Bacteria: Type of Food Depends On Organism)
Bacteria: Type of Food Depends On Organism)
Bacteria: Type of Food Depends On Organism)
I. General characteristics
A. Most are single celled (there are multicellular cyanobacteria)
B. Heterotrophic and autotrophic
C. Prokaryotic
II. Structure
A. Page 431 figure 21-4 (Curtis)
1. Not all bacteria have flagella or capsules (slime layers)
III. Classification
A. Domain Archaea
1. Chemoautotrophs - thermoacidophiles (love hot and acid), methogens, extreme
halophiles (love salt).
B. Domain Eubacteria
1. Cyanobacteria and most other bacteria.
C. Eubacteria are classified according to shape, arrangement and chemical activity.
1. There are three basic shapes & three different arrangements. Page 429 (Curtis)
a) Coccus (i) = spherical shape
(1) single cocci, diplococci, streptococci and staphylococci
b) Bacillus (i) = rod shaped
(1) single bacillus, diplobacillus and streptobacilli.
(a) Strep throat is caused by a streptobacillus.
c) Spirillum (a)
IV. Movement
A. Many forms have flagella for movement.
B. Many have a sticky capsule (slime layer) that allows them to attach to their food.
V. Protection
A. Some produce toxins
B. Most are protected by numbers.
VI. Feeding and digestion
A. Bacteria secrete enzymes that digest their food and then they absorb the food back into
their cells.
B. Is this intra- or extracellular digestion?
VII. Classified according to living arrangements.
A. saprophytic organisms
1. live on dead things
2. Know the difference between a saprophyte and scavenger
B. Symbiotic
1. Parasitic organisms
a) Neisseria gonorrhea
2. Mutaulistic organisms
a) Many of the digestive tract bacteria produce some of the B vitamins and
vitamin K
3. Commensalistic organisms
a) The bacteria living on your skin.
VIII. Growth requirements for bacteria
A. Proper temperature
1. they like it warm, optimum range is between 26-38C
2. But some forms live at below 0C and as high as 95C.
B. Must have moisture
C. They grow best in the dark.
1. UV light kills bacteria
D. Must have food (Type of food depends on organism)
Kingdom Protista
Animal Like Protists
Protozoans
I. General Characteristics
A. unicellular
B. not distinctly plant or animal
II. Structure
A. depends on the phylum
B. Know Paramecium figure 22.16b page 391
III. Classification
A. Protists are classified according to their means of movement.
B. Zooflagellates (phylum Zoomastigophora figure 22.13 page 389), ameboids (phylum
Rhizopoda figure 22.15 page 390) ciliates (phylum Ciliophora figure 22.16 page 391)and
the non-motile sporozoans (phylum Apicomplexa).
IV. Digestion
A. Intracellular
B. What is the difference between this and bacteria?
V. Circulation, respiration and excretion
A. Accomplished by diffusion Why?
VI. Reproduction
1. "Red Algae"
2. Multicellular and live in deep waters
3. See Figure 22.8, page 384
F. Euglenophyta
1. Usually have one or two flagella
2. Most are freshwater organisms.
3. Autotrophic
4. Page 388 figure 22.12
III. Reproduction
A. Asexual
1. fragmentation
2. production of spores
B. Sexual
1. Conjugation in spirogyra
2. Alternation of generations in some green algae page 386
Fungus-like Protists
I. Mxyomycota Plasmodial Slime Molds page 393
II. Acrasiomycota Cellular Slime Molds page 393
III. Oomycota Mildews and water molds page 394 The late blight fungus
Kingdom Fungi
I. General characteristics
A. Many are multicellular
B. Parasitic or saprophytic
C. Cell wall is made of chiton
II. Structure (page 401)
A. The sporangiophores, stolons and rhizoids are all types of hypha
B. All of the hypha together is referred to as the mycelium
C. What is coenocytic cell structure? Hint on page 398
III. Classification
A. Division Zygomycota (page 401 figure 23.3)
1. spores are stored in spherical structures sporangia on a long stalk called a
sporangiophore.
2. Examples: Bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer
B. Division Basidiomycota (page 404 figure 23.6)
1. Spores are stored in club shaped structures called basidia
2. Examples: Mushrooms, smuts and rusts
C. Division Ascomycota (page 402 figure 23.4)
1. Spores stored in sack like structures called asci (each ascus contain 8 spores)
2. Examples: Aspergillus, Sordaria, mildews, and yeast (a unicellular fungi).
D. Division Deuteromycota (page 407 figure 23.8)
1. Do not reproduce sexually
2. Penicillium, ring worm and athletes foot.
IV. Protection
A. Some produce antibiotics to kill bacteria
B. Why do fungi want to kill bacteria?
V. Feeding
A. Saprophytic or parasitic
VI. Digestion
A. Extracellular
B. Secrete enzymes from the rhizoids and then reabsorb digested nutrients.
VII. Circulation, respiration and excretion
A. By diffusion
B. Why?
VIII. Reproduction
A. Asexual
1. Spores germinates and grows by mitosis
2. Hypha (N) form and specialize
3. Spore case forms and fills with spores
4. Spores are released when spore cased dries and cracks.
5. Why form spores? Why not just keep growing?
B. Compare sexual reproduction with asexual on page 401.
IX. Harmful effects
A. Destroy crops and spoil food - smuts, rusts, mildews and molds.
B. Cause diseases and other disorders - ring worm, athletes foot, yeast infections in female
reproductive tract, etc.
X. Beneficial effects
A. Help recycle dead organic material
B. Used in the production of antibiotics, bakery goods and alcoholic beverages and fuel.