TAXONOMY OF MICROORGANISMS

Question 1

define and describe its scope of study

Answer 1

taxonomy

Question 2

trace the natural origin and history of microbes

Answer 2

evolution

Question 3

compare the system that represent the tree of life

Answer 3

classification

Question 4

• instroduced the formal system of taxonomy
• laid down the basic rules for classification
• established taxonomic categories (taxa)

Answer 4

Carl von Linne

Question 5

• swiss botanist
• proposed the bacteria and fungi be placed in the plant kingdom

Answer 5

carl von nageli

Question 6

proposed the kingdom protista, to include bacteria, protozoa, algae and fungi

Answer 6

ernst haeckel

Question 7

• french biologist
• introduced prokaryote to distinguish bacteria

Answer 7

edouard chatton

Question 8

• canadian bacteriologist
• proposed the kingdom prokaryote

Answer 8

robert g.e. murray

Question 9

• 1700s
• 2 kingdoms
• plant and animal

Answer 9

charles darwin and ernst haeckel

Question 10

• 1800s
• 3 kingdoms
• plant, animal, bacteria

Answer 10

ernst haeckel

Question 11

-1950s to 1990s
- 5 kingdoms
- plant, animal, protista, fungi, monera

Answer 11

robert whittaker

Question 12

• present time
• 6 kingdoms
• eubacteria, archaebacteria, protista, animal, plant, fungi

Answer 12

carl woese and george fox

Question 13

orderly arrangement of organisms into hierarchy of taxa

Answer 13

classification

Question 14

discovering and recording the traits of organisms

Answer 14

identification

Question 15

assigning scientific names to various taxonomic categories and individual organisms

Answer 15

nomenclature

Question 16

true or false: all methods rely on the degree of difference among organisms

Answer 16

false - degree of RELATEDNESS

Question 17

scheme that represents the natural relatedness between groups of living beings

Answer 17

phylogeny

Question 18

___ relatioships refine the system of taxonomy

Answer 18

phylogenic

Question 19

superkingdom / empire

Answer 19

domain

Question 20

constiutes a group of related division / phyla

Answer 20

kingdom

Question 21

division; made up of related classes

Answer 21

phyla

Question 22

consist of similar orders

Answer 22

class

Question 23

constitutes a group of similar families

Answer 23

order

Question 24

made up of related genus

Answer 24

family

Question 25

consists of related species

Answer 25

genera

Question 26

group of closely related organisms that breed among themselves

Answer 26

species

Question 27

enumerate the taxonomic hierarchy (bigger group to smaller)

Answer 27

DKPCOFGS (doon kay phyla’s coffee oorder frappe sa green square) - domain - kingdom - phyla - class - order - family - genera - species

Question 28

2 kingdom system

Answer 28

- plantae - animalia

Question 29

3 kingdom system

Answer 29

- bacteria - archaea - eukarya

Question 30

5 kingdom system

Answer 30

- monera - protista - fungi - plantae - animalia

Question 31

6 kingdom system

Answer 31

- eubacteria - archaebacteria - protista - fungi - plantae - animalia

Question 32

in the 3 domain system, fungi, plantae, animalia, and protists belong in what system?

Answer 32

eukarya

Question 33

in the 3 system domain, bacteria and archaea are mainly ___

Answer 33

prokaryotes

Question 34

formula for binomial system of nomeclature

Answer 34

generic name + specific epithet

Question 35

true or false: the first letter of generic name is in uppercase while the specific epithet begins with a lowercase letter

Answer 35

true

Question 36

the binomial scientific name should be ___ or ___

Answer 36

italicized or underlined

Question 37

true or false: the specific epithet can be abbreviated provided that it has already been used previously

Answer 37

false: only the generic name can be abbreviated

Question 38

when nomeclature uses english or french words, what should you do?

Answer 38

it should be revised to latin or greek

Question 39

what abbreviation if used to designate a single species?

Answer 39

sp

Question 40

what abbreviation is used for more than one species?

Answer 40

spp.