{"id":1320,"date":"2017-01-18T22:33:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/?post_type=chapter&p=1320"},"modified":"2024-04-25T18:47:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T18:47:22","slug":"putting-it-together-prokaryotes","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/chapter\/putting-it-together-prokaryotes\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Prokaryotes","rendered":"Putting It Together: Prokaryotes"},"content":{"raw":"At the beginning of this lesson, we talked about a recent case of a superbug: a\u00a0strain of Klebsiella<\/em>\u00a0that was resistant\u00a0to all twenty-six of the available antibiotics.\r\n
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Think about It<\/h3>\r\nCan you guess how\u00a0this strain of\u00a0Klebsiella<\/em>\u00a0became\u00a0so resistant?\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"863404\"]Show Our Thoughts[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"863404\"]These resistant bacteria are known as \"superbugs\": they result from the overuse of antibiotics. As more and more antibiotics are used, only the bacteria who can\u00a0survive the antibiotics survive, and they pass this resistance on to later generations. With this knowledge, we can guess that the bacteria originated from an area with particularly high antibiotic overuse. Bacteria can also share resistance genes across species lines, so antibiotic resistance in general increases, even if an antibiotic is only used on one or two species.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nRemember, prokaryotes represent a broad spectrum of organisms.\u00a0This video\u00a0teaches us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic domains of life, and one of the four kingdoms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists (which we'll learn\u00a0about in the next module). They are by far the most abundant organisms on Earth, and are our oldest, oddest relatives.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/vAR47-g6tlA\r\n

Flashcards: Prokaryotes Vocabulary<\/h2>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nIt is tempting to view different topics as completely separate, but in fact the ideas we cover in this course are often connected to one another. If you don\u2019t retain the vocabulary from module to module, those connections can be missed. As you continue on, remember to come back and review the terms you\u2019ve learned in order to increase your depth of knowledge.\r\n\r\n