Microorganisms

biodiversity is the?

The existence of a wide range of different types of organisms in a given place in a given time

• basically the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat or the world as a whole

Carl Linnaeus invented the? (or what medium did he use to classify stuff)

Animals and vegetables

Ernst Haeckel invented the? (or what medium did he use to classify stuff)

Protista (basically eukaryotes (not plants nor animals or fungi)), animals and plants

Thomas Whittaker invented the? (or what medium did he use to classify stuff)

Prokaryotes - Monera (bacteria)

Eukaryotes -

-Protista (not plants nor animals or fungi)

-Fungi

-Animals

-Plantae (all of these are in eukaryotes)

the 5 kingdoms of classification

Protists

Monerans

Fungi
Plants

Animals

PMFPA

Prokaryotes are? And what are their characteristics?

Bacteria.

They are the smallest, simplest and most abundant cells on earth.

They lack a well-defined nucleus and most organelles (cuz they don’t have membrane-bound organelles)

The cells contain genetic material (one chromosome) and an organelle (ribosome) for making proteins.

(Oh, and they do not have any membrane-bound organelles. The DNA is surrounded by the cytoplasm and is not in a nuclear membrane.

What is the plasmid for?

It is extra chromosomal material circular DNA which contains genes to give the bacteria a selective advantage (this leads to them being immune to antibiotics, etc)

ALR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CELL WALLS BACTERIA VS FUNGAL VS PLANT

Plant cell wall - made of cellulose

Bacteria cell wall - peptidoglycan

Fungal cell wall - chitin

Cells of eukaryotes are? Also where do fungi, animals and plants belong to? and what do these cells possess?

Cells are large and complex

Fungi, plants and animals belong to this group

The cells possess organelles like the nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplasts and others.

Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes

Eukaryotes are bigger than prokaryotes; they have a true nucleus, and they have membrane-bound organelles.

Prokaryotes are smaller than eukaryotes as they originate from bacteria; they do not have a defined nucleus and they do not have any membrane-bound organelles.

Viruses. Where do they belong to? Also, where is their dna?

They do not belong to any kind of classification as they aren’t living at all. They lack the living matter that all cells have - protoplasm and they depend on other cells to reproduce.

Viruses’ DNA is surrounded by proteins.