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MICROBIOLOGY
WITH DISEASES BY BODY SYSTEM SECOND EDITION
Chapter 3
Cell Structure and Function
Lecture prepared by Mindy Miller-Kittrell, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Prokaryotic Cells: An Overview
• Prokaryotes
– Do not have membrane surrounding their DNA; lack a nucleus
– Lack various internal structures bound with phospholipid
membranes
– Are small, ~1.0 µm in diameter
– Have a simple structure
– Composed of bacteria and archaea
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Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells: An Overview
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Glycocalyces
– Gelatinous, sticky substance surrounding the outside of the cell
– Composed of polysaccharides, polypeptides, or both
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Two Types of Glycocalyces
– Capsule
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Composed of organized repeating units of organic chemicals
Firmly attached to cell surface
Protects cells from drying out
May prevent bacteria from being recognized and destroyed by host
– Slime layer
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Loosely attached to cell surface
Water soluble
Protects cells from drying out
Sticky layer that allows prokaryotes to attach to surfaces
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Flagella
– Are responsible for movement
– Have long structures that extend beyond cell surface
– Are not present on all prokaryotes
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Flagella
– Structure
– Composed of filament, hook, and basal body
– Flagellin protein (filament) deposited in a helix at the
lengthening tip
– Base of filament inserts into hook
– Basal body anchors filament and hook to cell wall by a rod
and a series of either two or four rings of integral proteins
– Filament capable of rotating 360º
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Flagella
– Function
– Rotation propels bacterium through environment
– Rotation reversible, can be clockwise or counterclockwise
– Bacteria move in response to stimuli (taxis)
– Runs
– Tumbles
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Fimbriae and Pili
– Rod-like proteinaceous extensions
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
• Fimbriae
– Sticky, bristlelike projections
– Used by bacteria to adhere to one another, to hosts, and
to substances in environment
– Shorter than flagella
– May be hundreds per cell
– Serve an important function in biofilms
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
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Tubules composed of pilin
Also known as conjugation pili
Longer than fimbriae but shorter than flagella
Bacteria typically only have one or two per cell
Mediate the transfer of DNA from one cell to another
(conjugation)
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Prokaryotic Cell Walls
• Provide structure and shape and protect cell from osmotic forces
• Assist some cells in attaching to other cells or in eluding antimicrobial
drugs
• Not present in animal cells, so can target cell wall of bacteria with
antibiotics
• Bacteria and archaea have different cell wall chemistry
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Prokaryotic Cell Wall
• Bacterial Cell Walls
– Most have cell wall composed of peptidoglycan
– Peptidoglycan is composed of sugars, NAG, and NAM
– Chains of NAG and NAM attached to other chains by tetrapeptide
crossbridges
– Bridges may be covalently bonded to one another
– Bridges may be held together by short connecting chains of
amino acids
– Scientists describe two basic types of bacterial cell walls: Grampositive and Gram-negative
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External Structures of Prokaryotic Cells
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Prokaryotic Cell Walls
• Bacterial Cell Walls
– Gram-positive cell walls
– Relatively thick layer of peptidoglycan
– Contain unique polyalcohols called teichoic acids
– Some covalently linked to lipids, forming lipoteichoic
acids that anchor peptidoglycan to cell membrane
– Retain crystal violet dye in Gram staining procedure; so
appear purple
– Up to 60% mycolic acid in acid-fast bacteria helps cells
survive desiccation
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Prokaryotic Cell Walls
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Prokaryotic Cell Walls
• Bacterial Cell Walls
– Gram-negative cell walls
– Have only a thin layer of peptidoglycan
– Bilayer membrane outside the peptidoglycan contains
phospholipids, proteins, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
– May be impediment to the treatment of disease
– Appear pink following Gram staining procedure
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Prokaryotic Cell Walls
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Prokaryotic Cell Walls
• Archaeal Cell Walls
– Do not have peptidoglycan
– Contains variety of specialized polysaccharides and proteins
– Gram-positive archaea stain purple
– Gram-negative archaea stain pink
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Prokaryotic Cytoplasmic Membranes
• Structure
– Referred to as phospholipid bilayer; composed of lipids and
associated proteins
– Approximately half composed of proteins that act as recognition
proteins, enzymes, receptors, carriers, or channels
– Integral proteins
– Peripheral proteins
– Glycoproteins
– Fluid mosaic model describes current understanding of
membrane structure
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Prokaryotic Cytoplasmic Membranes
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Prokaryotic Cytoplasmic Membranes
• Function
– Energy storage
– Harvest light energy in photosynthetic prokaryotes
– Selectively permeable
– Naturally impermeable to most substances
– Proteins allow substances to cross membrane
– Occurs by passive or active processes
– Maintain concentration and electrical gradient
– Chemicals concentrated on one side of the membrane or the other
– Voltage exists across the membrane
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Prokaryotic Cytoplasmic Membranes
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Prokaryotic Cytoplasmic Membranes
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Cytoplasm of Prokaryotes
• Cytosol – liquid portion of cytoplasm
• Inclusions – may include reserve deposits of chemicals
• Endospores – unique structures produced by some bacteria that are
a defensive strategy against unfavorable conditions
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Cytoplasm of Prokaryotes
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Cytoplasm of Prokaryotes
• Nonmembranous Organelles
– Ribosomes – sites of protein synthesis
– Cytoskeleton – plays a role in forming the cell’s basic shape
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Eukaryotic Cell Walls & Cytoplasmic Membranes
• Fungi, algae, and some protozoa have cell walls but no glycocalyx
• Composed of various polysaccharides
– Fungal cell walls composed of cellulose, chitin, and/or
glucomannan
– Algal cell walls composed of cellulose, proteins, agar,
carrageenan, silicates, algin, calcium carbonate, or a
combination of these
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Cytoplasm of Eukaryotes
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