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Chapter 19. Bacteria and Viruses. 19-1 Bacteria Classifying Prokaryotes. Eubacteria - have cell walls with peptidoglycan , a carbohydrate Archaebacteria - have cell walls with out peptidoglycan -DNA is more similar to eukaryotes -live in harsh environments. Identifying Prokaryotes.
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Chapter 19 Bacteria and Viruses
19-1 BacteriaClassifying Prokaryotes Eubacteria- have cell walls with peptidoglycan, a carbohydrate Archaebacteria- have cell walls with out peptidoglycan -DNA is more similar to eukaryotes -live in harsh environments
Identifying Prokaryotes • Shape • Bacilli (rod shaped) • Cocci (spherical) • Spirilla (spiral and corkscrew)
Identifying Prokaryotes • Cell Walls • Gram-positive: thick peptidoglycan walls • Gram-negative: think peptidoglycan walls • More resistant to antibiotics
Identifying Prokaryotes • Movement • Some move (flagella) • Some don’t move
Metabolic Diversity Heterotrophs Chemoheterotrophs- get carbon and energy from organic molecules Ex: humans Photoheterotrophs- get carbon from organic molecules, get energy from sunlight
Metabolic Diversity Autotrophs Photoautotrophs- get carbon from CO2, get energy from sunlight Ex: cyanobacteria. Chemoautotrophs- get carbon from CO2, get energy from inorganic chemical reactions
Releasing Energy • Obligate aerobes- require oxygen Ex: Mycobacterium tuberculosis • Obligate anaerobes- do not require oxygen, oxygen kills them Ex: Clostridium botulinum • Faculatative anaerobes- live with or w/o oxygen Ex: E. coli
Growth and Reproduction • Binary fission- parents splits into two daughter cells, asexual reproduction
Growth and Reproduction • Conjugation- a pilus forms between two bacteria, DNA is transferred, sexual reproduction
Growth and Reproduction • Spore Formation- Endospore- thick wall that protects a dormant bacterium
Importance of Bacteria • Decomposers • Nitrogen Fixation • Taking nitrogen from the air and converting it to a useable form
19-2 Viruses Virus- composed of a DNA or RNA core surrounded by a capsid (protein coat)
Viral Infection Lytic Infection- Virus enters the cells, copies itself, and causes the cell to burst
Viral Infection Lysogenic Infection- virus enters the cell, integrates its DNA into the host DNA, it gets copied when the host replicates Prophage- viral DNA embedded in a host’s DNA
Retroviruses • Genetic information is RNA • In the host RNA is copied to DNA (reverse transcription) • Examples: HIV
Viroids and Prions • Viroids- effect plants, ssRNA w/o a capsid • Damage tomatoes, apples, potatoes • Prions- effect animals, protein infectious particles • Ex: mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease