2. Composition of microbial world 1 Flashcards
1
Q
how are microorganisms named and classified?
A
- two word name
– latin or greek - 1st name
– genus - 2nd name
– species (not capitalised)
2
Q
what was discoverd in 1864
A
- Louis Pastuer
– pasteurisation
3
Q
what was discovered in 1929?
A
- penicillin
4
Q
what was discovered in 1937?
A
- division of prokaryotes and eukaryotes
– by Chatton
5
Q
what was discovered in 1953?
A
- double helix structure of DNA
– watson and crick
6
Q
what was discovered in 1969?
A
- Taq DNA polymerase
– by tom brock
7
Q
what was discovered in 1977?
A
- archaea
– by carl woese and george fox
8
Q
what was discovered in 1990?
A
- classification of living things
– by carl woese
9
Q
what is the classification of a red fox?
A
- domain
– eukarya - kingdom
– animalia - phylum
– chordata - class
– mamalia - order
– carnivora - family
– canidae - genus
– vulpes - species
– vulpes
10
Q
what was discovered in 1988?
A
- PCR
– by kary mullis
11
Q
what was discovered in 1990?
A
- <10% of microbes culutrable
- “great plate count anomaly”
12
Q
what was discovered in 1995?
A
- first bacterial genome sequenced
– hemophilus
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