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C2 - Taxonomy Flashcards

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area of biologic science comprising three distinct but highly interrelated disciplines

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Taxonomy

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What are the three distinct but highly interrelated disciplines associated with taxonomy?

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  • Classification
  • nomenclature
  • identification of organisms
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→ orderly classification and grouping of organisms into taxa (categories)
→based on similarities and differences in genotype and phenotype

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Taxonomy

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laid down the basic rules for taxonomic categories

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Carl von Linne

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it is the method for organizing microorganisms into groups or taxa based on similar morphologic, physiologic, and genetic traits

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classification

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(classification) Bacteria and Archaebacteria

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Domain

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(classification) contains similar divisions or phyla

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Kingdom

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(classification) contains similar classes; equivalent to the Division taxa

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Phylum

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(classification) contains similar orders

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Class

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(classification) contains similar families

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Order

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(classification) contains similar genera

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Family

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(classification) contains similar species based on various genetic and phenotypic characteristics shared among the species

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Genus

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(classification) specific epithet; most basic of the taxonomic groups and 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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(classification) taxonomic subgroups within a species

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Subspecies

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(classification) considered the same species with the same characteristic genetic makeup that displays differential physiologic characteristics

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Biotype

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(classification) based on serologic differences

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Serotype

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Species definitions are distinguished using:

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DNA profiling, 16S rRNA sequence in combination with phenotypic traits

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naming of microorganisms according to established rules and guidelines set forth in the:

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International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria/ Bacteriological Code

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→ Process by which a microorganism’s key features are delineated
→ Process of discovering and recording the traits of organisms so that they may be placed in an overall taxonomic scheme

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identification

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(characteristics) 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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(characteristics) example of genotypic method for measuring the degree of relatedness between two microorganisms

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DNA RNA base sequencing, DNA base composition ratio

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(characteristics) based 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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examples of phenotypic characteristics

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macroscopic and microscopic morphology, staining characteristics, nutritional requirements, physiologic and biochemical characteristics, antibiotic/chemical susceptibility or resistance

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(phenotypic characteristics) colony morphology on media

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macroscopic

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(phenotypic characteristics) size, shape, arrangement into groups or chains of organisms

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microscopic

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(phenotypic characteristics) gram-positive or gram-negative

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staining characteristics

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(phenotypic characteristics) ability of an organism to grow at various temperatures, i the presence of oxygen and other gases, at various pH levels, or in the presence of other ions and salts

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environmental requirements

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(phenotypic characteristics) 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

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(phenotypic characteristics) exhibition of a characteristic inherent resistance to specific antibiotics, heavy metals, or toxins

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resistance profiles

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(phenotypic characteristics) establishment of profile of microorganisms by various serologic and immunologic methods

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antigenic properties

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(phenotypic characteristics) establishment of the molecular constituents if the cell that are typical of a particular taxon

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subcellular properties

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Major Characteristics Used in Taxonomy

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classical, molecular characteristics

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Major Characteristics Used in Taxonomy that is useful in routine identification of phylogenetic information

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classical characteristics

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Major Characteristics Used in Taxonomy Based on the study of nucleic acid composition and proteins

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molecular characteristics

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Organisms fall into three distinct groups based on type of cell organization and function:

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bacteria, archaea, eukarya

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closely related to eukaryotic cells than to prokaryotic cells; found in microorganisms that grow under extreme environmental conditions

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archaebacteria

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archaebacteria cell walls lack peptidoglycan but they mostly contain a protein or glycoprotein wall structure called:

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S-layer

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types of reproduction by archaebacteria

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binary fission, fragmentation, budding

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examples of archaebacteria produce through binary fission, fragmentation or budding

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Methanospirillum, Halobacterium, Sulfolobus

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→can stain gram-positive and gram-negative
→Cellular structure include the cell wall, plasma membrane, ribosomes and flagella
→Do not contain a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

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Archaea (Archaeobacteria)

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Diagnostic microbiologists traditionally emphasize placement and naming of bacterial species into three (occasionally four or five) categories:

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✓the family
✓a genus
✓a species

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