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Anatomy and Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells

Microbiology Mrs. Hieneman. Anatomy and Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells. Bacterial Shape and Arrangement. Streptococcus chain. Sarcinae cube . Staphylococcus aureus cluster. Spiral-shaped bacterial cell. Prokaryotic Cell Structure. Cytoplasmic Membrane.

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Anatomy and Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells

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  1. Microbiology Mrs. Hieneman Anatomy and Physiology of Prokaryotic Cells

  2. Bacterial Shape and Arrangement

  3. Streptococcus chain

  4. Sarcinae cube

  5. Staphylococcus aureus cluster

  6. Spiral-shaped bacterial cell

  7. Prokaryotic Cell Structure

  8. Cytoplasmic Membrane • Surrounds cytoplasm and defines boundaries of cell • Acts as barrier, but also functions as an effective and highly discriminating conduit between cell and surroundings • Made up of phospholipid bilayer

  9. Figure 4.14c

  10. Phospholipid

  11. Figure 4.14b

  12. Movement of Molecules through Cytoplasmic Membrane • Several ways for molecules to move through membrane • Simple Diffusion • Osmosis • Facilitated Diffusion • Active Transport

  13. Simple Diffusion • Does not require expenditure of energy • Process by which some molecules move freely into and out of the cell • Small molecules such as carbon dioxide and oxygen

  14. Figure 4.18: The principle of osmosis - Overview. Glass tube Rubber stopper Rubber band Sucrose molecule Cellophane sack Water molecule (a) At beginning of osmotic pressure experiment (b) At equilibrium Cytoplasm Solute Plasma membrane Cell wall Water (c) Isotonic solution — no net movement of water (d) Hypotonic solution — water moves into the cell and may cause the cell to burst if the wall is weak or damaged (osmotic lysis) (e) Hypertonic solution — water moves out of the cell, causing its cytoplasm to shrink (plasmolysis)

  15. Transport Proteins • Transport proteins (or transporters) responsible for: • Facilitated Diffusion • Active Transport

  16. Figure 4.17: Facilitated diffusion. Transported substance Transporter protein Outside Plasma membrane Inside Glucose

  17. Cell Wall • Composed of peptidoglycan • Comprised of alternating NAG and NAM molecules • Attached to each NAM is four amino acid peptide: tetrapeptide

  18. Categories of Bacteria • Two Major Categories: • Difference due to difference in chemical structures of their cell walls • Gram positive: stains purple • Gram negative: stains red

  19. Gram + Cell Wall • Thick Layer of Peptidoglycan • Contains techoic acid: chains of ribitol-phosphate or glycerol-phosphate to which sugars or alanine attached • Techoic Acid sticks out above the peptidoglycan layer

  20. Gram – Cell Wall • More complex than Gram + cell wall • Thin layer of peptidoglycan • Sandwiched between the cytoplasmic membrane and outer membrane • Outside of peptidoglycan is outer membrane

  21. Figure 4.13c

  22. Outer Membrane • Unlike any other membrane in nature • A lipid bilayer with the outside layer made of lipopolysaccharides instead of phospholipids • Also called LPS • Contains Porins

  23. Periplasm - Region between cytoplasmic membrane and the outer membrane - Gel-like fluid • Filled with secreted proteins and enzymes

  24. External Structures • Glycocallyx • Flagella • Axial Filaments • Fimbrae and Pili

  25. Glycocallyx • Gel-like structure • Functions in protection and attachment • Two types- capsule and slime layer • Involved in attachment, enabling bacteria to stick to teeth, rocks • Enables bacteria to brow as biofilm

  26. Capsule in Acinetobacter species by gram negative staining

  27. Filamentous Protein Appendages • Anchored in membrane and protrude from surface • Flagella: long structure responsible for motility • Fimbrae and Pili: shorter, responsible for attachment

  28. Four types of bacteria with flagella • Montrichious- one flagella • Amphitrichous- flagella at both ends • Lophitrichous- many flagella at the end of the cell • Peritrichous- flagella all over entire cell

  29. Figure 4.7 - Overview

  30. Axial Filament • Present in Spirochetes • Attach at end of cell, spiral around, underneath an outer sheath • Move like a corkscrew

  31. Figure 4.10 - Overview

  32. Fimbrae and Pili • Shorter and surround the cell • Similar structural theme to filament of flagella • Fimbrae- enable cell to adhere to surfaces, including other cells • Pili- join bacterial cells in preparation for the transfer of DNA from one cell to another

  33. Internal Structures of Prokaryotic Cells

  34. Cytoplasm • Substance of cell inside the cytoplasmic membrane • About 80% water • Thick, aqueous, semitransparent, elastic

  35. Chromosome • Found within a central location known as nucleoid • Single, circular, double stranded • Consists of all DNA required by cell

  36. Plasmids • Some bacteria contain plasmids- small circular double-stranded DNA • Typically cell does not require genetic information carried on plasmid • However, it may be advantageous

  37. Ribosomes • Site of protein synthesis • Relative size and density of ribosomes and their subunits expressed as distinct unit (S) • Two units of prokaryotic ribosomes: 50S + 30S= 70S • Eukaryotic ribosomes: 80S

  38. Figure 4.19: The prokaryotic ribosome. 50S 50S 30S 30S (a) Small subunit (b) Large subunit (c) (c) Complete 70S ribosome

  39. Inclusions • Store excess nutrients • Examples: Polysaccharide granules- glycogen and starch • Lipid inclusions • Metachromatic granules- inorganic phosphate that can be used to synthesize ATP

  40. Endospores • Occurs in members of genera Bacillus and Clostridium • Dormant cell produced by a process called Sporulation • Germination- when they exit the dormant state and then become a vegetative cell • Several species of endospore formers can cause disease

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