Classification

Question 1

2 kingdoms proposed by?

Answer 1

linnaeus

Question 2

6 kingdoms proposed by?

Answer 2

Woese

Question 3

3 domain system includes?

Answer 3

1. bacteria
2. archaea
3. eukarya

Question 4

Bacterial nomenclature

Answer 4

Kingdom- phylum- class- order- family- genus- species- strain

Question 5

Morphological characteristics of bacterial ID

Answer 5

• colony characteristics
• cell shape
• presence of capsule, endospore
• staining, G+ or G- or neither
• locomotion- presence of flagella and arrangment

Question 6

biochemical testing?

Answer 6

test for utilization of different substrates like sugar

Question 7

molecular taxonomy?

Answer 7

size of genome, G+C content, nucleic acid similarity, protein similarity

Question 8

Diagnostic molecular pathology

Answer 8

created a labeled fluorescent probe ofknown DBA, apply probe to tissue to see if a match with complimentary stands

Question 9

Polymerase Chain reaction?

Answer 9

produce millions of copies of target nucleic acid, if suspect bacterial or viral infection , attempt PCR on sample using mateial specific to infectious agent

Question 10

analyze blood serum to search for specific antibodies present in serum, antibodies produced in response to specific bacerial antigens

Answer 10

immunological tests

Question 11

serotype

Answer 11

an organism’s serotype indicates that it possesses a specific set of antigens

Question 12

bacteriophage typing?

Answer 12

bacteriophage is a virus that infects a bacterium, phages are host specifc, if you can identify a phage which can infect a microbe you can deduce the bacteria involved