Naming
Th scientific system of naming organisms
What is nomenclature?
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
What are the three domains?
The three shapes of the prokaryotic cell
What are coccus, bacillus, and spiral?
This makes up all matter
What are atoms?
Grow best in a pH of 5
What is fungi?
The specific epithet is the species name that follows this
What is the genus?
This cell has linear DNA
What is a eukaryotic cell?
This cell wall does not contain teichoic acids
What is gram-negative?
Lose electrons and become a positive charged ion
What are cations?
Require organic carbon for carbon source and chemical energy
What are chemoheterotrophs?
Found in extreme environments, including methanogens and halophiles, and unknown to cause disease in humans
What is archaea?
Agglutination indicates this test result
What is positive?
Sterols are present in their cell membrane
What is fungi?
Gain electrons and form negatively charged ions
What are anions?
The bacteria of this genus are aerobic gram-negative cocci that colonize mucous membranes and can cause Gonorrhea
What is Neisseria?
Cell walls composed of contain peptidoglycan and reproduce by binary fission
What is bacteria?
S. cerevisiae is an example
What is a species?
How spirochetes move
What are axial filaments or endoflagella?
Chemical reactions absorbing more energy than releasing
What is endergonic?
This produces most of a cell's energy
What is the oxidation of carbohydrates?
Different from other microbes and require a host
What are viruses?
When Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology was first published
What is 1923?
The phylum including wall-less mycoplasma bacteria
What is Tenericutes?
The three parts of a nucleotide
What are the nitrogen-containing base, 5 carbon sugar, and a phosphate group?
Does not use Krebs or electron transport chain
What is fermentation?