Test 3 Flashcards
Based on establishing evolutionary history of bacteria
Phylogeny/Systematics
Francisella
Human pathogen
Pleomorphic
Francisella tularensis- rabbit fever
Provides universal names and point of reference
Taxonomy
Evolutionary tools used to ID bacteria
Ribosomal RNA sequencing
In 1736 this person named 2 kingdoms
•plantae
• animalia
Carlous Linnaeus
In 1866 this person added the kingdom Protista to taxonomy
Ernest Haeckel
This kingdom is a catch all with random groupings
Protista
This kingdom is different from animalia bc they have cell walls and was added in 1959
Fungi
In 1937 this term was introduced because of the discovery of the nucleus
Prokaryote
In 1961 the current definition for this was introduced
Prokaryote
A single celled organism with no envelope separating their DNA
Prokaryote
In 1969 this person named all 5 kingdoms •plantae •animalia •fungi •Protozoa •Monera(Eubacteria)
Robert Whittaker
In 1978 Carl Woese introduce a 3 Domain System which was…
Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea
The 3 Domain System is based on
Cellular composition
Ribosomes
DNA/RNA
All individuals of a group that can interbreed and produce offspring
Biological Species Concept and