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Foundations in

MicrobiologySeventh Edition

Chapter 4

An Introduction to the

Prokaryotic Cell, Its

Organization, and Members

Lecture PowerPoint to accompany

Talaro

Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.

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4.1 Characteristics of Cells and Life

All living things (single and multicellular) are

made of cells that share some common

characteristics:

– Basic shape – spherical, cubical, cylindrical

– Internal content – cytoplasm, surrounded by a

membrane

– DNA chromosome(s), ribosomes, metabolic

capabilities

Two basic cell types: eukaryotic and prokaryotic

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Characteristics of Cells

Eukaryotic cells: animals, plants, fungi, and protists

– Contain membrane-bound organelles that compartmentalize the cytoplasm and perform specific functions

– Contain double-membrane bound nucleus with DNA chromosomes

Prokaryotic cells: bacteria and archaea

– No nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles

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Characteristics of Life

• Reproduction and heredity – genome composed of DNA packed in chromosomes; produce offspring sexually or asexually

• Growth and development

• Metabolism – chemical and physical life processes

• Movement and/or irritability – respond to internal/external stimuli; self-propulsion of many organisms

• Cell support, protection, and storage mechanisms – cell walls, vacuoles, granules and inclusions

• Transport of nutrients and waste

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4.3 Prokaryotic Profiles

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Prokaryotic Profiles

• Structures that are essential to the functions

of all prokaryotic cells are a cell membrane,

cytoplasm, ribosomes, and one (or a few)

chromosomes

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Figure 4.1 Structure of a bacterial cell

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4.3 External Structures

• Appendages

– Two major groups of appendages:

• Motility – flagella and axial filaments (periplasmic

flagella)

• Attachment or channels – fimbriae and pili

• Glycocalyx – surface coating

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Flagella

• 3 parts:

– Filament – long, thin, helical structure composed of protein

Flagellin

– Hook – curved sheath

– Basal body – stack of rings firmly anchored in cell wall

• Rotates 360o

• Number and arrangement of flagella varies:

– Monotrichous, lophotrichous, amphitrichous, peritrichous

• Functions in motility of cell through environment

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Figure 4.2 Flagella

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Flagellar Arrangements

1. Monotrichous – single flagellum at one end

2. Lophotrichous – small bunches emerging

from the same site

3. Amphitrichous – flagella at both ends of cell

4. Peritrichous – flagella dispersed over surface

of cell; slowest

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Figure 4.3 Electron micrographs of

flagellar arrangements

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Flagellar Responses

Guide bacteria in a direction in response to external stimulus:

Chemical stimuli – chemotaxis; positive and negative

Light stimuli – phototaxis

Signal sets flagella into rotary motion clockwise or counterclockwise:

Counterclockwise – results in smooth linear direction –run

Clockwise – tumbles

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Figure 4.4 The operation of flagella

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Figure 4.5 Chemotaxis in bacteria

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Periplasmic Flagella

• Internal flagella, enclosed in the space

between the outer sheath and the cell wall

peptidoglycan

• Produce cellular motility by contracting and

imparting twisting or flexing motion

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Figure 4.6 Periplasmic flagella

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Fimbriae

• Fine, proteinaceous, hairlike bristles

emerging from the cell surface

• Function in adhesion to other cells and

surfaces

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Pili• Rigid tubular structure made of pilin protein

• Found only in gram-negative cells

• Function to join bacterial cells for partial DNA

transfer called conjugation

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Glycocalyx

• Coating of molecules external to the cell wall,

made of sugars and/or proteins

• Two types:

1. Slime layer - loosely organized and attached

2. Capsule - highly organized, tightly attached

• Functions:

– Protect cells from dehydration and nutrient loss

– Inhibit killing by white blood cells by phagocytosis,

contributing to pathogenicity

– Attachment - formation of biofilms

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Figure 4.11 Biofilm on a catheter

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4.4 The Cell Envelope

• External covering outside the cytoplasm

• Composed of two basic layers:

– Cell wall and cell membrane

• Maintains cell integrity

• Two different groups of bacteria demonstrated by Gram stain:

– Gram-positive bacteria: thick cell wall composed primarily of peptidoglycan and cell membrane

– Gram-negative bacteria: outer cell membrane, thin peptidoglycan layer, and cell membrane

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Figure 4.12

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Insert figure 4.12Comparative cell envelopes

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Structure of Cell Walls

• Determines cell shape, prevents lysis

(bursting) or collapsing due to changing

osmotic pressures

• Peptidoglycan is primary component:

