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Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Chemical Principles for the Microbiologist. Why is this (Chemistry) important:. Life is made up of simple to complex chemical reactions. Nutrients that life use are made of chemical components. Chemical properties determine how life acts

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Chapter 2

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  1. Chapter 2 Chemical Principles for the Microbiologist.

  2. Why is this (Chemistry) important: • Life is made up of simple to complex chemical reactions. • Nutrients that life use are made of chemical components. • Chemical properties determine how life acts • Life is made from a few simple components put together according to a few simple rules

  3. The world is made up of • Matter • Energy

  4. Atoms • Define • What are they?

  5. Elements • Define • What are they? • What are the most common ones? • Where can they be found in the environment? • Are all forms usable?

  6. 2.1

  7. Molecules: Two or more atoms • How are molecules held together? • Ionic bonds • Covalent bonds • Hydrogen bonds

  8. Covalent bonds

  9. Ionic bonds

  10. Hydrogen bonds

  11. Solubility in water???

  12. Solvent • Solute • hydrophobic • hydrophilic

  13. Concentrations in solution • Grams/liter = milligrams/milliliter • Moles/liter=millimoles/milliliter • What is a mole? • C6H12O6

  14. Important molecules and their properties The properties of living things depend on the properties of the chemicals that make them up.

  15. The presence of two ions is very important to chemical reactions • Proton, hydrogen ion • Hydroxide ion • How does the above relate to the below? • Oxidation loss of electrons • Reduction gain of electrons

  16. Acids and bases • Acids create H+ and an anion • Bases create OH- and a cation • Acids have a pH below 7ph • Bases have a pH above 7ph • Buffers stabilize pH by giving of H+ or OH- to maintain a constant pH.

  17. Organic compounds: • Made by life • Always contain carbon and hydrogen • Used to make the structures of life • Used to store energy in the form of chemical bonds

  18. Know the following • Carbohydrates • Lipids • Proteins • Nucleic acids

  19. Carbohydrates • Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen • Sugars and starches • -saccharides • Isomers-same chemical formula different structural properties • Glucose and fructose • Dehydration synthesis makes polymers • Hydrolysis breaks apart polymers

  20. Synthesis or lysis

  21. Lipids • Insolubility in water • Fats are triglycerides • Saturated lipid has no double bonds • Phospholipids make up membranes • Steroids: signals and alter physical properties of the membranes

  22. Functional groups of AA

  23. 10 of the 20 different amino acids

  24. Proteins • Aa are building blocks • Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen nitrogen and sulfur • Aa linked by peptide bonds • 4 levels of structure

  25. Nucleic acids • DNA and RNA • Pentose, phosphate and nitrogen base • Information molecule of the cell.

  26. Chemical reactions and enzymes • What type of molecules are enzymes? • What are some of their properties? • From Chapter 5 microbial metabolism

  27. Typical chemical reactions • Making or braking of chemical bonds between atoms • Result in an overall change of energy • Are almost always reversible • To take place reactants must collide with each other • Activation energy is the minimal amount of energy that system must have • Enzymes accelerate chemical reactions by lowering activation energy.

  28. Enzyme reactions are reversible.

  29. Essential Amino Acidsare required in the diet because? • Corn and Grains • Tryptophan • Methionine • Beans and Legumes • Isoleucine • Lysine • In both • Valine • Histidine • Threonine • Phenylalanine • Leucine

  30. Types of Chemical Reactions • Synthesis or Anabolism • Decomposition reactions or catabolism • Exchange reactions • Almost all reactions are reversible • Remind nick to put this up on the board.

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