Bacteria
Nutrition Shapes Reproduction Growth Beneficial Structure
Nutrition Producer (Autotroph)
Photosynthetic (sunlight) Chemosynthetic (energy from rxns)
Nutrition Producer (Autotroph) Consumer (hetertropic)
Saprophytic (decay, recycling C,N,P Parasitic (need host, cause harm)
Nutrition Producer (Autotroph) Consumer (hetertropic)
Shapes Rod Round Spiral
Reproduction Asexual
Binary fission
Clones Mutation
Antibiotic resistance
Binary fission Clones Mutation
Asexual Binary fission
Reproduction Asexual Sexual
Conjugation
Reproduction Asexual Sexual Endospore
Resistant phase
Reproduction Asexual Sexual Endospore
Growth Factors
Temperature pH Oxygen Concentration
Aerobic Anaerobic Facultative Obligate
Factors Temperature pH Oxygen Concentration External solute concentraton (osmosis) Pressure
Growth Factors Food Processing
Bioprocessing
Continous flow- remove products, e.g. yoghurts Batch flow - empty/refil e.g. antibiotics
Food Processing Bioprocessing
Growth Factors Food Processing Growth curve
Lag phase Log phase Stationary phase Survial phase Death phase
Growth Factors Food Processing Growth curve Agar
Preparation Sterilisation Pouring plates Inoculation Incubation
Growth Factors Food Processing Growth curve Agar
Beneficial Harmful
Food spoilage Pathogen (cause disease)
TB Whooping cough Typhoid Cholera
Harmful Food spoilage Pathogen (cause disease)
Beneficial Harmful Beneficial
Genetic Engineering
Insulin Drugs Alcohol Vitamins
Beneficial Genetic Engineering Cheese, yoghurt Symbiosis
Vitamin K N-fixing
Beneficial Genetic Engineering Cheese, yoghurt Symbiosis Recycling Antibiotics
Beneficial Harmful Beneficial
Structure Flagella maybe present No organelles
Mitochondria Chloroplast
Structure Flagella maybe present No organelles Plasmid Circular DNA No nucleus (prokaryote) Cell wall Single cell