Microbiology UTA 2460 Chapter 4 Correctly Answered Questions| UpToDate | Already Graded A+

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Prokaryotes

🗸🗸🗸: Bacteria and Archaea



ubiquitous

🗸🗸🗸: present, appearing, or found everywhere



Places prokaryotes are found:

🗸🗸🗸: hot springs, ice caps, deep ocean, skin and mucosal surfaces



TRUE OR FALSE: Prokaryotes are adaptable and resilient

🗸🗸🗸: TRUE

-they have the ability to switch metabolic or respiration methods



list 3 things prokaryotes provide for our habitats

🗸🗸🗸: -stability of ecosystems

-carbon/nitrogen fixation

-environmental cleanup



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,Some prokaryotes are bad for us, these cause:

🗸🗸🗸: -human pathogens

-climate change



symbiotic relationship

🗸🗸🗸: The relationship between two species that live in close association with each other



Mutualism

🗸🗸🗸: organism A: benefitted

organism B: benefitted



Amensalism

🗸🗸🗸: organism A: harmed

organism B: unaffected



Commensalism

🗸🗸🗸: organism A: benefitted

organism B: unaffected



Neutralism

🗸🗸🗸: organism A: unaffected

organism B: unaffected



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, Parasitism

🗸🗸🗸: organism A: benefitted

organism B: harmed



examples of symbiotic environments

🗸🗸🗸: -spores in soil

-skin cells as food source

-antimicrobial defense on skin

-gut nutrient metabolism



polymicrobial

🗸🗸🗸: prokaryotes that live in communities



cooperative communities result in

🗸🗸🗸: biofilm formation



competing communities result in

🗸🗸🗸: scarce resources



microbiome

🗸🗸🗸: prokaryotic + eukaryotic microbes

-resident

-transient
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