Micro organism categories Flashcards
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Prokaryote
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- Always single cell dsDNA not in a nuculeus
- 70s ribosomes
- No organelles
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Eukaryotes
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- Domain eucara
- Have nucleus with dsDNA
- 80s ribosomes
- have Organelles
- can be single or multiple cells
3
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Archaea
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- Prokaryote (no nucleus) Single cell organism dsDNA No organelles
- 70s Ribosomes
- No peptidoglycan
- Archaea means old and live in extreme conditions
- No evidence of causing sickness
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Virus
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- Non living organism (no cell structure)
- clasified by nuclaic acid type
- ds or ss, RNA or DNA
- also contain protien
- obliget patisites
5
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Viroid
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- RNA only
- non living, no cell
- no protien
6
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Prion
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- Non living, no cell structure
- infectous protien
- mad cow is one example
7
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Plants
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- Multicellular
- have ridged cell walls
- autrophic(make there own food by photosynthesis)
- repudce sexualy and asexul
8
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Fungi
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- Decomposeres
- never photosythetic
- cause some diseases (ring worm, athletes foot, yeast infection)
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9
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Protist or Protozoa
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One celled with a nucleus
Grouped based on locomotion
Most are environmental organisms (water, soil)
Can cause serious disease: Malaria, giardiasis, leishmania, African sleeping sickness, Chaga’s disease, toxoplasmosis, trichomonas
Some are photosynthetic (autotrophic), others heterotrophic
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Animal
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- Multicellular
- hetrotrophic (get energy from others)
- reproduce sexually
- Can move at some point in life
