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Proteobacteria include most gram ________ & ___________ bacteria |
Negative Chemoheterotrophic |
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Proteobacteria is the ______ _______ bacterial group |
Largest taxonomic |
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What are the 5 classes of Proteobacteria? |
alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon |
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The Alphaproteobactria are capable of _______ at very ____ _______ ________ |
Growth at very low nutrient levels |
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Many Alphaproteobactria contain ________ or _______ |
Prosthecae, stalks |
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Several Alphaproteobactria are _______ & ________ pathogenic |
Human, plant |
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Alphaproteobactria include many _________ important ________ capable of ______ fixation in symbiosis |
Agriculturally Bacteria Nitrogen |
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What are 3 nitrogen-fixing Alphaproteobactria? |
Azospirillum Rhizobium Bradyrhizobihm |
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Alphaproteobactria produce ______ ______ from ethyl alcohol by _______ alcohols or sugars |
Acetic acid (vinegar) Oxidizing |
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How does the plant pathogen Agrobacterium effect plants? |
Inserts a plasmid into plants DNA, inducing a tumor called a crown gall |
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There is a considerable overlap between the betaproteobacteria and the ____________. |
Alphaproteobactria |
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How are betaproteobacteria similar to alphaproteobactria? |
Nitrogen fixing and use nutrients from anaerobic decomposition of organic matter (ie H+ gas, ammonia, methane) |
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Most betaproteobacteria are chemoheterotrophic but _________ is _________ |
Thiobacillus , chemoautotrophic |
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The gammaproteobacteria consitute the ______ ________ of the proteobacteria. |
Largest subgroup |
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What is the function of prosthecae |
Attaches to cells surface and increases nutrient uptake by increasing cells surface area to vol. ratio |
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In alphaproteobactria: Less nutrients available= |
Increasing stalk size |
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Pseudomonadales is a subgroup of _______ |
Gammaproteobacteria |
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Pseudomonadales are ______ ______ that can infect weakened host, urinary tract, burns causing sepsis |
opportunistic pathogens |
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Pseudomonadales are _________ diverse |
Metabolically (produce many enzymes that can metabolize a wide variety of sources) |
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Pseudomonadales are highly ________ bc they have _______ ________ _______ that eject antibiotics from the cell almost immediately |
Resistant Efflux pump systems |
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Pseudomonadales have polar ________ |
Flagella |
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Enteriobacterialds (enterics) is a subgroup of _____________ |
Gammaproteobacteria |
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Enteriobacteriales are _________ _________ gram ______ rods |
Facultatively anaerobic Negative |
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Most enterics are _________ of glucose and other CHO |
Fermenters |
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Enterics have _______ to ______to surfaces or mucus membrane's |
Fimbriae, adhere |
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Enterics produces _________ called _________ |
proteins, bacteriocins |
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Bacteriocins cause _______ of closely related species & help maintain balance of GI tract |
Lysis |
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Enterics use ____ _____ to exchange information |
Sex pili |
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Deltaproteobacteria are both ________ and _______ |
Aerobic and anaerobic |
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Myxcococcales are a subgroup of __________ |
Deltaproteobacteria |
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Myxcococcales have the most ________ _______ of all bacteria |
Complex lifecycle |
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The epsilonproteobacteria are slender gram ______ rods that are _______ or _______ |
Negative Helical, curved |
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Epsilonproteobacteria have two important genera both of which are ________ due to ________ and are ___________. |
Motile, flagella Microaerophillic |
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Spirochetes are ___________ gram ______ bacteria |
non-proteo bacteria negative |
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Spirochetes are __________. |
Chemotropic |
how they fuel themselves |
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Spirochetes process______ ______ for motility |
Axial filaments |
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Bacteroidetes are _____________ gram ______ bacteria. |
non-proteobacteria negative |
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Bacteroidetes are _________ and non ________. |
Chemotropic Motile |
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Archea are distinctly different then other prokaryotic cells bc.... |
There cell walls lack peptidoglycan |
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Archaea are very _________. |
Diverse |
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Archaea range greatly in _______. |
Size |
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PCR indicates up to 10,000 _______ _____ in soil of Archaea. |
Bacteria types |
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