Diversity of Life Flashcards
What is the principle of classification?
Principle and system used to identify each species or organisms respectively (structural and morphology similarities)
Binomial nomenclature
First part is genus, second part is species.
Italicized or underlined (genus is capital)
Talk about virus/virion.
Tiny and consist of nucleic acid core surrounded by protein coat (capsid)
No ribosomes
Cannot independently perform metabolic activities (noncellular infectious agents)
Only reproduce when infect living host cell.
What is a retrovirus?
Type of RNA virus that inserts a copy of its genome (complete set of gene) into the DNA of a host cell that it invades which changes the genome of that cell.
What are the four types of virus?
Tobacco mosaic virus.
Adenovirus.
Influenza virus.
Bacteriophage.
Talk about Influenza virus.
Causes flu (contagious respiratory illness)
Its capsid contain the antigenic glycoproteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase.
Talk about tobacco mosaic virus.
Rod like appearance
Covered by capsid that encloses virus’s genetic material (single stranded RNA molecule)
Causes nutrient deficit symptoms on leaves.
Talk about adenovirus.
Group of common viruses that infect airways, lungs, eyes, intestines, urinary tract and nervous system.
252 capsomere makes up the icosahedral capsid.
Talk about bacteriophage.
Virus that infects bacteria.
Consists of a polyhedral head, short collar and a helical tail.
How does virus produce?
Lytic replication = multiplication forming rapid and new viral particles and released by lysis.
Lysogenic replication = virus enters a latent state which extends cycle.
Talk about lytic replication pathway.
Phage attaches to cell surface of bacteria.
Phage DNA enters bacterial cell.
Phage DNA is replicated and phage proteins are synthesized.
Phage components are assembled into new viruses.
Bacterial cell lyses and releases many phages that can infect other cells.
Talk about lysogenic replication pathway.
Phage attaches to cell surface of bacteria.
Phage DNA enters bacterial cell.
Phage DNA integrates into bacterial DNA forming prophage.
Integrated prophage replicates when bacterial DNA replicates (cell exhibits new properties)
Talk about Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
Highly contagious to human (transmitted by direct contact with blood, body fluids or skin of patients)
Fever, muscle pain and massive internal bleeding.
90 percent death rate.
What are the three types of domain?
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
What is the difference between domain bacteria and archaea?
B = peptidoglycan cell wall, A = pseudopeptidoglycan cell wall
B = ester linked lipids in membrane, A = ether linked lipids in membrane
B = lives everywhere, A = lives in extremely harsh environments
B = cause human disease, A = no human disease
B = binary fission, A = BF, fragmentation, budding
What is the similarities between prokaryote and eukaryote?
Flagella, plasma membrane, cell division, cytoplasm, ribosome, chromosome.
What are the differences between prokaryote and eukaryote?
E = bigger, membrane bounded organelles, linear DNA, histones, mitosis
P = smaller, unbounded nucleoid, circular DNA, binary fission
Talk about obligate aerobes.
Absolutely require oxygen for respiration.
Talk about facultative aerobes.
Prefer oxygen presence but can adjust metabolic machinery to grow in absence of oxygen.
Talk about obligate anaerobes.
Grow only in absence of oxygen.
Gets killed by exposure to oxygen (lethal).
Talk about Domain bacteria.
prokaryotes, no membrane bounded organelles.
Rapidly reproduce through binary fission.
Used as decomposer, cycle nutrients, form partnership with other species
Kingdom = Eubacteria
Phylum = Cyanobacteria
What are the three types of bacteria?
Psychrophilic = very cold temperature
Mesophilic = human body temperature
Thermophilic = very hot temperature
Talk about Phylum Cyanobacteria.
Blue green algae
Oxygenic phototrophs and Gram Negative
Photosynthetic prokaryote, aquatic
Carbon and nitrogen fertilizer
As food source
Produce oxygen
Talk about Domain Archaea.
Similar structure to bacteria.
Extremophiles (live in extreme condition)
Three types : methanogens, thermophiles, halophiles (hypersaline environment)
What are methanogens?
