TAXONOMY & DIVERSITY OF MICROORGANISMS

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IS THE SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

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Taxonomy

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is the arrange of organisms into taxonomic groups

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Classification

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is the assignment of names to the various taxa according to international rules

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Nomenclature

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is the process of determining whether an isolate belongs to one of the established, named taxa or represents a previously identified species.

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identification

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Two types of cells

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Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic

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Name the SIX kingdom system

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Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, & Animalia (B, A, P, P, F, A,)

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Lack a nucleus and consist of the extremophiles or ‘ancient’ bacteria eg. ( methanogens, thermophiles, halophiles,)

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Archaea

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Lack a nucleus and consist of the traditional or ‘true bacteria’ eg. ( most pathogenic forms, E. coli, S. aureus, etc.)

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Eubacteria

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Contains a membrane bound nucleus (plants, animals, protists, and fungi)

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Eukarya

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Originally thought to predominate in extreme environments that are very salty, acidic, alkaline, hot, cold, or anaerobic where they are sometimes dominant

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DOMAIN ARCHEA

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their eukaryote counter parts consisting of cells bounded by ____

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Archaea

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cell walls lack peptidoglycan, but some
contain a structurally similar substance
called ___________________________

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pseudopeptidoglycan or
pseudomurein.

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☆ live in
the
environments
most extreme
☆ can reproduce at temperatures varying
from below freezing to boiling

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Euryarchaeota

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______ are strict anaerobes found in
freshwater, marine sediments, soils and
the gut of many animals and humans

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Methanogens

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includes halophilic (“salt-loving”) archaea
☆ require a very high concentrations of
sodium chloride in their aquatic
environment (close to saturation, at
36%); such environments include the
Dead Sea as well as some salty lakes in
Antarctica and south-central Asia

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Halobacteria

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Aquatic, Most not all, are HYPERthermophiles (grow up to 113 degrees celsius)

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Phylum Crenarchaeota

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thermophiles (70–80°C)
✧ acidophiles (pH of 2–3)
✧ aerobic (heterotrophs) or
anaerobic (oxidize sulfur to
produce sulfuric acid, which is
stored in granules)

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Genus Sulfolobus

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Rod-shaped hyperthermophiles
that grow in mildly acidic
conditions at temperatures up
to 95°C.
✧ optimal growth temperature of
85 °C
☆ Motile
☆ cellular membrane in which lipids form
a monolayer rather than a
bilayer
☆ reduce sulfur or molecular hydrogen
and use carbon dioxide or carbon
monoxide as a source of carbon to
produce ATP
☆ the deepest-branching genus of
Archaea

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Genus Thermoproteus

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can be sub-classified according to
a number of diverse features, including:
★ Shape: Round (coccus), rod-shaped (bacillus),
comma-shaped (vibrio) or spiral (spirilla /
spirochete)

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DOMAIN EUBACTERIA

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What is the cell wall composition of domain eubacteria

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Gram positive (thick
peptidoglycan layer) or Gram negative
(lipopolysaccharide layer)

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★ ALL eukaryotes are not visible to the naked eye
★ ALL eukaryotes are not multicellular
★ ALL
eukaryotic cells have true
nucleus
★ Consists of four kingdoms: Protista, Plantae,
Fungi, Animalia ★ True nucleus

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DOMAIN EUKARYA

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They are considered as non
living cells.

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Viruses

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do
not have a membrane bound nucleus
☆ eubacteria (true bacteria)
☆ archaebacteria (ancient bacteria)

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Prokaryotes

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have a
membrane bound nucleus
★ Algae ★ Fungi
★ Protozoa
★ Plants
★ Animals

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Eukaryotes

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★ Structures on the outside of bacteria
☆ Cell membrane
☆ Cell wall
☆ Layers outside the cell wall

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BACTERIAL CELL ENVELOPE

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Thin structure that completely surrounds
the cell

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★ Cell Membrane

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Structure of cell membrane

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Fluid mosaic model

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fatty acids point
INWARD toward each other

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Hydrophobic environment

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remain exposed
to the EXTERNAL environment

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Hydrophilic environment

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– firmly embedded
in the membrane; transport and
other functions

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Integral proteins

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not embedded but
associated with membrane surface

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Peripheral proteins

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________ are present in
many Bacteria
absent in Archaea

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Hopanoids

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☆ Functions of the Cell membrane

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Permeability barrier – prevents
leakage and functions as a
gateway for the transport of
nutrients into and out of the
cell
✧ Protein anchor – site of many
proteins
involved
transport,
in
bioenergetics,
and chemotaxis
✧ Energy conservation – site of
generation and use of the
proton motive force

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______ is
the
primary component of the cell wall

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☆ Peptidoglycan

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stain purple; thick
peptidoglycan positve or negatve

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Gram-positive