Bacteria Genera Characteristics Ch.4 Flashcards
Actinobacteria (gram +/-)
Gram-positive bacteria
Chloroplasts probably derived from the ancestors of
Cyanobacteria
Have a blue, green, black, yellow or red pigmentation
Cyanobacteria
Spirochaetes (gram +/-)
Gram-negative bacteria
Source for important antibiotics
Streptomyces
Responsible for the oxygen revolution
Cyanobacteria
Also called actinomycetes
Actinobacteria
Can carry out photosynthesis
Cyanobacteria
Hyperthermophiles
Other phyla of bacteria
Largest and most diverse group of bacterial species
Proteobacteria
Form a system of branches filaments that resemble the growth of fungi
Actinobacteria
Have a thick skin
Firrmicutes
Half the size of rickettsiae and also cultivated only within living cells
Chlymediae
Firmicutes (gram +/-)
Gram-positive bacteria+ phylogenetically related to gram-positive species
Mitochondria of the Eukarya derived from an ancestor of the
Proteobacteria