Chapter 2 : Biological Classification Flashcards
How did aristotle classifiy animals and plants?
herbs , shrubs , trees
rbc prenset and rbc absent
Who discovered the two kingdom classification?
LInneua
Who and when was teh five kingdom classification proposed? What were the five kingdoms? What were the criterions used?
1969 by RH Whittaker
monera , protista, fungi , plantae, animalia
cell structure, nutrition , body organization, reproduction and PHLYOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION
What was the new kingdom in the six kingdom classification?
arachebacteria
What are the four types of bacteria on the basis of shape?
bacillus , coccus , spirilla and vibrio
What are the types of arachae bacteira?
halophiles , acido philes , methanogens
What is the charecteristic feature of eubacteira?
a cell wall and flagella if motile
What is the pigment present in cyanobacteira?
chl a
Name some cynobacteria that can fix nitrogen?
nostoc , anabaena
What is the most abundant type of bacteira?
hetertrophic
How does a bacteria reproduce?
binary fission
when unfavourable : spore
Which is the only bacteria that doesn’t have a cell wall?
mycoplasma
What is the smallest living organism?
mycoplasma
Is mycoplasma aerobic or anaerobic?
anaerobic
In which kingdom are the boundaries are not defined properly?
protista
What are the charecters of chyrosophyte ? types habitat autotroph / heteotroph cell wall haploid / diploid how food stored pigments
diatoms , desmids ( golden algae) in marine environment and fresh water photosynthetic cellulose with silica (soap box) 2n leucosin , oil a,c , fucoxnathin
Who are the cheif producers of the sea?
diatoms
What are the charecters of dinoflagellates?
1) habitat
2) cell wall
3) flagella
4) pigmnets
5) stored food
6) genetic material
1) mostly marine
2) cellulose plates
3) two flagella , longi , transverse
4) a, c, dinoxanthin , didinoxanthin
5) starch
6) meskaryote ( no histone , but nuclear membrane)
Which organism are called the golden algae?
desmids
Who are responsible for red tides ?
gonyaulax
What are hte dinoflagellates that cause bioluminesces?
noctillucca and gonyaulax
What are the cahrecters of euglenoids?
1) cell wal
2) flagella
3) pigment s
4) stored food
1) no cell wall have pelllice ( protien )
2) 2 flagella , funcitonal and non funcitonal
3) a , b , zeoxanthiphyll
4) paramylum and fats