Prokaryotic Groupings

Question 1

Deep Branching Thermophiles

Answer 1

closely related to LUCA. lives in extreme conditions

Question 2

Gram-Positive

Answer 2

Used in antibiotics, lives in high competition, can cause human infection

Question 3

Spirochaetes

Answer 3

moves by spiraling, coiled shape, gram-negative, human pathogens

Question 4

Photosynthetic Bacteria

Answer 4

Cyanobacteria, makes sugar and oxygen, lives in aquatic environments

Question 5

Gram-Negative Bacteria

Answer 5

Alpha- intracellular parasites, mitochondria
Beta- Diverse, lives in soil , nitrogen rich
Gama- Lives in the digestive tract , pathogens
Delta- Lives in colonies and communities, Bdelloribrio
Epsilon- Lives in extreme pH, Stomach Acid , Enteropathogens

Question 6

DPANN (Archaea)

Answer 6

Lives in extreme pH environments

Question 7

Euryarchaeota

Answer 7

Lives in extreme salt conditions (Halophiles) and extreme temperatures, Methane producers
Methanogenisis- produces methane
methanotrophy- turns methane into organic compounds

Question 8

Proteoarchaeota

Answer 8

Most common, we believe that the eukaryotes came from this group. can live in normal and extreme conditions