Phyla Study Table Flashcards
(21 cards)
Gram negative
Second largest
Rickettsiales: Obligate
intracellular parasites or
animal mutualists
Caulobacterales: Stalk
formers, asymmetrical
division
Rickettsia rickettsii:
Rocky Mountain
spotted fever
Alphaproteobacteria
Gram negative
Third largest
Neisseriales: Gonorrhea
Nitrosomonadales:
Nitrogen oxidiziers
Neisseria gonorrhoeae:
Gonorrhea
Betaproteobacteria
Gram negative
Fruiting bodies
(Myxococcus)
Bdellovibrionales:
intracellular predator
Mycococcus
Deltaproteobacteria
Gram negative
Camplylobacterales
Helicobacter pylori: gastritis
Epsilonproteobacteria
Gram negative
Largest, most diverse
Pseudomonadales
Legionellales
Enterobacteriales
Pseudomonas
Legionella
Yersinia
Salmonella
Escherichia
Klebsiella
Gammaproteobacteria
Gram positive
High GC
Fungal-like morphology
Mycobacterium:
mycolic acids, cord
factor
Streptomyces:
antibiotics, mold-like
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Mycobacterium leprae
Actinobacteria
Gram positive
Low GC Clostridium: “Club”
Streptococcus
Lactobacillus
Listeria
Staphylococcus
Bacillus
Clostridium botulinum
Streptococci
Staphylococcus aureus
Listeria monocytogenes
Firmicutes
Gram positive
Lack cell wall
Mycoplasma
Tenericutes
Elementary bodies
Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydiaa
Ether-linked lipids
Deinococcus: radiation
resistant (radiodurans)
Deinococcus-Thermus
Eukaryotes
Alveolata
2 Endosymbiont, red
Two flagella, move via
“whirling”
Red tide
Dinoflagellates
Eukaryotes
Alveolata
2 Endosymbiont, red
Parasites, lack
functional chloroplasts
Plasmodium falciparum
Toxoplasma gondii
Apicomplexans
Eukaryotes
2 Endosymbiont, red
Silica cell walls;
“Frustules”
Diatoms
Stramenpiles
Eukaryotes
Excavate
2 Endosymbiont, green
Mixotroph
Euglena
Euglenid
Eukaryotes
Excavate
Lacks mitochondria,
possesses mitosomes
Giardia intestinalis
Diplomonads
Eukaryotes
Excavate
Lacks mitochondria,
possesses
hydrogenosomes
Trichomonas vaginalis
Parabasalids
Eukaryotes
Excavates
Crescent-shaped cells
Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosomes
Eukaryotes
Alveolata
Move using cilia
Paramecium
Ciliates
Eukaryotes
Amoebozoa
Form fruiting modies
Dictyostelium
discoideum
Slime Molds
Eukaryotes
Sexual reproduction via ascospores
Asexual reproduction via conidia / budding
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
Candida
Aspergillus
Ascomycota
Eukaryotes
“True mushrooms”
Fruiting bodies
Amanita
Basidiomycota
