1-3: Naming & Classifying Microbes

Question 1

The science of classifying/ naming biological organisms

phenotype is involved

Answer 1

Taxonomy

Question 2

Study of the evolutionary relationships between different organisms.

Answer 2

Phylogeny

Question 3

TRUE or FALSE

Taxonomists use a combination of genotype, phenotype and phylogenetic information to make classifications.

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

TAXONOMY- organisms with similar characteristics are groups together into taxa

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Philip
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Over
For
Great
Soup?

Answer 4

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 5

Who came up with the system for classification to minimize chaos, define structure to be used when new species are discovered?

Answer 5

Carl Linnaeus

Question 6

In naming organisms, each organism has two names: the ____ (more broad) and ______ (more specific)
Ex: Homo sapiens

Answer 6

genus , species

Question 7

In scientific names of Microbes, it contains or it is in:

Answer 7

• Latin

-May be descriptive of Characteristics (e.g. Deinococcus radiodurans - radiation surviving)

• Might honor a scientist (e.g. Escherichia coli- Theodor Escherich)
• Might describe physical properties/ appearance Staphylococcus aureus= “grapes-like” (staphylo), spherical- cell appearance (coccus), golden- colony colour (aureus)

Question 8

In scientific names, species names (species/genus) is ______ (or underlined- handwriting only)

Answer 8

italicized

Question 9

In scientific names the genus is capitalized and species is ______

Answer 9

lower case

Question 10

TRUE or FALSE

IN scientific names, higher taxa (family, class, order, phylum, kingdom) are not italicized. They are capitalized though.

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

TRUE or FALSE

After the first use in a manuscript, paper, or report, scientific names are abbreviated with the first letter of the genus plus the species name

Ex: Staphylococcus aureus -> S. aureus

Answer 11

TRUE