Micrology Chapter 4 Cell Function and Structure Flashcards

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Question 1
__________is an enzyme that degrades the peptidoglycan found in the bacterial cell wall.
Lysozyme
The __________is the critical permeability barrier separating the inside from the outside of the cell.
Cell membrane
A bacterium that is spherical or ovoid in shape is called a/an __________.
Coccus
__________are proteins that transport a substance along with another substance, usually a proton (H+).
Symporters
__________are proteins found in the periplasm that bind a substance then transfer it to membrane bound proteins for transport.
Periplasmic binding proteins
__________are intracellular crystal particles in bacteria that are made of the iron mineral magnetite.
Magnetosomes
The most commonly found microscope, particularly in elementary teaching laboratories, is called the
Bright-field microscope.
The minimum distance that two objects may be separated and still be detected as two particles, rather than a single particle is:
The microscope's resolution.
The light microscope that is often used to view internal structures of living cells without staining is
Phase-contrast microscope.
Direct a beam of light, illuminate only a single plane of the specimen. the plane of light, up and down, one can generate a 3d pic
Confocal scanning laser microscope
The specimen is coated film of a heavy metal, gold, then observed by using an electron beam directed on the specimen from above.
Scanning electron microscopy
The most frequent mode of bacterial motility uses structures called a _______.
None of the above
The enzyme lysozyme degrades which of the following?
Peptidoglycan
Endotoxins are composed of which of the following?
LPS
LPS would be found primarily
On the outer leaf of the outer membrane.