misc Flashcards
classification level
Taxon
father of Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
classification hierarchy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
3 Domains
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya (4 kingdoms)
lack nucleus
Prokaryotes
extremophiles (harsh enviorments)
Archaea
normally grow in hot, acidic enviorment
*archaea
Thermoacidophiles
require high concentration of salt to survive
*archaea
Halophiles
Anaerobes that produce methane
*archaea
Methanogens
4 Kingdoms
Plantae
Fungi
Animalia
Protista
Unicellular Eukaryotes and algae
Nucleated
gain nutrients through intra & extracellular digestion or photosynthesis
Kingdom Protista
Multicellular, Eukaryotic, and non-photosynthesizing plants
*Mold, Yeast, Mushrooms, and other Fungi
digestion of dead, organic material
Kingdom Fungi
Multicellular, Eukaryotic autotrophs
Multicellular plants that gain nutrients through photosynthesis
Kingdom Plantae
Multicellular, Eukaryotic heterotrophs
Gain nutriends by comsuming plants and animals
Kingdom Animalia
scientific study of diversity of organism that their evolutionary relationships
Systematics
Ancestral history (Phylogenetic tree)
Phylogeny
Analyzing primitive and derived characters “cladograms”
Cladistics
diagram showing relationship among species based on shared characters
Cladogram
have trait
in groups
missing trait
out groups
Obligate intracellular parasites
Virus
Virus structure
Nucleic Core (DNA or RNA) Protein capsid - Capsomere units
dormant cycle of virus
Lytic cycle
Virus attacking bacteria
Bacteriophage
RNA - dependent DNA- polymerase
Retrovirus
Common Cold
Rhinovirus
Flu
Orthomyxovirus
Rabies
Rhabdovirus
Hemorrhagic fever
Ebola
Naked strand of RNA (no capsid) that causes plant diseases
Viroid
proteinaceious infectious particles
causes enzyme to change brain
Prion
Volvox, Spirogyra, Ulva
Green Algae
Green Algae composed of loose association of indp cells. Hallow sphere (green bowling ball)
volvox
Green Algae w chlorophyll arranged as spiraling ribbon, zygote withstands winter; undergo meiosis in spring
Spirogyra
- Sea Lettuce
Blade from green algae, all spores are flagellated
Ulva
multicellular marine algae w branched, feathery/ribbon line appearance
Red Algae
Protist w fine hairs on flagella
Stamenopila
Brown Algae
Phylum Phaeophyt
Diatoms
Phylum Chrysophyta
Water Mold
Phylum Oocmycota
study of algae
Phycology
Kelp and sargassum
Brown Algae
Silicon (Glass like shell)
*phytoplankton is most abundant
Diatoms
live in water, fuzzy growths or parasitize fish
Water Mold
Potato Famine
Phytophthora infestans
sea food poisoning
Ganyaulax (red tide)
bounded by protective cellulose plates
2 flagella
source of phytoplankton
Dinoflagellates
nonmotile parasitic sporeforming protozoa
Apicomplexans
causitive agent of malaria
transmitted by anopheles mosquito
Plasmodium
numerous short hair like filaments covering the cell
coordinated by membrane movement
oral groove for food
Trichocysts
Ciliates
Flagellated freshwater unicellular organisms
light sensing stigma
Euglenids
single celled protozoans w 4 flagella and an undulating membrane
Parabasalids
singlecelled protozaoans w 2 nucli and 2 sets a flagella
beaver fever
Diplomonads
kinetoplast - large masses of DNA found in single mitochondria
Kinetoplastids
African Sleeping Sickness
transmitted by tseste fly
Trypanosoma
Amoebas move by cytoplasmic structures called pseudopods
Ameboids
Parasites of humans - cause amoebic dysentery
Entamoeba
Multinucleated blob of cytoplasm
terrestrial decomposer
plasmodial slime mold
aggregated amoeba like cell
live in soil and feed on bacteria and yeast
cellular slime mold
move by cytoplasmic streaming long structures called axopods
all are marine plankton
radiolarians
forams move by cytoplasmic streming
live in a test made of calcium carbonate
form white cliffs of dover, England
Foraminifera
prokaryotic cell membrane
Phospholipid bilayer
bacteria outer covering
gram -
lipopolysaccharides (LPS) (lipid + cellulose)
cell wall composed of protein
gram +
Peptidoglycan (protein + carb)
Sphere shape bacteria
Coccus
Pair of cocci
Diplococcus
Group of 4 cocci
Tetrad
Cluster of cocci
Staphylococccus (staph infection)
Chain of Cocci
Streptococcus (Strep)
Rod shaped Bacili
Bacillus
Fixed Spiral Bacteria
Spirillum
Flexible (tighter) corkscrew shape
Spirochete
Mucous like covering
aka Glycocalyx
Capusle
Filaments for movement
Flagella
for attachment and reproduction
Pili filaments
Cell hibernation
Endospore
Asexual bacterial reproduction
binary fission
Blue-green algae
1st photosynthesizing bacteria
Cyanobacteria
nitrogen fixing bacteria
Rhizobium
cheese bacteria
Lactobacilus
caused by spirochete treponema pallidum
Syphilis
disease caused by spirillum bacteria
*Borrelia Burgdorferi
deer tick
bull rash
Lyme Disease
Carries disease - doesnt cause
vector
filaments that grow from spores and form myoceliem (grow in fairy ring)
Haploid hyphae filaments
flagellated spores
chitrids w flagellated zoospores
phylum chitridiomcota
Bread mold (rhizopus)
Phylum Zygomycota
Mycorrhiza (asexual plant symbionts)
fungi on tree root
*AM fungus - arbuscular
Phylum Glomeromycota
Sac Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
Club Fungi
mushroom, shelf fungi, puffballs
Phylum Basidiomycota
parasidic yeast
Candida
Toenail Fungus
Trichophyton
Athelets foot
Trichophyon rubrum
poisonous mushroom
amanita
hallucinogenic mushroom
psilocybes
lichen - fungi
fingi receives sugar from algae - algae receives water and nutients
mutualistic relationship