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Who is the father of taxonomy?
Carl Von Linne
the naming system is called...
binomial nomenclature
Give an example of an organism Kingdom Monera.
archaea and eubacteria.
what does "eu" stand for?
true
Which taxa determines the first portion of the binomial name?
Genus.
Which taxa is the broadest?
Kingdom
Which taxa comes before Class?
Phylum.
Which taxa comes after Order?
Family.
Which taxa comes after genus?
Species.
Which taxa comes before phylum?
kingdom.
What is an example of an organism in Kingdom Protista?
Amoeba and algae
provide an example of an organism in kingdom fungi?
mushrooms, mold, mildew, and yeast.
define unicellular
what is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic?
eukaryotes have a nucleus and prokaryotes do not.
what does it mean if an organism is chemoautotrophic?
it is an organism that makes its own food by using chemicals such as ammonia.
what does it mean if an organism is photoautotrophic?
it's an organism that makes food by using sunlight and CO2.
a group of similar species are a part of the same ______.
Genus. example: Lion and house cat are two different species but are in the same genus.
Define heterotroph.
Organisms that get their energy by consuming organic molecules made by other organisms
(aka eats other living organisms to survive such as plants and animals).
what are the most common shapes of bacteria?
bacilli and cocci.
what 4 things do scientists look at when differentiating bacteria?
Nutrition, respiration, cell wall composition, and cell shape.
what does it mean when a bacteria is gram-positive?
it has a thin cell wall, one layer, which means antibiotics can get throw it.
what kind of environment does a halogen live in?
extremely salty envirnments such as the dead sea.
what is gram staining?
a process where eubacteria are stained first with a purple dye, rinsed, and then stained with a red dye. Depending on the thickness of the cell wall the eubacteria will appear red or purple. Whether the bacteria is gram-positive or negative will depend on how thick their cell wall is.
red.
can we treat gram-negative bacteria with antibiotics? why or why not?
no, because the antibiotics cannot get through the double cell wall.