Chapter 11 review:

Know Reproduction of Prokaryotes:

• Binary fission

  • 2 daughter cells

• Asexual

• Snapping

  • Attached by a hinge

• Budding

  • 1 daughter cell

Spore formation/fragmentation:

• Actinomyces resemble fungi

• Sporulation

  • 12 daughter cells emerge from the now dead parent cell

Know the arrangement of prokaryotes

• Coccus - round

• bacilli - rod

• Vibrio - curved rod

• Cocobacilli - short rod

• Spirillum - spiral

• Spirochetes - long, loose, helical spiral

Know the differences between Archaea and Bacteria

Know the types of Archaea

Know the different Low G+C Gram+ Bacteria and what conditions they cause

• Clostridia

  • Tetanus, botulisms, gangrene, severe diarrhea, dental caries

• Mycoplasmas

  • Pneumonia, UTI

• Bacillus

  • Anthrax

• Listeria

  • Listeriosis

• Lactobacilus

  • Rare blood infections

• Streptococcus

  • Strep throat & scarlet fever

• Enterococcus

  • UTI, Bacteremia, GI pathologies

• Staphylococcus

  • Bacterimia, food poisoning, skin infections, Toxic shock syndrome, osteomyelitis

Know the different High G+C Gram+ bacteria and what conditions they cause

• Corynebacterium

  • Diptheria

• Mycobacterium

  • Tuberculosis & Leprosy

• Actinomycetes

  • Actinomycosis, Lesions, rare sinus infections

Know the different Gram- Proteobacteria and what conditions they cause

• Alphaproteobacteria

  • Nitrogen Fixers

  • Nitrifying bacteria

  • Rickettsia

  • Brucella

  • Acetobacter

  • Gluconobacter

  • Caulobacter

• Betaproteobacteria

  • Neisseria

  • Bordetella

  • Burkholderia

  • Thiobacillus

  • Zoogloea

  • Sphaerotilus

• Gammaproteobacteria

  • Legionella

  • Coxiella

• Deltaproteobacteria

• Epsilonproteobacteria

Know the Gram- Bacteria and what conditions they cause

• Chlamydias

• Spirochetes

• Bacteroides

• Cytophaga