Bacteria Flashcards

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Proteobacteria

A
Alpha
Beta
Delta
Gamma
Epsilon
All gram negative!
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Epsilonproteobacteria

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Smallest class
many uncultured
EX-Helicobater and Campylobacter

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Deltaproteobacteria

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sulfate reducers
prey on other microbes
EX- Myxobacteria

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Gammaproteobacteria

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largest class 
EX- purple sulfur bacteria
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Alphaproteobacteria

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EX- purple non sulfur bacteria

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Low gram positive bacteria

A

Firmicutes
Mycoplasms
Clostrida
Bacilli and lactobacilli

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High gram positive bacteria

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Actinobacteria

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Actinobacteria

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high gram positive
huge genus
EX- Streptomuces
-Mycobhacterium

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Cyanobacteria

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Gram negative

largest/ most diverse group of photosyn

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10
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Chlorobi

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Green sulfur bacteria

deep sea thermal vents

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Spirochaetes

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GN-
Hetertrophic bac with helical shape
flagellum wrapped around cell, twist through water

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Bacteroidetes

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anaerobic chemohetertrophs

found in oral cavity/ intestinal tract of mammals

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Deinococcus/ Thermus

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mesophillic aerobic heterotroph
resistant to drying and radiation
source of Taq polymerase, used in PCR

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Chloroflexos

A

GN-
Green nonsulfur bacteria
anoxygenic photosynthesis

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Aquaficae/ Aquificales

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hyperthermophilic
H2 oxidizing
oxygen is used as e- acceptor

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