Classification

Question 0

How many kingdoms according to woese?

Answer 0

6

Question 1

Who proposed the earliest classification system? And how many kingdoms were there?

Answer 1

Linnaeus

2 kingdoms

Question 2

Why was a 3 domain system proposed?

Answer 2

Due to comparison of DNA sequence

Question 3

What are the 3 domains?

Answer 3

Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya

Question 4

What is the correct bacterial nomenclature?

Answer 4

Kingdom-phylum-class-order-family-genus-species-strain

Question 5

What are the 5 morphological identification factors?

Answer 5

Colony characteristic 
Cell shape
Presence of capsule, endospore
Staining, G+ or G- or neither
Locomotion- presence of flagella and arrangement

Question 6

What is a test for utilization of different substrates?

Answer 6

Biochemical testing

Question 7

What are the 4 factors of molecular taxonomy?

Answer 7

Size of genome
G+C content
Nucleic acid similarity
Protein similarity

Question 8

What does any organisms serotype indicate?

Answer 8

That is possesses a specific set of antigens

Question 9

What is a bacteriophage?

Answer 9

A virus that infects a bacterium

Question 10

Phages are ________ specific

Answer 10

Host

Question 11

If you can identify a phage which can infect a microbe, what else can you do?q

Answer 11

Deduce the bacteria involved.