2. CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS Flashcards
1
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Taxonomy is?
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Greek word and means “orderly arrangement”
2
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These names are Genus name and specific Epithet(species).
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Nomenclature
3
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Taxonomic Hierarchy domains in order:
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Kingdom, phylum, class,order, family, genus, species
4
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The study of the evolutionary history of microorganism
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Phylogeny
5
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‘……..” appears to have occurred among cells of all domains
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Horizontal gene transfer
6
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A population of cells with similar characteristics
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Prokaryotic species
7
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“………..” grown in laboratory media
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Culture
8
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“…….” : Population of cells derived from a single cell
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clone
9
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“……..” : genetically different cells within the same species
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strain
