Microbial Diversity Flashcards

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Primary concerns of taxonomy (3)

A

Classification: arrangement

Nomenclature: assignment of names

Identification: practical

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2
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Father of taxonomy

A

Carolus Linnaeus

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3
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Suggested univellular forms be placed in different kingdom (protista, plantae animalia)

A

Ernst Haeckel

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4
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Suggested 4- kingdom classification (monera, blue-green algae)

Suggested 5-kingdom classification (fungi)

Suggested 6-kingdom classification (Monera to archaebacteria and eubacteria)

A

Herbert Copeland

Robert H. Whittaker

Carl Woese

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5
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With electronic microscopy and the distinction of the presence (prokaryotes) and absence (eukaryotes) of a nucleus

A

Edouard Chatton

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6
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Discovered the group of single-cell prokaryotic organisms known as archaea

A

Carl Woese

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