– Unique macromolecule composed of a

repeating framework of long glycan chains

cross-linked by short peptide fragments

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Figure 4.13 Peptidoglycan

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Gram-Positive Cell Wall

• Thick, homogeneous sheath of peptidoglycan

– 20-80 nm thick

– Includes teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid:

function in cell wall maintenance and enlargement

during cell division; move cations across the cell

envelope; stimulate a specific immune response

– Some cells have a periplasmic space, between the

cell membrane and cell wall

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Figure 4.12

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Gram-Negative Cell Wall

• Composed of an outer membrane and a thin peptidoglycan layer

• Outer membrane is similar to cell membrane bilayer

structure

– Outermost layer contains lipopolysaccharides and lipoproteins (LPS)

• Lipid portion (endotoxin) may become toxic when released during infections

• May function as receptors and blocking immune response

• Contain porin proteins in upper layer – regulate molecules entering and leaving cell

– Bottom layer is a thin sheet of peptidoglycan

• Periplasmic space above and below peptidoglycan

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Table 4.1 Comparison of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative

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The Gram Stain

• Differential stain that distinguishes cells with a gram-positive cell wall from those with a gram-negative cell wall

– Gram-positive - retain crystal violet and stain purple

– Gram-negative - lose crystal violet and stain red from safranin counterstain

• Important basis of bacterial classification and identification

• Practical aid in diagnosing infection and guiding drug treatment

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Nontypical Cell Walls

• Some bacterial groups lack typical cell wall structure, i.e., Mycobacterium and Nocardia

– Gram-positive cell wall structure with lipid mycolic acid (cord factor)

• Pathogenicity and high degree of resistance to certain chemicals and dyes

• Basis for acid-fast stain used for diagnosis of infections caused by these microorganisms

• Some have no cell wall, i.e., Mycoplasma

– Cell wall is stabilized by sterols

– Pleomorphic

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Figure 4.15 Extreme variation in shape of

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Cell Membrane Structure

• Phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins –

fluid mosaic model

• Functions in:– Providing site for energy reactions, nutrient processing, and

synthesis

– Passage of nutrients into the cell and the discharge of wastes

• Cell membrane is selectively permeable

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Figure 4.16 Cell membrane structure

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4.5 Bacterial Internal Structures

• Cell cytoplasm:

– Dense gelatinous solution of sugars, amino acids,

and salts

– 70-80% water

• Serves as solvent for materials used in all cell functions

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• Chromosome

– Single, circular, double-stranded DNA

molecule that contains all the genetic

information required by a cell

– Aggregated in a dense area called the nucleoid

• DNA is tightly coiled

Bacterial Internal Structures

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Figure 4.17 Chromosome structure

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Bacterial Internal Structures

• Plasmids– Small circular, double-stranded DNA

– Free or integrated into the chromosome

– Duplicated and passed on to offspring

– Not essential to bacterial growth and metabolism

– May encode antibiotic resistance, tolerance to toxic metals, enzymes, and toxins

– Used in genetic engineering - readily manipulated and transferred from cell to cell

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Bacterial Internal Structures

• Ribosomes

– Made of 60% ribosomal RNA and 40% protein

– Consist of two subunits: large and small

– Prokaryotic differ from eukaryotic ribosomes in

size and number of proteins

– Site of protein synthesis

– Present in all cells

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Figure 4.18 Prokaryotic ribosome

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Bacterial Internal Structures

• Inclusions and granules

– Intracellular storage bodies

– Vary in size, number, and content

– Bacterial cell can use them when environmental

sources are depleted

– Examples: glycogen, poly b-hydroxybutyrate, gas

vesicles for floating, sulfur and phosphate

granules (metachromatic granules), particles of

iron oxide

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Figure 4.19 Bacterial inclusion bodies

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Bacterial Internal Structures

• Cytoskeleton

– Many bacteria possess an internal network of

protein polymers that is closely associated with

the cell wall

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Bacterial Internal Structures• Endospores

– Inert, resting, cells produced by some G+ genera: Clostridium, Bacillus, and Sporosarcina

• Have a 2-phase life cycle:

– Vegetative cell – metabolically active and growing

– Endospore – when exposed to adverse environmental conditions; capable of high resistance and very long-term survival

– Sporulation - formation of endospores

• Hardiest of all life forms

• Withstands extremes in heat, drying, freezing, radiation, and chemicals

• Not a means of reproduction

– Germination - return to vegetative growth

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Figure 4.22 Sporulation cycle

