Chapter 15&17 Flashcards
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Biological Classification
organize the diversity of life in groups; assign names to each organism
Binomial nomenclature
System for naming PLANTS & ANIMALS
Who creating the naming system?
Carolus Linnaeus
What does the 1st & 2nd part refer to?
1st: Genus
2nd: Species
Taxonomy
Science of naming organisms & assigning them to groups of similar characteristic (taxa/taxon)
King Phillip Came Over For Good Sex
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What are the 6 Kingdoms?
Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Plantae, Animalia
Protista (2)
- all SINGLE-celled
- Eukaryotas (nucleus/membrane bound)
Fungi (2)
- cell walls w/o cellulose
- hetrotophs (no photosynthesis)
Plantae (2)
-multicellular
autotophic (carry photosynthesis)
Animalia
- Multicellular
- cell membranes w/o cell walls
Viruses
particles that cause diseases; noncellular with genetic material and protein
Bacteriophages
Viruses that invade bacteria
Viral Specificity
Viruses are specifics only attach to certain hosts
What must viruses do to reproduce?
Invade/infect living host cell
Structure of a virus (4)
- small
- RNA/DNA never both
- capsid (contain holds genetic material)
- May/ may not have tail/legs
Steps of Lytic Cycle
- Infection- virus attack to host
- Growth- genetic material become part of DNA
- Replication- copies own DNA
- Lysis- Burst!
Lysogenic Infection
Virus does NOT reproduce and lyse host cell right away; genetic material incorporated into bacterium’s DNA (requires environmental simulus to being lytic cycle)
Prophage
May add useful DNA, prevent other virus from entering cell, may become active >:)
Retroviruses
Backwards; Instead of having DNA, genetic info carried in RNA; Infect RNA gets copied into DNA
Prokaryotes + 2kingdomes
No nucleus (no membrane bound organelles) ; Eubacteria & Archaebacteria
Eubacteria + Most Important
Largest Kingdom; flagellum; Cyanobacteria
Archaebacteria
Harsh environment; oxygen free/salty
Methanogens
Archaebacteria that produces methane gas