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R. Whittaker

who proposed five kingdom system: •Monera •Protista •Fungi •Plantae •Animalia

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•Monera •Protista •Fungi •Plantae •Animalia

R. Whittaker proposed five kingdom system: _____?

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Carl Woese

who divided Monera to Archeabacteria and Eubacteria

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Monera

Carl Woese divided __ to Archeabacteria and Eubacteria

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Archeabacteria and Eubacteria

Carl Woese divided Monera to ___ and _ ___

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Kingdom Monera

Unicellular Organsims •Nucleus and cell organelles are absent.

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Kingdom Monera

May or may not have cell wall •Autotrophic or heterotrophic

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Kingdom Monera

Nitrogen fixation •Asexual reproduction

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Kingdom Monera

ex: Bacteria, cyanobacteria and mycoplasma

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round (coccus), rod (bacillus), spiral (spirilla)

what are the three basic shapes of bacteria?

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Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic •Nitrogen-fixing

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Cyanobacteria

Can form association with plants and lichen •Moist soils and water

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom whose members are primarily unicellular eukaryotes.

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom characterized by organisms with a well-defined nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom that contains organisms capable of both autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition.

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom whose members may possess cilia or flagella for locomotion.

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom in which both sexual and asexual reproduction occur.

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom composed mostly of aquatic organisms.

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Kingdom Protista

The kingdom to which protozoans belong.

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Kingdom Fungi

The kingdom composed of eukaryotic organisms, and whose members are saprophytes.

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Kingdom Fungi

The kingdom whose members are heterotrophic.

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Kingdom Fungi

The kingdom characterized by a cell wall containing chitin.

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Kingdom Fungi

The kingdom whose members may live in association with algae as lichens and with plants as mycorrhizae.

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Kingdom Fungi

The kingdom in which some members have the ability to be multicellular.

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Kingdom Fungi

The kingdom that includes yeast, mushrooms, and Rhizopus.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom composed of eukaryotic organisms, and whose members are multicellular.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom that includes all plant species.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom whose members are autotrophic.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom divided into five major groupings: Thallophytes •Bryophytes •Pteridophytes •Gymnosperms •Angiosperms

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom that includes thallophytes.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom that includes bryophytes.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom that includes pteridophytes.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom that includes gymnosperms.

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Kingdom Plantae

The kingdom that includes angiosperms.

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Kingdom Animalia

The kingdom composed of eukaryotic organisms, and whose members are multicellular and heterotrophic

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Kingdom Animalia

The kingdom that is divided into different phyla: •Porifera-Echinodermata •Cnidaria-Protochordata •Platyhelminthes-Vertebrata •Nematoda •Annelida •Arthropoda •Mollusca

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Kingdom Monera

The kingdom considered the oldest known microorganisms on Earth.

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Kingdom Monera

The kingdom whose members reproduce by binary fission or budding.

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Kingdom Monera

The kingdom characterized by a rigid cell wall made of peptidoglycan.

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peptidoglycan

Kingdom Monera is characterized by a rigid cell wall made of __.

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Kingdom Monera

The kingdom composed of prokaryotic organisms.

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Archaebacteria

The group of Monerans that includes halophiles, thermoacidophiles, and methanogens.

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Archaebacteria

The group of Monerans that includes organisms living in salty areas, hot springs, and marshy areas.

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Archaebacteria

The group whose cell wall contains pseudomurein.

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pseudomurein

Archaebacteria’s cell wall contains ___.

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pseudomurein

is composed of N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid.

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Archaebacteria

The group whose members are mostly chemosynthetic autotrophs.

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Archaebacteria

The group whose t-RNA and r-RNA nucleotide sequences are unique.

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Halophiles

Salty Area

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Thermoacidophiles

Hot Springs

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Methanogens

Marshy Areas

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Eubacteria

also known as "true bacteria."

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Eubacteria

The group whose cell wall is rigid and made up of peptidoglycans.

