Florida Southwestern State College Heterotrophic Bacteria Discussion Discuss a few more things about your pathogen BASED ON what you studied in Chapters 5,

Florida Southwestern State College Heterotrophic Bacteria Discussion Discuss a few more things about your pathogen BASED ON what you studied in Chapters 5, 6 and 7. Make sure all of your responses are in your OWN words, not cut and paste from the internet.

Start by including your Pathogen name: (spelling counts)

Carbohydrate: (glycolysis, fermentation, Krebs cycle with or without an electron transport chain and alternative pathways to glycolysis are all ways bacteria get their energy requirements)

Glucose Metabolism. Which type of metabolic pathway is preferred for glucose metabolism? (1 point)
Aerobic, Anaerobic or Fermentation. Does your pathogen use oxygen as a final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain? OR If not, name the final electron acceptor that is used to make less ATP. OR Does your pathogen rely solely on fermentation to regenerate the NAD+? (2 points)

Protein and Lipid Metabolism:

Are there any specific enzymes your pathogen has for identification (examples include catalase, decarboxylase, dehydrogenase and any other identifying enzyme pathways for your bacteria)? If yes, name them. If no, explain further. (3 points)
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Biological Molecules. How does your pathogen obtain the requirements to build its biological macromolecules? (You are discussing where your bacteria gets its basic requirements for the elements of life – carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur). (2 points)
Oxygen requirements for your pathogen. Is it a facultative anaerobe, an obligate aerobe, an obligate anaerobe, microaerophile or aerotolerant anaerobe? (1 point)
How does your pathogen deal with the toxic effect of oxygen? (Name the enzymes discussed in lecture if it has them). (1 point)
Temperature. Discuss temperature requirements of your pathogen. Explain which main class of temperature it falls into (hyperthermophile, thermophile, mesophile, psychrotroph, psychrophile) and why. ( 2 points)
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Name two methods of control of growth for your pathogen in a patient with the disease and when confronted with the pathogen outside of the host. Be careful to specify if it is a physical method or a chemical method. (2 points)
Finally, you need to go and post two sentences on 3 other students’ posts. In your comments compare how your pathogens may be similar and different, at least one for each. Make sure you put the student’s name and their pathogen’s name in your comments. (2 points per correct comment)