mmb block 5

Most Stains:

are basic, bacteria are negative

Louis Pasteur

swan-neck flask experiment, disproved spontaneous generation

John Snow

Father of Epidemiology

Net ATP from oxidative phosphorylation

32 eukaryote, 34 prokaryote

Teichoic acids

Greek word for wall, polyalchohols with Gram-positive cell walls

Protozoa

Single-celled eukaryotes, locomotive

Crenation 

Water leaving red blood cell (shrivel)

Photoautotroph

Energy source: light & carbon source: carbon dioxide

Lag Phase Culture

synthisize as necessary, not dividing as much

Christmas Color Stain

Endospore Stain

Chemoheterotroph

 Energy and carbon source: organic compounds

Hydrolase

hydrolysis of polymers

Endospore

 survives harsh conditions

Ribosomes

protein synthesis

Gas-Pak

creates anaerobic conditions

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Primitive microscope

Acid-fast cell walls

waxy lipid, 60% mycolic acid

Phase microscopes

used for living organisms

Net ATP from substrate phosphorylation

4

Superoxide dismutase

creates hydrogen peroxide

Macconkey Agar

both selective and differential

Archaea

prokaryotic, no peptidoglycan cell walls, ring-form hydrocarbon chains not like normal bacteria

Beta Oxidation

Fatty acids in fats are broken down two carbons at a time ( create acetyl groups). Form acetyl-CoA, NADH, and FADH2