kingdoms and classification

biology 9

domain

most inclusive taxon, start of the list

species

most exclusive taxon, end of the list

multicellular organisms only

plantae and animalia

unicellular organisms only

eubacteria and archaebacteria

Protista (cells)

both uni and multicellular- mostly unicellular 

fungi (cells)

both uni and multicellular- mostly multicellular 

Archaebacteria examples

thermophiles, halophiles and methanogens

Eubacteria examples

E.coli, staphylococcus and streptococcus

Protista examples

paramecium, giant kelp and slime molds

Plantae examples

mosses, ferns and flowering plants

fungi examples

mushrooms, molds and yeasts

Animalia examples

mammals, fishes and insects

Peptidoglycan

gives strength to cell walls, what bacterial walls are made of

Chitin

Chemical similar to starch- indigestive in cell walls of fungi

Cellulose

found in the cell walls of plants (some protists), cellulose→fiber

Taxa

multiple groups or classification units

Taxon

singular unit in the biological classification hierarchy

Prokaryote (kingdoms)

Eubacteria and archaebacteria

Eukaryotes

Protista, plantae, fungi and animalia

Eubacteria cell structure

cell walls with peptidoglycan

archaebacteria cell structure

cell walls without peptidoglycan

Protista cell structure

cell walls of cellulose, some have chloroplasts

Plantae cell structure

cell walls of cellulose; chloroplasts

Fungi cell structure

cells walls of chitin

animalia cell structure

no cell walls or chloroplasts

Binomial nomenclature

the two part scientific name that includes the Genus + species

archaea domain characteristics

only found in extreme enviorments

eubacteria domain characteristics

day to day widely populated bacterias

eubacteria kingdom characteristics

have true nucleus/ membrane surrounding DNA

archaebacteria kingdom characteristics

no nucleus/no membrane surrounding DNA

Linnaeus’ contribution to taxonomy

created classification system in the 1700’s

rules of writing scientific name

genus is uppercase, species is lower case. on paper underline name, online italicize name