Origin & Evolution of Microorganisms

Question 1

phylogeny

Answer 1

the natural relatedness between groups of living things

Question 2

Robert Whittaker’s - 5 major kingdoms classification system

Answer 2

Monera
Protista
Plants (Plantae)
Fungi (Mycetae)
Animals (Animalia)

Question 3

Woese-Fox Classification system

Answer 3

*based on shared evolutionary history

Domain Bacteria (prokaryotic cells)
Domain Archea (distinct prokaryotic cells)
Domain Eurkarya (all organisms eukaryotic cell structure including, protista, plants, fungi and animal kingdoms)