GMED1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Simple Cell, Motility, Peptidoglycan

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Archaea (specialised single cell organisms that resemble bacteria) This group used to be called the archaebacteria. Methanogens - grow in absence of oxygen, produce methane. Halophiles - grow in areas of high salt concentration. Thermophiles - grow in area of high temperature. Plants, fungi and algae have simple cell walls (animals & protozoa don"t) Yes, by certain bacteria as a survival mechanism. Only bacteria & eubacteria (prokaryotes) have peptidoglycans in the cell wall. Live mostly in water, some in animal hosts where they cause disease e. g. malaria and several that cause diarrhea. Reproduce by budding (asexual) - new daughter cell grows from mother cell - blastospores. Most differentiated by the gram stain (based on cell wall structure) Cell walls contain polysaccharides (sugar molecules) and peptidoglycan. So(cid:373)e (cid:271)a(cid:272)teria do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a (cid:272)ell (cid:449)all, o(cid:374)ly a plas(cid:373)a (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ra(cid:374)e, e. g. mycoplasma sp. Very small, can only been seen with an electron microscope. Cant reproduce independently, can only replicate using a host cells metabolism.

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