Block B 2 Flashcards
gram-negative bacteria
5 classes of proteobacteria
alpha
beta
delta
gamma
epsilon
major lineage (phylum) of bacteria
proteobacteria
6 major orders of alphaproteobacteria
rhizobiales
rickettsiales
rhodobacterales
rhodospirillales
caulodobacterales
spingomonadales
shape of rickettsiales
small, coccoid or rod shaped
what type of parasites are rickettsiales
obligate intracellular
2 diseases that rickettsiales are causative of
typhus
rocky mountain spotted fever
sphingomonadales sub bac.
micavibrio -the vampire bug
sphingomonas
what type of bacteria is included with rhodobacterales
purple non sulfur bacteria
aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs
N fixing bacteria
what is the largest and most metabolically diverse order
rhizobiales
how many genera contain rhizobia
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what major order contains phototrophs, chemolithotrophs, symbionts, N fixing bacteria, and pathogens
rhizobiales
6 major orders of betaproteobacteria
burkholderiales
hydrogenophilales
methylophilales
niesseriales
nitrosomonadales
rhodocyclales
what major order of betaproteobacteria all grows aerobically
burkholderia
what major order of betaproteobacteria grow best as photoheterotroph
rhodocyclus
what produces a thick capsule and is important in wastewater treatment
zooglea
what strain of meningococcus causes meningitis
neisseria meningitidis