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25 Cards in this Set
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Taxonomy
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Classification or study of groupings
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Taxa
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Group
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Phylogeny
Phylogenetic |
Evolved from a common ancestor
or Evolutionary History of Organism or Group of Organisms |
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Phylogenetic Tree of Life
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Bacteria
Archaea Eucarya |
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Nomenclature
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scientific naming system
assigning scientific names to organisms |
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The International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
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Where new additions & changes are published
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3 Domains
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Bacteria/Eubacteria
Archaea/Archaebacteria Eukarya |
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4 Kingdoms of eukarya
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Animalia
Protista Fungi Plantae |
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Heierarch of Classification
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
**Dumb Kings Play Chess on Fiber Glass Stools... **Dumb Kinky People Come Over for Group Sex |
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Classify Bacteria 1/3
Microscopic Morphology |
Morphology/Grouping of cells
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Classify Bacteria 2/3
Microscopic Morphology |
Structural characteristics (endospores/capsule)
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Growth Characteristics of Colonies
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Texture of Colony
(smooth, bumpy, size, shape & pigment) |
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E. coli on EMB agar
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green metalic growth
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Physiology 1/3
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temperature range for optimum growth
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Physiology 2/3
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Relationship to oxygen tolerance for pH range 6.5-7.5
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Physiology 3/3
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(aerobe, anaerobe & faculitative)
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Nutritional Requirements 1/2
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What nutrients can microb use?
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Nutritional Requirements 2/2
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What metabolic wast products does it produce?
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Fermentation of Charbs
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bacteria inoculated into fermination broth (red) metabolic waste is acid (yellow)
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Genetic Characteristics 1/2
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DNA homology studies the comparison of two bacterial organisms
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Genetic Characteristics 2/2
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More similarities found the more closely related the organisms are (close branches on the phylogenic tree)
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Phage typing
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The use of specifif viruses to identify different strains of bacteria
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Example of Phage typing
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E. coli
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Protein analysis 1/2
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very similar to DNA homology
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Protein analysis 2/2
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comparing protein samples & amino acid sequences
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