Microbiology

Question	Answer
Naming rule	Capitalise first letter of genus. Italicise or underline both genus and specific epithet.
Bacteria Shapes	Cocci (Round) Bacillus (Rod) Spirilli (Spiral)
Prokaryote vs Eukaryote cells (name features)	Both are CELLULAR Prokaryotes; Bacteria, No organelles or defined nucleus, have a rigid cell wall and capsule. Unbound circular genome. Eukaryotes; Viruses and fungi, COMPLEX, contain organelles, True nucleus and linear genome, flexible cell wall.
Gram Stain Colours	Gram positive - Purple Gram negative - Pink
Positive Gram Stain Features	Easy to kill, cell well has thicker peptidoglycan and teichoic acids
Negative Gram Stain Features	Harder to kill, cell wall has thinner peptidoglycan, lipid rich membrane layers
Yes or no, these can be grown on Agar Bacteria, mycoplasmas, rickettsias, chlamydia, protozoa, viruses, fungi.	Bacteria, yes, Mycoplasmas, no, Rickettsias, yes, Chlamydia, yes, Protozoa, no, VIruses, no, Fungi, yes.
List prokaryote microbes	Bacteria,
List eukaryote microbes	Protozoa, fungi, plant cells, animal cells.
Define an obligate intracellular parasite	A microorganism that can live outside of a cell but can only reproduce when living within a host cell.
List forms of obligate intracellular parasites	Viruses, chlamydia, rickettsia,
Can be gram stained, Y/N Bacteria, mycoplasma, rickettsia, chlamydia, protozoa, viruses, fungi	Bacteria, Y, Mycoplasmas, N, Rickettsias, Y (-) Chlamydia, sometimes (depending on cell wall structure) Protozoa, Y Viruses, N, Fungi, Y

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