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    This document summarizes key concepts about microbial growth, nutrition, and genetics. It describes bacterial division occurring through binary fission and the four phases of a bacterial growth curve: lag, log, stationary, and death. It also outlines the different energy sources for microbes, including chemotrophs that gain energy from light or chemicals, and the categories of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria. The document concludes by defining the three main methods of horizontal gene transfer among bacteria: transformation, transduction, and conjugation.

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    This document summarizes key concepts about microbial growth, nutrition, and genetics. It describes bacterial division occurring through binary fission and the four phases of a bacterial growth curve: lag, log, stationary, and death. It also outlines the different energy sources for microbes, including chemotrophs that gain energy from light or chemicals, and the categories of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria. The document concludes by defining the three main methods of horizontal gene transfer among bacteria: transformation, transduction, and conjugation.

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    MICROBIAL GROWTH,NUTRITION,

    AND GENETICS
    MICROBIAL GROWTH
    Measured by the increase in population, either
    by measuring the increase in cell number or
    the increase in overall mass.

    BACTERIAL DIVISION
    Bacteria and archaea can only reproduce asexually, but
    eukaryotic microorganisms can reproduce either sexually
    or asexually. Binary fission is the process of one cell
    simply dividing into two. It is most commonly used in
    archaea and bacteria, which are both prokaryotic
    organisms. But it is also used in some eukaryotic protists.

    BACTERIAL GROWTH CURVE


    Lag Phase
    - the cells are adapting to a new environment and
    preparing for reproductive growth.
    Log Phase
    - Organisms are growing at the maximal possible
    given their genetic potential the nature of the medium,
    and the condition under which they are growing.
    Stationary Phase
    - The population growth rate decreases and the
    curve becomes horizontal.
    Death Phase
    - Cells are dying at an exponential rate, which may
    result from nutrient limitation and toxic waste
    accumulation.

    ENERGY SOURCE
    Chemotrophs - Gains energy from light.
    Phototrophs - Gains energy from chemical compounds.
    Autotrophic Bacteria - synthesize their own food from
    inorganic substances (H2O, CO2, and H2S salts).
    Heterotrophic Bacteria - obtain their-ready made food
    from organic substances, living or dead.
    The three main categories of chemohetrotrophs that differ in
    how they obtain their organic nutrients are saprophytic
    bacteria, parasitic bacteria, and symbiotic bacteria.
    bacteria use to obtain new genes.
    Horizontal Gene Transfer

    TRANSFORMATION TRANSDUCTION CONJUGATION

    H - Acquire DNA
    from their
    -Bacteriophages
    move genes from
    -Occurs when
    bacteria directly

    G surroundings. one
    another.
    cell to transfer genes
    to another cell.

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