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9 Cards in this Set
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Bacteria - Firmicutes
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-diseases: anthrax, tetanus, strep, pneumonia, MRSA
-lactobaccillus - yogurt and cheese -bacillus thuringensis -low amounts of guanine and cytosine -Gram positive |
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Bacteria - Spirochaetes
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-flagella is in a long sheath along the cell
-syphilis -most use fermentation |
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Bacteria - Actinobacteria
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-high levels of cytosine and guanine
-Gram positive -heterotrophs -source of antibiotics -diseases: tuberculosis, leprosy |
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Bacteria - Cyanobacteria
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-blue-green algae
-common in aquatic environments -photosynthetic -fix nitrogen |
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Bacteria - Chlamydiales
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-extremely small
-parasitic, endosymbiotic -cannot make ATP on its own -Chlamydia trachomatis - blindness, STI |
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Bacteria - Proteobacteria
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-diverse: 1200 species, many morphologies and metabolic pathways
-unified by RNA genes -fruiting bodies -diseases: cholera, gonorrhea -nitrogen fixing |
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Archaea - Extremophiles
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1. Methanogens - create methane as a waste product
-intestinal forms cause flatulence -anaerobic, cannot tolerate O2 2. Halophiles - salty environments -use bacteriorhodopsin for photosynthesis 3. Thermophiles - high temperature environments -heat stable proteins 4. Psychrophiles - cold temperatures 5. Acidophiles and Alkaliphiles - acidic/alkaline environments |
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Archaea - Crenarchaeota
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-most similar to ancestral archaeans
-united by DNA sequences -diverse morphology, ecology, and metabolic pathways -thermophiles -abundant in the ocean |
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Archaea - Euryarchaeota
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-united by DNA sequences
-diverse morphology, ecology, and metabolic pathways -methanogens, halophiles, thermophiles |
