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Microbiology QI:QI
Vocabulary, Taxonomical Hierarchy, Eukaryotes vs. Prokaryotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the system for naming organisms called? | binomial nomenclature |
| The common way to write the nomenclature for an organism is by using the: | Genus and species |
| Name a prokaryotic organism | bacteria |
| What does prokaryotic mean? | No true nucleus |
| Where is prokaryotic genetic material stored? | in a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan |
| What is peptidoglycan composed of? | amino acids and sugar |
| What kingdom do bacteria belong to? | Kingdom Monera (or Prokaryote) |
| How do bacteria reproduce? | binary fission or simple transverse division |
| Describe binary fission | One parent cell splits into two daughter cells |
| What are the three primary shapes of bacteria? | bacillus (rod-shaped), coccus (spherical), spiral |
| What is a group of bacterial, nonmotile, obligate intracellular parasites? | Chlamydia |
| What is a group of bacterial obligate intracellular parasites that cause diseases such as typhus fevers (producing a skin rash and fever)? | Rickettsia |
| What is a group of bacterial cell with no bacterial cell wall, that is the smallest of the free-living bacterial cells? | Mycoplasma |
| What type of organisms (euk or pro) are fungi? | Eukaryotic |
| What is a unicellular fungus? | yeast |
| What is a multicellular fungus? | mold |
| This means first-formed animals | protozoa |
| What type of organism is a protozoa (euk or pro)? | Eukaryotic |
| What is in a virus's nucleic acid core? | either DNA or RNA |
| Do viruses have a cell? | no. they are acellular. |
| What is a virus nucleic acid core surrounded by, and what is it composed of? | Capsid, capsomere |
| Name an infectious protein that is resistant to most procedures that modify nucleic acids. | Prion |
| What causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)? | Prion |
| The three domain system for classifying Microorganisms: | Bacteria (cell wall composed of peptidoglycan), Archaea (cell wall without peptidoglycan), Eukarya (which include Protists, Fungi, Plants, and Animals) |
| Name the Five Kingdoms for organisms and what type of organism (pro or euk) found in each: | Monera/Prokaryote (prokaryotic), Protista (eukaryotic), Fungi (eukaryotic), Plant (eukaryotic), Animal (eukaryotic) |
| What is the taxonomical hierarchy? | Domain, Kingdom, Division/Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| Who is the "father of microbiology"? | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek |
| The study of microorganisms and their effects on other organisms | microbiology |
| bacteriology | study of bacteria |
| mycology | the study of fungal organisms |
| virology | the study of viruses |
| parasitology | study of parasites |
| protozoology | study of protozoa |
| rickettsiology | study of Rickettsia |
| immunology | study of immunity |
| "other feeders" | heterotrophs |
| feed on dead organic material | saprophytes |
| feed on living organic material | parasites |
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