BIOL 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Gram-Positive Bacteria, Antibiotics, Lysozyme

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Bacteria and archaea: the smallest organisms: ba(cid:272)te(cid:396)ia a(cid:374)d a(cid:396)(cid:272)haea ha(cid:448)e the g(cid:396)eatest (cid:373)eta(cid:271)oli(cid:272) di(cid:448)e(cid:396)sit(cid:455) of all o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)is(cid:373)s. Use variety of substances as energy and carbon sources to synthesize almost all required organic molecules: vastl(cid:455) out(cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) all othe(cid:396) t(cid:455)pes of o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)is(cid:373)s, li(cid:448)e su(cid:272)(cid:272)essfull(cid:455) i(cid:374) al(cid:373)ost all (cid:396)egio(cid:374)s of ea(cid:396)th" s su(cid:396)fa(cid:272)e, f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a(cid:374)ta(cid:396)(cid:272)ti(cid:272) to hot sp(cid:396)i(cid:374)gs. Vary in shape, size, cell structure, energy metabolism and habitat. Cell structure and function: i(cid:373)ple st(cid:396)ucture and small compared to eukaryotic cells, appea(cid:396) i(cid:374) a (cid:448)a(cid:396)iet(cid:455) of shapes. Unique structures: cell wall, capsule, flagellar structure, pili, plasmids. Most bacteria have one circular piece of dna contained in nucleoid no nuclear membrane. Bacterial chromosome replication: closed, (cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)ula(cid:396) (cid:373)ole(cid:272)ule of dna pa(cid:272)ked i(cid:374)to (cid:374)u(cid:272)leoid (cid:396)egio(cid:374) of (cid:272)ell, repli(cid:272)atio(cid:374) (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a si(cid:374)gle o(cid:396)igi(cid:374). Bacterial dna: bacterial plasmids: plas(cid:373)ids: e(cid:454)t(cid:396)a-chromosomal small circular dna molecules, often more than one copy, ca(cid:396)(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:374)o(cid:374)-essential genes but genes with beneficial functions (antibiotic resistance, metabolism, toxins etc. , repli(cid:272)ate i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)tl(cid:455) of the (cid:272)h(cid:396)o(cid:373)oso(cid:373)al.

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