Metabolism Flashcards
Why classify microorganisms?
so that scientist have a universal method of classifying
What is Taxonomy?
Science of dealing w/ description, ID, naming & classificaiton of organisms
List the 3 classification systems
Phenotypic Classification
phylogenetic Classification
Genotypic Classification
What is a Phylogenetic Classificaton
The classification of organism based on their evolutionary relationships 33
What is a Phenotypic Classification
the classification of organisms based on their appearance
What is a Genotypic Classficaiton
The classification of organism based on their genes
what are the three facets of Taxonomy (Biological Classification)
Classification-Nomenclature-Identification
Taxon
group of strains, species or genera that have similar morphologic or physiological characteristics different from other category of organisms in a given taxonomic classification
what are the 8 levels of classification
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species (Dear Good King Philip Came Over For Good Sex)
What are the major characteristics used to to classify bacteria
Cell Shape and arranagement
Gram Stain reaction
Oxygen requirements
Nutritional and metabolic characterisitcs
A Prokaryotic species is?
collection of strains that share many stable properties and differ considerably from populations or strains in related groups
Clone
pop of cells derived from single cell
subspecies
describes a specific clone of cells that differ from others w/in the same species
What are the types of species (cells)
Physiology (biovar)
Morphologically (morphovar)
Antigenically (serovar)
Pathogenically (pathovar)
Strain
A population of cells that descended from a single cell
