does not retain the crystal violet stain use in the gram staining method

water molecules are

the most present intercellular molecule

ATP synthase

knob like enzyme that makes ATP, duh

Describe the layer of negative gram bacteria

lipopolysaccharides, bilayer (outer membrane), peptidoglycan layer, inner cytoplasmic membrane

Where is ATP in the negative gram bacteria

inner cytoplasmic membrane