Microbial Diversity and Taxonomy Flashcards
Enumerate the 3 main domain of life
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
What are the similarities of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes?
Both are unicellular and have cell but not all
What domain of life has single-celled microorganisms, lacks true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, and has a cell wall called peptidoglycan?
Bacteria
Enumerate the 3 major arrangement of Bacteria?
Coccus/Cocci, Bacillus/Bacilli or Rod, Spirillum/Spirochete
This is an example of a microorganism under Eukarya that can be single-celled or very complex multicellular organisms and are found in just about any habitat, mostly on the land.
Fungi
What is the process of assigning of organisms to their respective taxon or taxa?
Classification
__________ is one of streptomycetes and causes the petrichor scent.
Actinomyces species
What is the microorganism that live near volcanic vents or hydrothermal vents under the ocean that has an optimum temperature for growth greater than 80 degrees Celsius?
Hyperthermophiles
Why is the salt farm color red?
This is caused by halophiles that live there, microorganism that has pigments.
Enumerate 3 examples of species under the domain Archaea.
Sulfulobolus, Haloferox, Methanopyrus
This is one of the example of species under the domain Bacteria that causes acne.
Cutibacterium Species
What do you call a bacteria that is curved or twisted?
Spirillum/Spirochete
It is the range of different taxon or taxa.
Diversity
What happens in the sexual life cycle of fungi?
It is the life cycle of fungi that creates mushroom or fruiting body
What domain of life is morphologically identical to bacteria and does not have peptidoglycan?
Archaea
What do you call microorganisms that can survive normal conditions?
Mesophilic
What do you call a bacteria that are circular or spherical?
Cocci/Coccus
This is an example of a bacteria that has a potential of deterring or can still live in radioactive condition.
Deinococcus radioduran
A microorganism under Eukarya that live in a wide variety of moist habitats. Some are parasitic.
Protozoa
What is the process of recognition of identity or essential character of an organism?
Identification
What do you call the pigments of halophiles?
Rhodopsin and Ruberin
“Most species are extremophiles.” This is a common misconception of which domain of life.
Archaea