Group 2
Lipopolysacharide
Septic Shock/Endotoxin shock
Gram negative
Gram positive
Wall teichoic acid
Lipoteichoic acid
Structures external to the cell wall
Fimbriae and Pilli
Pili
Fimbriae
Axial filaments (endoflagella)
Eg- Treponema pallidum & Borrelia burgdorferi
Arrangements-Flagella
Types of Motility
Swarm
Tumbles
Subtopic
Monotrichous
Lophotrichous
Glycocaly
Slime layer
Capsules
Introduction to Prokaryotes
Procaryotes- organisms that lak a cell nucleus
Archaea
Cell wall w/o muramic acid
Membrane lipids- esther-linked banched fatty aliphatic chains
RNA w/o thymidine in tRNA
bacteria
Cell wall
Membrane lipid- ester linked straight chained acids
RNA
Size, shapes, and arrangements
Arrangement
vibrio, spirillum & spirochetes
Bacilli
Diplobacilli & streptobacilli
Cocci
Diplococci, staphylococci & streptococci
Shape
Additional shape
Unusual
Star-shaped, square & triangular
No fixed shape
Cellwall-less, eg- Mycoplasma Ureaplasma
Pleomorphic
Various shapes, eg- Corynebacteria
Spiral
Bacilllus
Coccus
