Bacteria Flashcards
Proteobacteria
Alpha Beta Delta Gamma Epsilon All gram negative!
Epsilonproteobacteria
Smallest class
many uncultured
EX-Helicobater and Campylobacter
Deltaproteobacteria
sulfate reducers
prey on other microbes
EX- Myxobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria
largest class EX- purple sulfur bacteria
Alphaproteobacteria
EX- purple non sulfur bacteria
Low gram positive bacteria
Firmicutes
Mycoplasms
Clostrida
Bacilli and lactobacilli
High gram positive bacteria
Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria
high gram positive
huge genus
EX- Streptomuces
-Mycobhacterium
Cyanobacteria
Gram negative
largest/ most diverse group of photosyn
Chlorobi
Green sulfur bacteria
deep sea thermal vents
Spirochaetes
GN-
Hetertrophic bac with helical shape
flagellum wrapped around cell, twist through water
Bacteroidetes
anaerobic chemohetertrophs
found in oral cavity/ intestinal tract of mammals
Deinococcus/ Thermus
mesophillic aerobic heterotroph
resistant to drying and radiation
source of Taq polymerase, used in PCR
Chloroflexos
GN-
Green nonsulfur bacteria
anoxygenic photosynthesis
Aquaficae/ Aquificales
hyperthermophilic
H2 oxidizing
oxygen is used as e- acceptor