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Endospores

• Resistance linked to high levels of calcium and dipicolinic acid

• Dehydrated, metabolically inactive

• Thick coat

• Longevity verges on immortality, 250 million years

• Resistant to ordinary cleaning methods and boiling

• Pressurized steam at 120oC for 20-30 minutes will destroy

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4.6 Bacterial Shapes,

Arrangements, and Sizes

• Vary in shape, size, and arrangement but typically described by one of three basic shapes:

– Coccus – spherical

– Bacillus – rod

• Coccobacillus – very short and plump

• Vibrio – gently curved

– Spirillum – helical, comma, twisted rod,

• Spirochete – spring-like

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Figure 4.23 Common bacterial shapes

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Table 4.2 Comparison of Spiral-Shaped Bacteria

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Bacterial Shapes, Arrangements, and

Sizes• Arrangement of cells is dependent on pattern of

division and how cells remain attached after division:

– Cocci:

• Singles

• Diplococci – in pairs

• Tetrads – groups of four

• Irregular clusters

• Chains

• Cubical packets (sarcina)

– Bacilli:

• Diplobacilli

• Chains

• Palisades

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Figure 4.25 Arrangement of cocci

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Figure 4.26 The dimensions of bacteria

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4.7 Classification Systems

in the Prokaryotae

1. Microscopic morphology

2. Macroscopic morphology – colony appearance

3. Bacterial physiology

4. Serological analysis

5. Genetic and molecular analysis

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Bacterial Taxonomy Based on

Bergey’s Manual

• Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology –

five volume resource covering all known

prokaryotes

– Classification based on genetic information –

phylogenetic

– Two domains: Archaea and Bacteria

– Five major subgroups with 25 different phyla

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Major Taxonomic Groups of Bacteria

• Domain Archaea – primitive, adapted to extreme habitats and modes of nutrition

• Domain Bacteria:

– Phylum Proteobacteria – Gram-negative cell walls

– Phylum Firmicutes – mainly gram-positive with low G + C content

– Phylum Actinobacteria – Gram-positive with high G + C content

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Figure 4.27 Universal phylogenetic tree

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Table 4.3 General Classification Scheme

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Diagnostic Scheme for Medical Use

• Uses phenotypic qualities in identification

– Restricted to bacterial disease agents

– Divides bacteria based on cell wall structure,

shape, arrangement, and physiological traits

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Species and Subspecies

• Species – a collection of bacterial cells which share an overall similar pattern of traits in contrast to other bacteria whose pattern differs significantly

• Strain or variety – a culture derived from a single parent that differs in structure or metabolism from other cultures of that species (biovars, morphovars)

• Type – a subspecies that can show differences in antigenic makeup (serotype or serovar), susceptibility to bacterial viruses (phage type) and in pathogenicity (pathotype)

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Prokaryotes with Unusual Characteristics

• Free-living nonpathogenic bacteria

• Photosynthetic bacteria – use photosynthesis, can synthesize required nutrients from inorganic compounds

– Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)

• Gram-negative cell walls

• Extensive thylakoids with photosynthetic chlorophyll pigments and gas inclusions

– Green and purple sulfur bacteria

• Contain photosynthetic pigment bacteriochlorophyll

• Do not give off oxygen as a product of photosynthesis

– Gliding, fruiting bacteria

• Gram-negative

• Glide over moist surfaces

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Figure 4.28 Structure of cyanobacteria

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Figure 4.29 Photosynthetic bacteria

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Unusual Forms of

Medically Significant Bacteria

• Obligate intracellular parasites

– Rickettsias

• Very tiny, gram-negative bacteria

• Most are pathogens that alternate between mammals and blood-sucking arthropods

• Obligate intracellular pathogens

• Cannot survive or multiply outside of a host cell

• Cannot carry out metabolism on their own

• Rickettsia rickettisii – Rocky Mountain spotted fever

• Rickettsia typhi – endemic typhus

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Unusual Forms of

Medically Significant Bacteria

– Chlamydias

• Tiny

• Obligate intracellular parasites

• Not transmitted by arthropods

• Chlamydia trachomatis – severe eye infection and

one of the most common sexually transmitted

diseases

• Chlamydia pneumoniae – lung infections

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4.8 Archaea: The Other Prokaryotes• Constitute third Domain Archaea

• Seem more closely related to Domain Eukarya than to

bacteria

• Contain unique genetic sequences in their rRNA

• Have unique membrane lipids and cell wall construction

• Live in the most extreme habitats in nature,

extremophiles

• Adapted to heat, salt, acid pH, pressure, and atmosphere

• Includes: methane producers, hyperthermophiles,

extreme halophiles, and sulfur reducers

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Archaea

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Table 4.5 Comparison of Three Cellular Domains

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