MCB 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spirochaete, Peptidoglycan, Archaea

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Lecture 2
Microorganisms as cells
o Microbe = small entity that cannot be seen with the naked eye
o Cell is the unit of lifeall life forms are made of cells
Hallmarks of a cell = things every cell must have or be able to do
Cell membrane
Genetic material made of DNA
o Information is stored as DNA
o Information from DNA is used to create structure
o Structure performs task functions
Source of energy
Regulate flow of chemicals across cell membrane
Self replication
Taxonomy of microorganisms
o 3 domains
Archea = prokaryotic
Single circular chromosome
No organelles
No nucleus
Methan produces
Extreme salt bacteria
Extreme heat bacteria
Bacteria = prokaryotic
Circular chromosomes
No organelles
No nucleus
Peptidoglycan in cell walls
o Targeted by antibioticsworks well to not affect the host
cells because no other organisms have peptidoglycan in
their cell walls
Cyanobacteria
Gram-pos bacteria
Gram-neg bacteria
Chlamydias
Spirochetes
Endospore producers
Eukaryotes
Many chromosomes
Organelles
Nucleus
Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protists
o 5 kingdoms
Animals
Plants
Fungi
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