VOCAB

Aerobic-requiring the presence of oxygen to live

 

Amino Acids- basic organic molecules that combine to form proteins

 

Anneal- to recombine at low temperature after separating by heat

 

Chloramphenicol- a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble antibiotics, used in the treatment of infections

 

Chloroflexus aurantiacus- bacteria isolated from hot springs

 

Culture - the cultivation of microorganisms, as bacteria, or of tissues, for scientific study, medicinal use, etc

 

Cycloserine Streptomycin- an antibiotic effective against a wide range of bacteria

 

Extremophile- an organism adapted to living in conditions of extreme temperatures, pressure, or chemical concentration

 

Filamentous - a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage; especially: an elongated thin series of cells attached one to another or a very long thin cylindrical single cell (as of some algae, fungi, or bacteria)

 

Glutamate- salt or ester of glutamic acid

 

Isolates - A population of bacteria or other cells that has been isolated

 

NH4+- ammonium; a compound radical having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals

 

Novobiocin- an antibiotic used to treat gram-positive bacteria

 

Organic Acid- an organic compound with acidic properties

 

Osmotic Lysis- the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semi permeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane

 

Paralvinella sulfincola- a species of worm that thrives on undersea hot-water vents

 

Pellicle- a thin skin or membrane

 

Penicillin- antibiotics with low toxicity, produced naturally by molds

 

Polymerase Chain Reaction- a technique for copying DNA sequences

 

Pompeii worm- a deep sea worm found at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean

 

Primer- a segment of DNA or RNA that is complementary to a given DNA sequence and that is needed to initiate replication by DNA polymerase

 

Snottites- colonies of bacteria that hang from cave walls and have the consistency of "snot" or mucus

 

Spheroplast - A bacterial cell whose cell wall is absent or deficient, causing it to have a spherical form

 

Tetracycline- an antibiotic used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections