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Biology
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12/09/2006

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Term
Prion
Definition
-"replicative" protein infectious element
-extracellular form contains no nucleic acid
-causes BSE "mad cow disease"
Term
rotavirus
Definition
-Children's diarrhea
-reovirus (double-stranded RNA)
Term
pox
Definition
Class I -replicates in cytoplasm
Term
Class I
Definition
Double-stranded DNA genome
Term
Class II
Definition
Single-stranded DNA genome
Term
Class III
Definition
Double-stranded RNA genome
Term
Class IV
Definition
Single-stranded RNA genome (+) sense
Term
Class V
Definition
Single-stranded RNA genome (-) sense
Term
Class VI
Definition
Single-stranded RNA genome that replicates with DNA intermediate
Term
Class VII
Definition
Double-stranded DNA genome that replicates with RNA intermediate
Term
parvovirus
Definition
Class II
-Animal host
-Nonenveloped
Term
charon
Definition
Carries the soul over the river Styx (not new testament doctrine)
Term
rhabdovirus
Definition
Class V
-replicates in cytoplasm
-bullet shaped
-enveloped
Term
retrovirus
Definition
Class VI
-RNA genome (in virus), DNA genome replicative form
-DNA is intermediate part of replication cycle
Term
hepB
Definition
Class VII
Term
M13
Definition
Cloning vector picture, "clear" and blue plaques
-Filamentous bacteriophage
-replicates without killing the host
Term
pBR322
Definition
Constructed plasmid cloning vector
Term
T4
Definition
Covalent modifications of host RNApol, for early, mid and late proteins
Term
polio
Definition
current REQUIRED US vaccine "killed"
-giant protein cleaved for active products
Term
herpes
Definition
DNA virus, envelope from nucleus
Term
influenza
Definition
drift accounted for in yearly vaccines
Term
YAC
Definition
Eukaryote artificial chromosome large scale cloning
Term
T7
Definition
Its polymerase ONLY recognizes phage promoters
Term
MS2
Definition
Only 4 proteins
-maturation, coat, replicase, lytic
Term
viroid
Definition
Plant diseases
-requires insect vector
Term
mu
Definition
Rude lysogenic phage inserts DNA into the middle of host genes! Bad boy!
Term
feed-back inhibition
Definition
activator + inducer: complex binds to mRNA
Term
covalent enzyme modification
Definition
Concentration of glutamine regulated this
Term
negative control-repression
Definition
corepressor binds to repressor: this complex binds to operator
Term
global control
Definition
Example involved CAP and cyclic AMP
-SOS response
Term
product inhibition
Definition
function of Keq
-Inescapable law of physics involving any reaction
Term
alternative sigma factors
Definition
Required for promoter recognition-part of RNA polymerase
-Different proteins catalyze same reaction, subject to different regulatory controls
Term
promotor strength
Definition
Short half-life, high rate of transcription
Term
quorum sensing
Definition
Vibrio fischceri
Term
typical bacterium
Definition
mega base pairs
Term
typical archae
Definition
mega base pairs
Term
typical herpes virus
Definition
kilo base pairs
Term
typical prion
Definition
not applicable
Term
typical human
Definition
giga base pairs
Term
typical viroid
Definition
hecto(100) base pairs
Term
nonsense
Definition
Stop codon introduced
Term
frame-shift
Definition
Insertion/dilution
Term
silent
Definition
All amino acids in the resulting protein, same as wild-type
Term
missence
Definition
I SAID, it usually will not make a difference in the average protein
Term
transformation
Definition
capsule, pneumonia
-Griffith did this
-naked DNA
Term
conjugation
Definition
F factor
-Hfr strains
-Pilus
Term
transduction
Definition
Phage involved
Term
lysogeny
Definition
>(as in increased concentration) cI
-integrase
-leftward transcription
Term
lytic
Definition
cII degradation
->Cro
-rightward transcription
Term
genome of E coli
Definition
1 millimeter
-not always one copy per cell
-has been completely sequenced
-includes plasmids
-includes phage
-not transcribed entirely clockwise
Term
Characteristics of Archae
Definition
walls don't have peptidoglycan
-70s ribosomes
-lipids are not ester-linked
-replication "machiner" resembles eukaryotes
-cell type = prokaryotes
-histone-like proteins with DNA
Term
Things that contribute hyperthermophily
Definition
-Proteins with more ionic interactions on protein surfaces
-chaperonins
-"histones"
-NOT proteins wit hydrophilic cores
-NOT negative DNA supercoils
Term
True/*false
Definition
Super hot environments seem like a wonderful place for spontaneous generation (bioneogenesis)
Term
True/*False
Definition
Similarities in 16s RNA sequences make a lot of practical sense in understanding what bacteria do in the world
Term
*True/False
Definition
Short branches in phylogeny trees equal slow evolution
Term
True/*False
Definition
Ferredoxin is very electropositive
Term
True/*False
Definition
Parasites usually evolve before their hosts
Term
*True/False
Definition
According to the Woese scheme, you are more related to a mushroom than a bacterium to an Archae
Term
*True/False
Definition
There are more lithotrophs than heterotrophs amongst the hyperthermophiles
Term
True/*False
Definition
The "sewage fungus" is a eukaryote
Term
*True/False
Definition
Protozoa are eukaryotes
Term
Nanoarchaeum
Definition
"parasite" of Ignicoccus
Term
Bacillus
Definition
1st genetically engineered plants: Frankenfoods, or fewer pesticides in the air?
