Bacterial Taxonomy

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arrangement or catalogue of related organisms into logical groups

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taxonomy

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importance of taxonomy

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1) establish criteria in identification
2) arrange related organisms into groups
3) provide information on how they evolve
4) provide orderly basis of identification and placing related organisms into groups and categories

Question 3

groups of related organisms

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taxa/taxon

Question 4

classification that reflects GENETIC SIMILARITY and evolutionary relatedness

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PHYLOGENETIC classification system

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classification based on CONVENIENT OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS

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PHENETIC classification system

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seven hierarchical categories (Ranks or Levels)

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Kingdom
Phylum
Class 
Order
Family 
Genus
Species
Subspecies
KP COF GSS

Question 7

naming of organisms

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nomenclature

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developed the two name system

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Carolus Linneaus

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the two level of taxa

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Genus and species

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collection of strains

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species

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genetic variant or subtype of a microorganism

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strain

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three distinct but highly interrelated disciplines

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classification, nomenclature, identification of organisms

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• MOST BASIC of the taxonomic groups
• can be defined
  as a collection of bacterial strains that share common
  physiologic and genetic features and differ notably from
  other microbial species

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species

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considered the same species with

the same characteristic genetic makeup that displays differential physiologic characteristics

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biotype

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encompasses a group of organisms that may
contain multiple genera and consists of organisms with
a common attribute

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family

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suffix to the root name of taxa “Family”

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-aceae

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naming of microorganisms according
to established rules and guidelines set forth in the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (ICNB) or
the Bacteriological Code (BC)

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nomenclature

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ICNB

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International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria

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BC

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Bacterial Code

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system of nomenclature

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binomial system

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the process by which a microorganism’s key features are delineated

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microbial identification

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a method of identification that focuses on characteristics that relate to an organism’s genetic
makeup, including the nature of the organism’s genes
and constituent nucleic acids

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genotypic characteristics

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a method of identification that base on features beyond the genetic level
and include both readily observable characteristics and
characteristics that may require extensive analytic procedures to be detected

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phenotypic characteristics

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Ability of an organism to grow at various temperatures, in the presence of OXYGEN and other gases, at
VARIOUS PH LEVELS, or in the presence of other IONS and SALTS, such as NaCl

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environmental requirements

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Ability of an organism to utilize various CARBON and NITROGEN sources as NUTRITIONAL SUBSTRATES when
grown under specific environmental conditions

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nutritional requirements

Question 26

Establishment of the molecular constituents of the cell that are typical of a particular taxon, or organism
group, by various analytic methods. Some examples include cell wall components, components of the
cell membrane, and enzymatic content of the microbial cell

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subcellular properties