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Bacterial Morphology and Structure
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SIZE OF BACTERIA
Unit for measurement :
Micron or micrometer, μm: 1μm=10-3mm
Size: Varies with kinds of bacteria, and also related to their age and
external environment.
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Shape of Bacteria
Cocci: sphere, 1μm
Bacilli: rods , 0.5-1 μm in width -3 μm in length
Spiral : 1~3 μm in length and 0.3-0.6 μm in width
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Cocci
Bacilli
Spiral
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Structure of Bacteria
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Essential structurescell wall
cell membrane
Cytoplasm
nuclear material
Special structures
Capsule
Flagella
Pili
Spore
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Cell wall
Location: outermost portion. 15-30 nm in thickness, 10%-25% of dry
weight.
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1884: Christian Gram: First publication for the Gram stain method)
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Functions of Cell Wall
Maintaining the cell's characteristic shape-the rigid wall compensates for the flexibility of the phospholipid membrane and keeps the cell from assuming a spherical shape
Countering the effects of osmotic pressure
Providing attachment sites for bacteriophages
Providing a rigid platform for surface appendages- flagella, fimbriae, and pili all anchored to the wall and extend beyond it
Play an essential role in cell division
Be the sites of major antigenic determinants of the cell surface。
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Wall-less forms of Bacteria.
When bacteria are treated with:
1) enzymes that are lytic for the cell wall e.g. lysozyme or
2) antibiotics that interfere with biosynthesis of peptidoglycan,
wall-less bacteria are often produced.
Usually these treatments generate non-viable organisms. Wall-less bacteria that can not replicate are referred to as protoplasts (if an outer membrane is not present).
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Cell membrane
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Function of Cell membrane
a. Selective permeability and transport of solutes
into cells
b. Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
c. Site of biosynthesis of DNA, cell wall polymers and
membrane lipids.
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Mesosomes
Mesosomes are specialized structures formed by convoluted invaginations of cytoplasmicmembrane.
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Cytoplasm
Composed largely of water, together withproteins, nucleic acid, lipids and small amountof sugars and salts
Ribosomes: numerous, 15-20nm in diameter with 70S; Ribosomes are the protein synthesizing factories of the cell.
They translate the information in mRNA into protein sequences.
distributed throughout the cytoplasm; sensitiveto streptomycin and erythromycin site ofprotein synthesis
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Plasmid
Plasmids are:
• Small,
• Circular,
• Extrachromosomal,
• Double-stranded DNA molecules
• They are capable of self-replication and
• Contain genes that confer some properties,such as antibiotic resistance,virulence factors
• Plasmids are not essential for cellular survival.
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Inclusions of
Bacteria
Inclusions are aggregates of various compounds
that are normally involved in storing energy
reserves or building blocks for the cell.
Inclusions accumulate when a cell is grown in
the presence of excess nutrients and they are
often observed under laboratory conditions.
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Nucleus
Lacking nuclear membrane, absence of
nucleoli, hence known as nucleic material or
nucleoid, one to several per bacterium.
Bacterial chromosome
Single
Circular
Compacted
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Capsules and slime layers
These are structures surrounding the outside of the cell
envelope.
When more defined, they are referred to as a capsule
when less defined as a slime layer.
They usually consist of polysaccharide; They are not
essential to cell viability and some strains within a
species will produce a capsule, whilst others do not.
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Capsules and slime layers
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Function of Capsules and slime layers(1)
Attachment :These structures are thought to help cells attach to their target environment.
Streptococcus mutans produces a slime layer in the presence of sucrose.
This results in dental plaque and many bacteria can stick to tooth surfaces and cause decay once S. mutans forms a slime layer.
Vibrio cholerae, the cause of cholera, also produces a glycocalyx which helps it attach to the intestinal villi of the host.
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Function of Capsules and slime layers(2)
Protection from phagocytic engulfment. Bacterial
pathogens are always in danger of being "eaten" by
phagocytes.
Streptococcus pneumoniae, when encapsulated is able
to kill 90% of infected animals, when non-encapsulated
no animals die.
The capsule has been found to protect the bacteria by
making it difficult for the phagocyte to engulf the
microbe.
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Function of Capsules and slime layers(3)
Resistance to drying.
Capsules and slime layers inhibit water from
escaping into the environment.
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Function of Capsules and slime layers(4)
Reservoir for certain nutrients.
Glycocalyx will bind certain ions and
molecules.
These can then be made available to the cell.
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Flagella Flagella consist of a number of proteins including flagellin The
diameter of a flagellum is thin, 20 nm, and long with some having a length 10 times the diameter of cell.
Due to their small diameter, flagella cannot be seen in the light microscope unless a special stain is applied.
Bacteria can have one or more flagella arranged in clumps or spread all over the cell.
Mono/trichous Amphi/trichous
Lopho/trichous
Peri/trichous
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Flagella
Used in Identification of
Bacteria
Contribute to Pathogenesis
Motility of bacteria
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Pili
Pili are hair-like projections
of the cell , They are known to be receptors for certain bacterialviruses.
Chemical nature is pilin
Sex pili: longer and coarser, Conjugation, as it is called, is one explanation for the rapid spread of drug resistance in many different species of bacteria.
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Spores
The mechanisms that account for this include the dehydration of the protoplast and the production of special proteins that protect the spores DNA.
Are capable of detecting their environment and under favorable nutrient conditions germinating and returning to the vegetative state.
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Spore
Used in Identification of Bacteria
Contribute to Pathogenesis
Resistance to adverse environmental
conditions