Term
Methanosarccina
Definition
Acetotrophic methanogen
Term
Clostridium
Definition
Anaerobe, strict fermentor, endospore
Term
Stigmatella
Definition
bacterium, genome twice the size of E. coli, complex lifestyle
Term
Planctomyces
Definition
bacterium, stalk, S-layer "covers" cell
Term
Deinococcus
Definition
Can tolerate 1000 times more radiation than you
Term
Acidianus
Definition
Can use sulfur as either electron donor or acceptor, sounds "two-faced"
Term
Cytophaga
Definition
Cellulose, peptidoglycan good groceries, glider
Term
Acetobacter
Definition
CH3CH2OH//O2 -> CH3COOH
Term
Bartonella
Definition
Chew and spit corn into a jug. Wait a wee. Invite friends for a spittle cocktail (drink responsibly)
Term
Thermomicrobium
Definition
di-alcohol head group, hydrocarbon tail - doesn't look like any other membrane lipid
Term
Pseudomonas
Definition
Eats CO- don't try this at home
Term
Chlamidia
Definition
elementary/reticulate bodies, intracellular energy parasite----functional ATPase?
Term
Ferroglobus
Definition
Fe+2//NO3-1? PROVE IT
Term
Wolbachia
Definition
Feminizing insects-don't ask don't tell; or a liberal agenda?
Term
Campylobacter
Definition
gastroenteritis, microaerophile
Term
Corynebacterium
Definition
Greek word for club
Term
Picrophilus
Definition
Grows at hydrogen ion (hydronium greater than 1 molar
Term
Natronobacterium
Definition
halophile, alkalinophile (soda lakes)
Term
Anabena
Definition
Heterocysts protect nitrogenase
Term
Chloroflexus
Definition
hybrid photoheterotroph, chlorosomes
Term
Methanopyrus
Definition
hydrothermal vents, distant relative of other methanogens
Term
Azotobacter
Definition
highest known rate of aerobic respiration-and it ain't just for ATP production
Term
Spiroplasma
Definition
insect disease, no cell wall, helical shape
Term
Gallionella
Definition
Iron stalk. Lithotroph?
Term
Streptomyces
Definition
Lots of antibiotics made by these guys
Term
Listeria
Definition
Low morbidity, high mortality, cheese, meat, will grow in the refrigerator
Term
Pyrolobus
Definition
Most hyperthermophilic hyperthermophile that we know of so far
Term
Aquifex
Definition
Most thermophilic bacterium, reverse TCA
Term
Natronobacterium
Definition
No ETS, Na-ATPase, Na extruding decarboxylase, heterotroph- What's this about Dr Mitchell?
Term
thermodesulfobacterium
Definition
3 carbon "back bone" (not glycerol), two hydrocarbons tails, ether linkage
Term
Nitrobacter
Definition
NO2//O2
Term
Gemmata
Definition
Nucleus in a prokaryote- don't use this answer on your MCAT, MFAT, ACT, SAT, etc.
Term
Thioplaca
Definition
Ocean floor mats, H2S//NO3-1
Term
Ignicoccus
Definition
Outer membrane in an archae? What's wrong with this picture?
Term
Chlamydia
Definition
Possibility of heart attacks associated with this bacterium
Term
Leptotrhix
Definition
precipitates Mn+4
Term
Ectothiorhodospira
Definition
produces Primary S outside of cell, no chlorosome
Term
halobacterium
Definition
Proton pumping with photons, no chlorophyll's, no ETS
Term
Treponema
Definition
Protoplasmic cylinder, syphilus
Term
Chromobacterium
Definition
purple pigment, relative of Neisseria? who cares?
Term
Rhodopseudomonas
Definition
Purple non-sulfur bacterium
Term
Helicobacter
Definition
Pyloric ulcers
Term
Beggiatoa
Definition
removes H2S from rice rhizosphere- ain't that nice, for the rice?
