Characteristics of Life GALLERY WALK. What is Life? Know the 8 characteristics of life!
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1Characteristics of life
• Organization• Homeostasis• Reproduction and heredity• Growth and development• Metabolism• Interactions with environment• Adaptation
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2Kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaeabacteria
Bacteria at tip of a pin
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Organization
• Most are unicellular; some eubacteria form colonies
• No nucleus; no organelles, some w/specialized membranes
• Common shapes are spheres (cocci), rods (bacilli), and helices (spirilla and spirochetes)
• Size: 1-5 µm; largest one 0.75 mm
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Bacteria colonies
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Membranes in bacteria
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7bacilli
spirillacocci
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Marine bacterium Thiomargarita namibiensis
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9Homeostasis
• Cell wall– Material: Peptidoglycan in eubacteria; no
peptidoglycan in archaeabacteria (like eukaryotes)
– Amount of peptidoglycan defines Gram stain. Large amount Gram-positive; low amount Gram-negative
• Capsule• Pili• Flagella• Endospore
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10Bacilli with pili
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Diagram of flagella
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An anthrax endospore 12
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13Reproduction and heredity
• Single circle of DNA; no histones associated to DNA in eubacteria but they are observed in archaeabacteria as in eukaryotes; some prokaryotes have plasmids; DNA replication similar to eukaryoytes
• No sexual reproduction; not known in archaea• Binary fission; no mitosis or meiosis• Gene transfer through:
– Transformation– Conjugation– Transduction
• Mutation: main source of genetic variation
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Conjugation between two bacteria cells 14
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Growth and development
• In prokaryotes, the word growth mainly applies to multiplication of cells and increase in population size
• Generation times of 1-3 hours; some of 20 minutes
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16Metabolism
Classification based on energy and carbon sources
• Photoautotrophs: they use light as energy and CO2 as carbon source; e.g. cyanobacteria; in prokaryotes and photosynthetic eukaryotes
• Chemoautotrophs: use energy from inorganic chemicals and CO2 as carbon source; e.g. nitrifying bacteria; only in prokaryotes
• Photoheterotrophs: use light as energy and organic compounds as carbon source; e.g. Heliobacteria; only in some prokaryotes
• Chemoheterotrophs: use organic molecules as energy and carbon source; e.g. Eschericia coli; widely found in bacteria and eukaryotes
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17Metabolism cont.
• Prokaryotes vary on their use of O2 for cellular respiration (degradation of organic compounds in cell to generate ATP)– Obligate aerobes. Only use O2– Facultative aerobes. Can use O2 or engage in
fermentation– Obligate anaerobes. Are poisoned by O2.
Engage in fermentation or anaerobic respiration (cellular respiration powered by inorganic chemicals other than O2
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18Ecology• Highly abundant: Prochlorococcus found at
70,000-200,000 cells p/ml of seawater• Ubiquitous: up to 1500 m below Earth’s surface,
in oceans from the surface to depths of 10,000 m; temperature range: 0-110ºC
• Highly diverse: in human mouth up to 500 spp• Conditions for optimal growth (T, pH, salt
concentrations, nutrient sources) vary across spp– Most spp are highly specialized: Lactobacillus,
methanogens, extreme halophiles, extreme thermophiles
– Some species are generalists: Escherichia coli, nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria
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Extreme halophiles19
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Ecology cont.
• Competition is high among bacteria spp. They use antibiotic to inhibit growth of other spp
• Symbiotic with many species from other taxa(domains)– Mutualism: nitrogen fixing bacteria, Rhizobium– Comensalism: bacteria living on human skin– Parasitism: Pathogens like Streptococcus pneumoniae,
Clostridium botulinum, Salmonella
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Bioluminescence caused by chemical reaction of symbiotic bacteria21
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Adaptation
• High capacity for adaptation to new environments– Mutation can be rapidly propagated through
offspring since generation times are quite fast– Populations can adapt quickly to novel
environments through natural selection
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23Importance
• Prokaryotes are indispensable links in the recycling of chemical elements in ecosystems
• Cause of human diseases• Used in bioremediation• Metabolic factories for commercial
products• Great systems for molecular and
biochemical research
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24Phylogeny of prokaryotes