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microbiology ch 10 Flashcards

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What is taxonomy?

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The science of classifying organisms

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What does taxonomy show?

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Degree of similarity among organisms

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What is systematics/phylogeny?

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The study of the evolutionary history of organisms

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This is the science of classifying organisms and shows the degrees of similarity among organisms

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Taxonomy

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This is the study of the evolutionary history of organisms

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Systematics/phylogeny

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Who developed the current three domain system of phylogeny?

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Carl Woese

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When did Carl Woese develop the three-domain system of phylogeny that is currently used?

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1978

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What are the three domains of organisms?

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Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea

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What developed into organelles in the development of eukaryotes?

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Endosymbiotic bacteria

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What did eukaryotes originate from?

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Infoldings of prokaryotic plasma membranes

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Endosymbiotic bacteria developed into these in eukaryotes

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Organelles

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These originated from infoldings of prokaryotic plasma membranes

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Eukaryotes

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13
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How are organisms grouped in phylogenetic trees?

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According to common properties

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14
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What do mutations accumulated in genomes serve as?

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Molecular clock

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15
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What does each species from from its ancestor?

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Some characteristics

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These group organisms according to common properties

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Phylogenetic trees

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These serve as a molecular clock

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Mutations accumulated in genomes

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What constitutes a eukaryotic species?

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A group of closely related organisms that breed among themselves

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What constitutes a prokaryotic species?

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A population of cells with similar characteristics

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What constitutes a viral species?

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

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This type of species is made up of a group of closely related organisms that breed among themselves

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Eukaryotic species

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This type of species is made up of a population of cells with similar characteristics

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Prokaryotic species

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This type of species is a population of viruses with similar characteristics that occupies a particular ecological niche

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Viral species

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In prokaryote classification, what is a culture?

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Bacteria grown in a laboratory media

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In prokaryote classification, what is a clone?

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Population of cells derived from a single parent cell

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In prokaryote classification, what is a strain?

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Genetically different cells within a clone

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This is includes bacteria grown in laboratory media

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Culture

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This is a population of cells derived from a single parent cell

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Clone

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This is made up of genetically different cells within a clone

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Strain

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30
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What is the makeup of Kingdom Protista?

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Catch-all kingdom for a variety of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms

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How is Kingdom Protista grouped?

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Into clades based on rRNA

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What are four characteristics of Kingdom Fungi?

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Chemoheterotrophic; unicellular or multicellular; chitin cell walls; develop from spores/hyphal fragments

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What are three characteristics of Kingdom Plantae?

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Multicellular; cellulose cell walls; undergo photosynthesis

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What are three characteristics of Kingdom Animalia?

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Multicellular; lack cell walls; chemoheterotrophic

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This kingdom is a catch-all for a variety of organisms, both autotrophic and heterotrophic, and is grouped into clades based on rRNA

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Members of this kingdom are chemoheterotrophic, unicellular or multicellular, have cell walls made of chitin, and develop from spores or hyphal fragments

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Members of this kingdom are multicellular, have cellulose cell walls, and undergo photosynthesis

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Members of this kingdom are multicellular, lack cell walls, and are chemoheterotrophic

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What is organism classification?

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Placing organisms in groups of related species

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What is organism identification?

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Matching characteristics of an unknown organism to lists of known organisms

41
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This involves placing organisms in groups of related species

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Classification

42
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This involves matching characteristics of an unknown organism to lists of known organisms

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Identification

43
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What are morphological characteristics useful for identifying?

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Eukaryotes

44
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What is a disadvantage of using morphological characteristics to classify/identify organisms?

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Morphological characteristics tell little about phylogenetic relationships

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What are two types of differential staining used to identify/classify bacteria?

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Gram staining and acid-fast staining

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What types of bacteria is differential staining not useful for identifying/classifying?

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Bacteria without cell walls

47
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What do biochemical tests determine?

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Presence of bacterial enzymes

48
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These are useful for identifying eukaryotes, but tell little about phylogenetic relationships

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Morphological characteristics

49
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This method of identification/classification is useful for distinguishing bacteria with cell walls

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Differential staining

50
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This method of identification/classification determines the presence of bacterial enzymes

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Biochemical testing

51
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What can rapid identification methods do?

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Perform several biochemical tests simulatenously

52
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These can perform several biochemical tests simultaneously

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Rapid identification methods

53
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What is serology?

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The science of serum and immune responses in serum

54
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What do microorganisms do in serum/

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Stimulate antibody formation

55
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What can serological testing do?

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Differentiate between species/strains within species

56
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This is the study of serum and immune responses in serum

57
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These are antigenic and stimulate the body to form antibodies in the serum

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Microorganisms

58
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This can differentiate between species/strains in serum

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Serological testing

59
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What happens in the slide agglutination test?

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Bacteria agglutinate when mixed with antibodies produced in response to the bacteria

60
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In this serological test, bacteria agglutinate when mixed with antibodies produced in response to the bacteria

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Slide agglutination test

61
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What happens in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)?

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Known antibodies and an unknown type of bacterium are added to a well and a reaction identifies the bacteria

62
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In this serological test, known antibodies and unknown bacteria are added to a well where a reaction identifies the bacteria

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

63
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What do fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) do?

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Provide profiles that are constant for a particular species to identify bacteria

64
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These provide profiles constant for a particular species and are used in bacterial identification

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Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs)

65
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In DNA sequencing, what do two closely related organisms have?

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Similar amounts of DNA bases

66
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GC + AT = ? in DNA base composition

67
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This method of classification/identification uses online databases to compare organisms’ similarity in DNA base composition

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DNA sequencing

68
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What does DNA fingerprinting use?

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Electrophoresis of restriction enzyme digests of an organism’s DNA

69
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In this method of classification/identification, comparing fragments from different organisms provides information on genetic similarities and differences

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DNA fingerprinting

70
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This method of classification/identification uses electrophoresis of restriction enzyme digests of an organism’s DNA

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DNA fingerprinting

71
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What does nucleic acid hybridization measure?

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Ability of DNA strands from one organism to hybridize with DNA strands of another

72
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In nucleic acid hybridization, what does a greater degree of hybridization indicate?

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Greater degree of relatedness

73
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What percentage of hybridization indicates two organisms are from the same species?

74
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In this method of classification/identification, the ability of DNA strands from one organism to hybridize with those of another is measured

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Nucleic acid hybridization

75
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Does a greater degree of hybridization indicated a lesser degree of relatedness in nucleic acid hybridization?

76
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Does hybridization of greater than %50 indicate two organisms are the same species?

77
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Does hybridization of greater than >70% indicate two organisms are the same species?

78
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What are dichotomous keys?

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Identification keys based on successive questions

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What are cladograms?

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Maps that show evolutionary relationships among organisms based on rRNA sequences

80
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These are identification keys based on successive questions

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Dichotomous keys

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These are maps that show evolutionary relationships among organisms and are based on rRNA sequences

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Cladograms

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