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microbiology
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11th Grade
03/03/2008

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molecules which can diffuse through membrane

Definition
H2O, O2, CO2
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chromatophores or thylakoids
Definition
photosynthetic pigments on foldings
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uniporters
Definition
transport proteins that ransport a substance from one side of the membrane to the other
Term
osmotic pressure
Definition
the pressure needed to stop the movement of water across the membrane
Term
aquaporins
Definition
water transporting proteins
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antiporters
Definition
transport proteins that transport one substance across the membrane in one direction
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symporter
Definition
transport proteins that simultaneously transport two substances across the membrane in the same direction
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mesosomes
Definition
appear as infoldings of teh bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and thought to be artifacts from the processes used in preparing bacterial specimens
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divisome
Definition
a collection of cell division machinery
Term
functions that are associated with the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane [6]
Definition

-energy production

-peptidoglycan syntheiss

-phospholipid synthesis

-division of the nucleiod

-waste removel

-formation of endospores

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sporulation
Definition
endospore formation
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germination
Definition
return to a vegetative state
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