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What is taxonomy?

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science of classifying organisms
- degrees of similarity between organisms

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What is systematics or phylogeny?

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study of evolutionary history of organisms

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What did Carl Linnaeus do in 1735?

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  • basis for biological classification
    Kingdom -> class -> order
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What did Charles Darwin do in 1895?

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developed phylogenetic tree that represents evolutionary relationships

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What does the phylogenetic tree tell us?

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grouping organisms by common properties
- common ancestor

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What are the 3 domains?

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Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya

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What are some characteristics of bacteria?

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  • simple unicellular organisms
  • unique cell walls
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What are some characteristics of archaea?

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  • unicellular organisms with distinct genetics
  • unique membrane lipids and ribosomal RNA sequences
  • can live in extreme environments
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What are some properties of eukarya?

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  • cells with DNA in a separated nucleus
  • exist in animals, plants, fungi
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Where is the origin of eukaryotes?

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infoldings of prokaryotic plasma membranes to form complex internal structures

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What is the endosymbiotic theory?

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mitochondria and chloroplasts originated from symbiotic relationships with free-living bacteria engulfed by early eukaryotic cells

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What is a taxonomic hierarchy?

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developed by Linnaeus to classify plants and animals
- domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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What is the eukaryotic species?

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group of closely related organisms that breed among themselves

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What does binomial nomenclature have?

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genus and specific epithet (species)

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What is proper nomenclature formatting?

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1) Genus capital
2) species lower case
3) Italicized or underlined
- Enterococcus faecalis
- E. faecalis

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How are prokaryotic species classified?

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  • culture: bacteria grown in lab
  • clone: population of cells derived from single parent cell
  • strain: genetically different cells within a clone
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What is protista?

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catchall kingdom for organisms
- both autotrophic and heterotrophic
- grouped into clades based on rRNA

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What is fungi?

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  • chemoheterotrophic
  • uni/multicellular
  • chitin cell walls
  • develop from spores or hyphal fragments
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What are plantae?

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  • multicellular
  • cellulose cell walls
  • photosynthesis
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What are animalia?

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  • multicellular
  • no cell walls
  • chemoheterotrophic
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Why can’t viruses be classified?

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not composed of cells
- requires a host cell

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What are viral species?

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population of viruses with similar characteristics that occupies a particular ecological niche

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Differentiate between classification and identification.

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Classification: grouping of related species
Identification: matching characteristics of an unknown to a list of known organisms

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What is Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology?

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Provides identification schemes for identifying bacteria and archaea

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What are morphological characteristics?
used for identifying prokaryotes and eukaryotes
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What is differential staining for?
identifying bacteria with cell walls
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What is transport media?
used to collect and transport pathogens to a laboratory
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What are biochemical tests used for?
to determine presence of bacterial enzymes
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What are the 3 morphologies for protist and bacteria?
cocci bacilli spirillium
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What are the grouping prefixes?
diplo: double strepto: chain staphylo: cluster
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What is a clade?
group of organisms with one common ancestor and all its descendants
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How are clades formed?
based on shared evolutionary traits
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What is gram stain? What do the results tell us?
differentiates bacteria based on cell wall structure - gram positive: thick peptidoglycan layer (purple) - gram negative: thin peptidoglycan layer (pink/red)
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What is endospore stain? What do the results tell us?
identifies bacteria that produce endospores - endospores = green - cell is pink/red
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What is capsule stain? What does it show us?
detects presence of capsule - capsule = clear halo around the cell
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What is acid-fast stain? What does it show us?
Identifies bacteria with waxy cell wall - acid-fast bacteria = red - non-acid-fast bacteria = blue
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What is carbohydrate fermentation test? What does it indicate?
whether bacteria can ferment specific sugars to produce acid and gas - indicates acid and gas production
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What is serology?
study of serum and immune responses in serum
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What happens in antiserum?
solution of antibodies are tested against an unknown bacteria
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What happens in a slide agglutination test?
bacteria stick together when mixed with antibodies produced in response to the bacteria
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What is the purpose of serological testing?
differentiate between species and strains within species
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What is ELISA? (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
a test used to identify unknown bacterium using known antibodies
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What is western blotting? What does it confirm?
identifies antibodies in a patient's serum - confirms HIV and Lyme disease
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What is phage typing used for?
to determine which phages a bacterium is susceptible to
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What is DNA fingerprint? How does it give us genetic information?
- Electrophoresis of restriction enzyme digests of an organism's DNA - compares fragments from ladder and different organisms to find the match
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What are the equations for DNA base pairing?
CG + AT = 100% C = G A = T
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What does nucleic acid hybridization measure?
ability of DNA strands from one organism to hybridize with DNA strands of another organisms
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What is the relationship of hybridization to relatedness?
greater degree of hybridization = greater degree of relatedness - >70% hybridization = same species
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What is NAATs? (nucleic acid amplification tests)
to amplify DNA of an unknown that cannot be cultured
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How does PCR work?
1) heat to separate strands 2) strands combine 3) cool for renaturation 4) determine degree of hybridization
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What is a DNA chip?
contains DNA probes and detects pathogens by hybridization between probe and DNA in the sample
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What are dichotomous keys?
identification keys based on successive questions
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What are cladograms?
maps that show evolutionary relationships among organisms based on rRNA sequences

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