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13 Cards in this Set
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What is the standard reference for bacterial taxonomy?
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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
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The new phylogenetic system is based mostly on differences in what?
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ribosomal RNA
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Name 2 domains in prokaytotes
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Archaea and Bacteria
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What proteobacteria?
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most of gram-negative chemoheterotrophic bacteria
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Give 2 examples of alphaproteobacteria
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Azospirillum, Acetobacter, Gluconobacter, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Caulobacter, Hyphomicrobium, Rhizobium, Nitrobacter, Brucella, Bartonella, Wolbachia, Nitosomonas
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This genus is characterized by one of several polar flagella; also produce water-soluble pigments.
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Pseudomonas
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Give an example of gammaproteobacteria
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Beggiatoa and Francisella
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Give 2 examples of betaproteobacteria
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Bordetella, neisseria, spirillum, thiobacillus, sphaerotilus, burkholderia, zoogloea
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E. coli produce what kind of toxins?
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enterotoxins
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Chlamydiae do not contain this in their cell walls.
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peptidoglycan
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Mycoplasmas are highly pleomorphic. Why?
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they lack a cell wall.
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How would you classify streptococci?
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compare appeareance of their colonies on blood agar
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Describe 3 types of hemolysis
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beta-hemolysis (form a clear zone of hemolysis), alpha-hemolysis (produce colonies surrounded by greening), gamma-hemolysis (lack of cearing or other change around colonies )
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