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SIZE
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SIZE OF MICROORGANISMS
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Taxonomy: Organizing, Classifying,
and Naming Microorganisms
• Domian
• Kingdom
• phylum* or division
• Class
• Order
• Family and
• Genus
• Species
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Taxonomy: Organizing, Classifying,
and Naming Microorganisms
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Taxonomy: Organizing, Classifying,
and Naming Microorganisms..
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ASSIGNING SPECIFIC NAMES
• The method of assigning the scientific, or specific
name is called the binomial (two-name) system of
nomenclature. The scientific name is always a
combination of the generic (genus) name followed by
the species name.
1)The generic part of the scientific name is capitalized,
and the species part begins with a lowercase letter.
2)Both should be italicized (or underlined if italics are not
available), as follows:
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
An organism’s scientific name is sometimes abbreviated
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ASSIGNING SPECIFIC NAMES
• Some species have been named in honor of a
microbiologist who originally discovered the
microbe or who has made outstanding
contributions to the field.
• Other names may designate a characteristic of
the microbe (shape, color), a location where it was
found, or a disease it causes.
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ASSIGNING SPECIFIC NAMES
• Haemophilus aegypticus (hee-mah-fil-us ee-jip-tih-kus)
Gr. haema, blood, philos, to love, and Egypt, the country.
The causative agent of pinkeye.
• Pseudomonas tomato (soo-doh-mon-us toh-may-toh) Gr.
pseudo, false, monas, unit, and tomato, the fruit. A
bacterium that infects the common garden tomato.
• Campylobacter jejuni (cam-pee-loh-bak-ter jee-joo-neye)
Gr. kampylos, curved, bakterion, little rod, and jejunum, a
section of intestine. One of the most important causes of
intestinal infection worldwide.
• Giardia lamblia ( jee-ar-dee-uh lam-blee-uh) for Alfred Giard,
a French microbiologist, and Vilem Lambl, a Bohemian
physician, both of whom worked on the organism, a
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Review: check correct scientific name of organism
A.Neisseria gonorrhoeae A)MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
B.Neisseria gonorrhoeae B)Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C.Neisseria Gonorrhoeae C)Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D.NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE D)Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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Schematic of typical animal
(eukaryotic) cell, showing subcellular
• components.
• Organelles: (1) nucleolus
(2) nucleus (3) ribosome
(4) vesicle
• (5) rough endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) (6) Golgi
apparatus (7)
Cytoskeleton
• (8) smooth ER (9)
mitochondria (10)
vacuole
• (11) cytoplasm (12)
lysosome (13) centrioles
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Eukaryotes have organelles
• Much larger; more complex than prokaryotes
• Processes compartmentalized into organelles
– Nucleus
– Protein synthesis (ribosomes, RER, Golgi)
– Mitochondria; chloroplasts
– Lysosomes
– Plasma membranes have different modifications
– Cytoskeleton
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Background Information
Prokaryotes
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Differences between prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells
VDO
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Prokaryotic Cells
• Much smaller (microns) and more simple than
eukaryotes
• Prokaryotes are molecules surrounded by a
membrane and cell wall. (Plasma membrane
present. )
• They lack a true nucleus and don’t have membrane
bound organelles like mitochondria, etc.
• Large surface-to-volume ratio : nutrients can easily
and rapidly reach any part of the cells interior
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Shapes of Bacteria
• Cocci – spherical/ oval shaped major groups
• Bacilli – rod shaped
• Vibrios – comma shaped
• Spirilla – rigid spiral forms
• Spirochetes – flexible spiral forms
• Actinomycetes – branching filamentous bacteria
• Mycoplasmas – lack cell wall
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Actinomycetes Mycoplasmas
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Bacteria Have One of Three Cellular
Shapes
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Arrangement of bacteria: Cocci
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Reproduction*
• Prokaryotic cell division is
binary fission.
– Single DNA molecule that
first replicates.
– Attaches each copy to a
different part of the cell
membrane.
– Cell begins to pull apart.
– Following cytokinesis, there
are then two cells of identical
genetic composition.
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Anatomy of a Bacterial Cell
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Anatomy of A Bacterial Cell
• Outer layer – two components:
1. Rigid cell wall: porous and permeable to small
solute molecules.
2. Cytoplasmic (Cell/ Plasma) membrane –present
beneath cell wall
• Cytoplasm – cytoplasmic inclusions, ribosomes: (for
protein production), mesosomes .
• Additional structures – plasmid, slime layer,
capsule, flagella, fimbriae (pili), spores
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Structure of Bacteria
All cells have 3 main Components:
1.– DNA (‘nucleoid”)
• genetic instructions
2.– surrounding membrane (“cytoplasmic
membrane”)
• limits access to the cell’s interior
3– cytoplasm, between the DNA and the
Membrane:
• where all metabolic reactions occur. • Especially
protein synthesis, which occurs on the ribosomes
Bacteria also often have these features:
– cell wall: resists osmotic pressure
– flagella: movement
– pili: attachment, short, hair-like structures
-capsule : protection and biofilms
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Types of flagellar arrangement
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Bacteria-Additional Organelles
• Spores –
– Highly resistant resting stages
formed during adverse
environment (depletion of
nutrients)
– Formed inside the parent cell,
hence called Endospores
– Very resistant to heat, radiation
and drying and can remain
dormant for hundreds of years.
– Formed by bacteria like
Clostridia.
Eg: Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
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Spores….
• Spores can also survive very high or low temperatures and
high UV radiation for extended periods. This makes them
difficult to kill during sterilization.
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The cycle of spore formation and
germination
• At the beginning of spore formation, a septum forms,
separating the nascent spore from the rest of the cell and
all of the genetic material of the cell is copied into the
newly-forming cell. The spore contents are dehydrated
and the protective outer coatings are laid down. Once
the spore is matured it is released from the cell. On
germination, the spore contents rehydrate and a new
bacterium emerges and multiplies.
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What is a Stain
A stain is a substance that adheres to a cell, giving
the cell color.
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Difference Between Gram-Negative
and Gram-Positive Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria Gram-Positive Bacteria
More complex cell wall. Simple cell wall.
Thin peptidoglycan cell wall Thick peptidoglycan cell wall
layer. layer
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Microbial growth
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Factors Required for Bacterial Growth
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Factors Required for Bacterial Growth
• A) Environmental factors affecting growth
• 1. Nutrients.: (a) Hydrogen donors and acceptors, (b)
Carbon source, (c) Nitrogen source, (d) Minerals : sulphur
and phosphorus, (e) Growth factors: amino acids, purines,
pyrimidines; vitamins, (f) Trace elements: Mg, Fe,
• Growth Factors: Thiamine, nicotinic acid, folic acid.
• Heterotrophs require organic materials for growth, e.g.
proteins, carbohydrates, lipids as source of energy.
• 2. pH of the medium. Most pathogenic bacteria grow
best in pH 7.2-7.4. Vibrio cholerae can grow in pH 8.2-9.0.
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Factors Required for Bacterial Growth…
• 3. Gaseous Requirement: a): O2.
(i) Aerobes. They cannot grow without oxygen, e.g.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Microbial growth Phases…
• Lag phase
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REVIEW
• Which of the following mechanisms generate metabolic energy for
the growth of microorganisms?
A. Fermentation
B. Respiration
C. Photosynthesis
D. All of the above
Which of the following is the best example for aerobes?
A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B. Enterobacteriaceae
C. N. gonorrhoeae
D. N. meningitides