BIO 3124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Thermophile, Cell Envelope, Chemotroph

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Microbial growth involves an increase in a population of a microbe. The result of microbial growth are discrete colonies. A colony is an aggregation of cells arising from a single parent cell. A biofilm forms when it involves a collection of microbes living in a complex community. Organisms use a variety of nutrients for their energy needs and to build organic molecules and cellular structures. Most of the common nutrients contain necessary elements such as carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen. Microbes obtain nutrients from a variety of sources. Groups of organisms based on carbon and energy source. Chemoheterotrophs = chemical energy source; carbon source is from organic compounds. In all animals, and most fungi, protozoa, and bacteria, the final electron acceptor is o2. If the final electron acceptor is not o2, it is either an organic compound (e. g. : in fermentative streptococcus) or an inorganic compound (e. g. : electron chain in clostridium) transport.

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