Bacterial Diversity Flashcards
Which phylum is the largest, most diverse phylum of Gram-negatives?
Proteobacteria
What are the classes of Proteobacteria?
alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
What is the only phylum that contains bacteria that carry out true oxygenic phototrophy?
cyanobacteria
What is the only phylum that contains bacteria that has multicellularity?
cyanobacteria
What is the phylum that contains bacteria coiled morphology with axial filaments?
spirochetes
Which phylum has unusual cell wall (no PTG)?
Chlamydiae
Which phylum is the budding bacteria that blurs line between cell type (since one genus has membrane bound DNA)?
Planctomycetes
There are two phyla that participate in anoxygenic photosynthesis. What are they and which releases sulfur as a biproduct and which does not?
chloroflexi (releases sulfur) and chlorobi (doesnt release sulfur)
Which phylum Includes only two species of true extremophiles?
Deinococus-Thermus
Which phylum Includes bacteria without cell walls and includes endospore formers ?
Firmicutes
Their cute, naked without their cell wall
Which phylum Includes acid fast bacteria?
Actinobacteria
What is the largest class of Proteobacteria and it includes the enteric bacteria?
Gamma
Which class of Proteobacteria contain some bacteria that are predatory to other bacteria?
Delta
Which class of Proteobacteria are icroaerophilic and could be flagellated helical or vibrio cells?
Epsilon
To which phylum do the orders Clostridiales, Bacillales, Lactobacillales, and Mycoplasmatales?
Firmicutes
Which phylum contains the mycobacterium causing leprosy?
Actinobacteria
Which genus is the largest known bacteria?
Thiomargarita (big as a fly eye)
Which genus of bacteria causes stomach ulcers? To which class and phylum do they belong?
Heliobacterocommon; Class Epsilon, Phylum Proteobacteria
What are the pathogenic genus (plural) of Spirochetes? What illnesses do they cause?
Treponema (syphilis); Borrelia (Lyme disease); Leptospira (Leptospirosis)
What is the genus of bacteria that has membrane bound DNA? To what phylum does it belong?
Gemmata; Planctomycetes
Which phylum of bacteria is extremely important for the microbiome? What are two genus in this regard?
Bacteroidetes; Prevotella, Bacteroides
What is the phylum, order and genus of the bacteria causing anthrax poisoning, much food borne illness, and can be used as an insecticide?
Firmicutes, Bacillales, Bacillus
This genus is known for contaminating dairy products. Give the order and phylum as well.
Phylum: Firmicutes,
Order: Lactobacillales,
Genus: Listeria
This pathogenic genus is known to cause walking pneumonia. Give the phylum and order too.
Phylum: Firmicutes,
Order: Mycoplasmatales,
Genus: Mycoplasma
Which genus of bacteria produces most of our antibiotics? Give the phylum too.
Streptomyces; Actinobacteria
Which genus of bacteria contains the lactic acid fermenting rods, and is used in production of pickles, buttermilk, and yogurt? Give the order and phylum too.
Phylum: Firmicutes
Order: Bacillus
Genus: Lactobacillus
Which genus known for reducing sulfur in massive quantities? Give the class and phylum as well.
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Delta
Genus: Desulfovibrio
What is the plague-causing bacteria (phylum, class, order, and genus)
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma
Order: Enterobacteriales
Genus: Yersinia