Term
Rickettsia
Definition
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Term
Nanoarchaeum
Definition
Smallest genome that we know of -0.5 megabase pairs
Term
Corynebacterium
Definition
snapping division, phage derived cytotoxin BIG trouble
Term
Mycobacterium
Definition
Steals sterols from host
Term
Desulfotomaculum
Definition
sulfidogen, spoiler of canned goods
Term
Thermoplasma
Definition
Tetra-ethers, high-temperature, no wall no problem
Term
Oscillatoria
Definition
this photosystem II containing procaryote, fixes nitrogen by night
Term
Prochloron
Definition
This prokaryote has chlorophyll a and b
Term
Defferibacter
Definition
versatile electron donors, including pollutants, metals electron acceptors
Term
Mycobacterium
Definition
Walls made of wax, speedy growth lacks!
Term
Verrucomicrobium
Definition
Warty little devil- but you know how oligotrophs are
Term
Archaeoglobus
Definition
What was this little due doing in the sulfidogen table in the bacteria chaper? OUT OF ORDER
Term
Glucose - 100 Eagle units out of cell & 10 Eagle units in the cytoplasm
Definition
-Facilitated diffusion would work
-Simple diffusion would not work
-Active transport does not need to be involved
Term
O2 0.01% outside the cell, 1% inside the cytoplasm
Definition
Facilitated diffusion would not work
Simple diffusion would not work
Active transport does not need to be involved
Term
NH4+ - 1nM outside of cell, 0.5nM inside the cytoplasm
Definition
Facilitated diffusion would work
Simple diffusion would not work
Active transport is not needed
Term
Purple bacteria
Definition
All light raction business within cytoplasmic membrane
-Reverse electron transport part of lifestyle for this phototroph
Term
Green bacteria
Definition
Chlorosomes contain antennae pigments
-
Term
Acidithiobaccilus
Definition
Fe+2//O2
-Rusticyanin involved in oxidation
Term
Ralstonia
Definition
H2//O2
-Two hydrogenases produce reducing equivalents and ATP
Term
Nitrosomonas
Definition
NH3//O2->NO2-1
Term
Nitrobacter
Definition
Oxidizes nitrite for a living
Term
cyanobacteria
Definition
Reaction cener I - in this configuration- provided reducing equivalents directly
-Reaction center two provides electrons from water
-Water electron donor for these guys
Term
methanogens
Definition
These guys provide "natural gas"
Term
sulfidogens
Definition
This poor neutraphile croaked on its on acid
-x//SO4-2
Term
Respiration requirements
Definition
A membrane, ATPase, electron transport system, terminal electron acceptor
Does not need electron donor, Embden Meyerhof Parnas Pathway, reduction of pyruvate, substrate level phosphorylation, TCA-Krebs
Term
gas vesicles
Definition
aquatic phototroph depth finder
Term
pili
Definition
bacterial conjugation
Term
periplasm
Definition
between the membranes in a Gm- bacteria
Term
glycocalyx
Definition
capsule one example
Term
PHB
Definition
cell fat, some bacteria
Term
magnetosomes
Definition
chemoorganotrophic bacteria locate depth in the pond
Term
porin
Definition
forms holes in outermembrane
Term
lipoteichoic acid
Definition
holds wall to membran Gm+
Term
teichoic acid
Definition
like rebar in Gm+ walls
Term
endospores
Definition
peculiar to Bacillus and Clostridium
Term
typeIV fimbriae
Definition
specific attachment like Neisseria and Vibrio- mostly protein
Term
lipid a
Definition
toxic moiety of outer membrane
Term
-2 ATP
Definition
1 x glucose -> 1 x fructose 1,6 bisphosphate
Term
6 ATP
Definition
1 x glucose -> 2x phosphoenolpyruvate
Term
1 ATP
Definition
1 x phosphoenol pyruvate -> 1 x pyruvate
Term
6 ATP
Definition
1 x pyruvate (+oxaloacetate) -> 1 x alpha ketoglutarate
Term
1 ATP
Definition
1 x succinyl CoA -> 1 x succinate
Term
2 ATP
Definition
1 x succinate -> 1 x fumarate
Term
Needham
Definition
cork sealed flasks
Term
Winogradsky
Definition
discovered lithotrophs
-Tried in his own pitiful way to grow beggiotoa in flaskes
Term
Leeuwenhoek
Definition
elected to the Royal Society for discovery of microbes
Term
Redi
Definition
flies have mommies and daddies
Term
Spalllanzani
Definition
hermetically sealed flasks
Term
Count Buffon
Definition
philosopher - in league- colleague with Needham- "heat of course, destroys the vital force"
Term
Pasteur
Definition
swan-necked flasks
Term
ETS proper order
Definition
NADH, Quinones, cyt BC, cyt C, cyt AA3, O2
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