Monera Flashcards
Purple and Green Sulphur and non-sulphur bacteria’s name and pigment present
Purple Sulphur Bacteria - Chromatium
Purple non - Sulphur
RhodoSpirillum
Pigment - Bacterio chlorophyll a & b
Green Sulphur Bacteria - Chlorobium
Green Non Sulphur Bacteria-
Chloroflexus
Pigment- Bacterio chlorophyll a and Bacterioverdin/Chlorobiumchlorophyll
Bacterial Heterotrophs
- Obligate Saprotrophs - Clostridium Botulinum
Bacillus Vulgaris - Facultative parasite -
Staphylococcus
Pseudomonas - Obligate parasite -
Mycobacterium Lepris - Facultative Saprotroph-
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Respiration
Obligate Aerob - Azotobactor
Obligate anaerob - Clostridium Botulinum
Facultative Aerob - All fermentation bacteria (except Acetobacter Aceti)
Facultative anaerob - Acetobacter aceti
Nitrogen Cycle
Ammonification:
Conversion of dead decaying matter into ammonia
- Bacillus Vulgaris
-Bacillus Mycoid - Bacillus Ramosus
Nitrification:
Ammonia (nitrosomonas, nitrosococcus) —-> Nitrite(nitrobacter) —–> nitrate
Denitrification: Conversion of Nitrate to atmospheric nitrogen
- Thiobacillus Denitrificance
- Pseudomonas Denitrificance