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Eubacteria

The bacterial group with capsules and slime layers as surface structures.

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Eubacteria

The group whose movement is possible through flagella.

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Eubacteria

The bacterial group that possesses pili, which aid in sexual reproduction and attachment to the host.

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Pili

which aid in sexual reproduction and attachment to the host.

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Eubacteria

The bacterial group whose members may be heterotrophs, autotrophs, or chemotrophs.

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Eubacteria

The bacterial group classified into Gram-positive and Gram-negative categories.

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Gram-positive

The type of eubacterial cell wall composed of 90% peptidoglycan.

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Gram-positive

The type of cell wall that contains teichoic acid.

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Gram-positive

The cell wall in which teichoic acid provides the negative charge of the outer wall.

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Gram-negative

The type of eubacterial cell wall with 10% peptidoglycan.

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Gram-negative

The type of cell wall that contains a periplasm with enzymes for nutrient acquisition, transport, and energy conservation.

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Gram-negative

The type of cell wall with an outer membrane containing lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

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Teichoic acid

polymers of glycerol or ribitoljoined by phosphate group; provides the negative charge of the outer wall.

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90%

the gram-positive cell wall of eubacteria has how many percent of peptidoglycan

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10%

the gram-negative cell wall of eubacteria has how many percent of peptidoglycan

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Periplasm

contains enzymes for nutrient acquisition, transport and energy conservation

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

the outer membrane of the gram-positive cell wall of eubacteria consist of what

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Capsules & Slime Layers

The eubacterial cell surface structures composed of polysaccharide layers.

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Capsules & Slime Layers

The cell surface structures of eubacteria that assist in attachment.

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Capsules & Slime Layers

The cell surface structures of eubacteria that resist desiccation.

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Capsules & Slime Layers

The cell surface structures of eubacteria that may be toxic.

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Capsules & Slime Layers

The cell surface structures of eubacteria that can serve as a source of nutrition.

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Fimbriae

The eubacterial cell surface structures that are filamentous protein structures.

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Fimbriae

The cell surface structures of eubacteria that enable organisms to stick to surfaces or form pellicles.

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Pili

The eubacterial cell surface structure that is longer than fimbriae.

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Pili

The cell surface structure of eubacteria involved in surface attachment and is longer than fimbriae.

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Pili

The cell surface structure of eubacteria that facilitates conjugation and genetic exchange between cells.

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Monococci

Spherical or oval bacterial cells occurring single

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Cocci

Spherical or oval cells

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Diplococci

Spherical or oval bacterial cells occurring in pairs.

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Staphylococci

Spherical or oval bacterial cells arranged in grape-like clusters.

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Streptococci

Spherical or oval bacterial cells arranged in chains.

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tetrad

Spherical or oval bacterial cells arranged in groups of four.

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sarcina

Spherical or oval bacterial cells arranged in groups of eight.

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Bacilli

rod-shape

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diplobacilli

Rod-shaped bacteria occurring in pairs.

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streptobacilli

Rod-shaped bacteria occurring in chains.

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palisades

Rod-shaped bacteria arranged in palisades.

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coccobacilli

Short, oval rod-shaped bacteria.

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Spirochaetes

The bacterial morphology characterized by long, slender, non-branched spiral-shaped cells with several coils.

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Mycoplasmas

The bacterial morphology that lacks a cell wall, and is highly pleomorphic and of indefinite shape.

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Mycoplasmas

The bacterial morphology with round or oval bodies and interlacing filaments.

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Rickettsiae & Chlamydiae

The group of eubacteria that are very small obligate parasites.

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Rickettsiae & Chlamydiae

The group of eubacteria that are closely related to viruses.

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Capsule

The anatomical feature present in Streptococcus pneumoniae but absent in Viridans streptococci.

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Capsule

The anatomical feature used to distinguish capsulate from non-capsulate bacteria.

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Capsulate

what anatomical feature is present in -Streptococcus pnumoniae