BIOL 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Peroxidase, Catalase, Superoxide Dismutase

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Niche: totality of adaptations organisms can make to their habitat. Environmental factors affect the function of metabolic enzymes, and enzymes can only function in a particular range of conditions. Factors include: temperature, oxygen requirements, ph, osmotic pressure, barometric pressure. Psychrophiles optimum temperature below 150c; capable of growth at 00c. Mesophiles optimum temperature 200-400c; most human pathogens. Thermophiles optimum temperature greater than 450c ph adaptation groups. Bacteria prefer neutral solutions (ph = 6. 5 7. 5) Acidophiles can grow in acidic solutions down to ph = 1. Alkaliphilic can grow in basic solutions up to ph = 11. Distilled water hypotonic, solutes outside < solutes inside. Pond isotonic, solutes outside = solutes inside. The dead sea hypertonic, solutes outside > solutes inside. Halophiles can grow in hypertonic solutions: as high as 30%,, but usually require high salt to live. Halotolerant bacteria can grow in hypertonic conditions but do not require them.

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