BIOL.1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anabaena, Heterocyst, Facultative Anaerobic Organism

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Characteristics of all cells: cytosol- semi uid portion of cytoplasm, cytoplasm bound by a plasma membrane, chromosomes (proteins + genetic material, ribosomes (protein factory) Microbes: microscopic organisms, this includes both prokaryotes (bacteria + archaea) and eukaryotes (protists) Most bacteria and all of archaea are non-harmful: only a few species of bacteria actually cause disease, some eukaryotes are harmful to us as well. About half of human diseases are in fact caused by bacteria, but only some bacteria are pathogenic. Prokaryotes thrive almost everywhere: including places too acidic, salty, cold or hot. Prokaryotes are divided into two domains: bacteria and archaea. Prokaryotes are unicellular, although some species form colonies. Prokaryotic cell shapes: spheres (cocci, rods (bacilli, spirals. Nearly all prokaryotes have a cell wall: maintains cell shape, protects the cell (prevents it from bursting in hypotonic environment) The cell walls of bacteria contain peptidoglycan: a network of sugar polymers cross-linked by polypeptides (proteins)

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