Taxonomy
The plural forms of the terms: species, genus, and taxon
What are species, genera, and taxa?
Fertilization occurs, but the organism is either not viable or is reproductively sterile.
What is a postzygotic barrier?
the outermost covering of a nonenveloped virus
Nonpathogenic bacteria that is associated with symbiotic relationship with plant roots (they fix nitrogen)
What is Rhizobium?
The father of taxonomy. He came up with binomial nomenclature.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus or Carl Von Linne?
The correct way to type the name, Phytophthora infestans
What is Phytophthora infestans
Prezygotic barrier in which the egg and the sperm are not compatible
What is gametic isolation?
What is icosahedral?
Genus of bacteria associated with waterborne illnesses such as coral disease and cholera.
What is Vibrio
The father of microbiology. He proposed the germ theory and discovered the causative agents of tuberculosis, anthrax, and cholera.
The taxonomic groups in order
What are Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
A prezotic barrier based on sympatric populations occupying different niches.
What is habitat/ecological isolation?
Genetic material that can be single or double stranded, is found in 70% of viruses, and is associated with Baltimore classes III-VI.
What is RNA?
Genus of Bacteria that is anaerobic and produces spores that have been known to produce deadly toxins. A couple of diseases associated with this genus include botulism, tetanus.
What is Clostridia?
Brought variolation to Europe
Who is Mary Worley Montague?
A taxonomic group that includes the most recent common ancestor and all of its descendants
What is a monophyletic clade?
Species concept that defines a species as a population characterized by one or more shared derived characteristics.
What is the phylogenic species concept?
Integrated phage genome that occurs via the lysogenic cycle.
What is a prophage?
Method of horizontal gene transfer in which a bacterial cell dies and ruptures (spilling its DNA), and another bacterial cell takes in the DNA from the environment.
What is transformation?
Described the three domains: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya based on his work with SSU-RNA (small subunit RNA)
Who is Carl Woese?
The names of the two volumes that Carolus Linneaus authored
What are Species Plantarum and Species Naturae?
A prezygotic barrier that leads to allopatric speciation
What is geographic isolation?
Infectious naked molecules of RNA that can cause disease in plants
What is a viroid?
An antibiotic resistance gene associated with a gram negative bacilli-- Klebsiella bacteria-- that poses a major risk in hospitals.
What is KPC?
Won the Nobel Prize (along with Robin Warren) for discovering that H. pylori is the causative agent of Peptic ulcers by inoculating himself with the bacteria.
Who is Barry Marshall?