Obligate anaerobes
Produce methane as a metabolic by product in anoxic conditions.
What are the 4 kingdoms of Domain Eukarya?
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Talk about Kingdom Protista.
Unicellular eukaryotes, some multicellular
Cellulose as cell wall
What are the phylums under Protista?
Ciliophora
Apicomplexa
Chlorophyta
Rhodophyta
Phaeophyta
Talk about Phylum Ciliophora.
Unicellular
Has cilia and nuclear dimorphism
Reproduce by conjugation
Paramecium
Talk about Phylum Apicomplexa.
No cilia or flagella.
Intracellular parasite of malaria (human and Anopheles mosquito as host)
Plasmodium
How does Plasmodium affect human?
Plasmodium sp, enters host (adult female mosquito)
Reproduce in the cells and produce oocyst (infection form)
Parasite transferred to humans through mosquito bite.
Talk about phylum chlorophyta.
Green algae
Contains chlorophyll a and b
Stores starch
Lives in freshwater, marine, terrestrial
Unicellular
Has flagella for locomotion
Chlamydomonas and chlorella
Talk about phylum rhodophyta.
Unicellular or multicellular
No flagella
Contain pigment chlorophyll a, d, phycobilin (capture light in deep water)
Composed of calcium carbonate
Halimane sp
What is the algae extracted to make agar?
Red algae (Gracilaria genus)
Contains felling agent (unbranched polysaccharide)
Pyropia sp used as Nori (sushi roll wrap)
Talk about Phylum Phaeophyta.
Brown algae, multicellular
Pigments chlorophyll a, c , xanthophylls (stores laminarin)
Seaweeds
What is the difference between protozoa and algae?
P = animal protist kingdom, A = plant protist kingdom
P = unicellular, A = mostly multicellular
P = heterotroph, A = autotroph
P = no cell wall, A = has cell wall
P = motile, A = generally non motile
Talk about Kingdom fungi.
Mycology (study of fungi)
Mushrooms
Most are multicellular
Heterotrophs
Used for human consumption and medicine
No chlorophyll
Chitin and glucan (complex polysaccharides) in cell wall
Eukaryotes
Non vascular and non motile
How does fungi reproduce?
A = budding, sporogenesis, fragmentation
S = cytoplasmic fusion. nuclear fusion, meiosis
What is the morphology of fungi?
Body of fungus consists of tiny filaments (hyphae) repeated into a complicated, radially expanding network (mycelium)
Most fungi have hyphae divided into cells by septa (internal cell wall)
Coenocytic fungi lack septa.
What are the three phylum of fungi?
Zygomycota (mold)
Ascomycota (sac fungi)
Basidiomycota (club fungi)
Talk about phylum zygomycota.
Cell walls composed of chitin.
Root like structure aiding in anchorage and nutrient absorption.
How does Zygomycota sexually reproduce?
Occur when environmental conditions become unfavorable
Zygospore develops in zygosporangia
Gametangia formation, Gametangia contact, Plasmogamy, Zygospore formation, Karyogamy, Meiosis, Spore release
How does Zygomycota asexually reproduce?
Haploid spore produced in sporangia.
Sporangia develop terminally on hyphal branches called sporangiophore (simple and unbranched)
Dispersed by air under dry condition.
How does phylum Ascomycota sexually reproduce?
Ascus are sac like structure where sexual reproduction occur.
Formed in ascomata
Allows production and offers protective barrier for ascospores.
Usually 8 ascospores in one ascus
How does phylum Ascomycota asexually reproduce?
Through Conidiophore
Talk about phylum Basidiomycota.
Mushroom producing fungi
Forms spores in a structure called basidium
Can cause human disease (athlete’s foot and ringworm) and crops infection
Button mushroom, oyster mushroom, Shitake mushroom
What is lichen?
Composite thalloid structure of two organism (photobiont + mycobiont) in symbiotic relationship
Absorbs nitrogen and Sulphur from air.
Can grow on almost any surface.