BIO 3102 Study Guide - Sporophyte, Gametophyte, Endomembrane System

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11 Jul 2014
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Antibiotic resistance: the antibiotics no longer work on the bacteria because it has made changes and adapted (exchange of dna with other bacteria to become stronger and resistant); the drugs have been used too much in the past. Atp sythetase (synthase): a membrane-spanning protein complex that couples the energetically favourable transport of protons across a membrane to the synthesis of atp. Autotroph: an organism that produces its own food using co2 and other simple inorganic compounds from its environment and energy from the sun or from oxidation of inorganic substances. Bacteria (eubacteria): one of two domains of prokaryotes, collectively; bacteria are the most metabolically diverse organisms. Binary fission: prokaryotic cell division splitting or dividing into two parts. Capsule: an external layer of sticky or slimy polysaccharides coating the cell wall in many prokaryotes. Cellular respiration: how a cell creates atp, process by which energy-rich molecules are broken down to produce energy in the form of atp.