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Taxonomy
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
05/10/2011

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Term
Archaea
Definition
prokaryotic cell lacks peptidoglycan creates methane
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Bacteria
Definition
Prokaryotic have peptidoglycan eubacteria and cyanobacteria
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Eukarya
Definition
eukaryotic lack peptidoglycan
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Domain
Definition

based on cell type there are three domains

Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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Kingdom
Definition
Portion of a domain that shares characteristics
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Monera
Definition
Kingdom of prokaryotic organism that are uni-cellular and lack a true nucleus
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Fungi
Definition
Cell wal we chitin mulit-cellular digest nutrients outside body
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Plantae
Definition
cell wall made of cellulose mulit cellular photoautotroph
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Animilia
Definition
no cell wall; multi cellular heterotrophic
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Protista
Definition
Uni-cellular
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Systematics
Definition
Study of evolutionary relationships
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Taxon
Definition
Any group of organisms
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Phylogeny
Definition
description of evolutionary relationship
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monophyletic
Definition
single ancestor
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Polyphyletic
Definition
taxon with one ancestrol line
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phylum
Definition
primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan
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Class
Definition
assignment of organism to groups within a system of categories distinguished by structure and origin
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Genus
Definition
name of organism
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Specific epithet
Definition
second name of organims in the binomial system of nomenclature following the genus
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Binomial nomenclature
Definition
2 naming system genus capitalized and whole word underlined or italisized
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Biological Species
Definition
Group of strains that shair  morphological physiological and genetic similarities
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Strain
Definition
Group of descendants of a single bacteria isolated in pure culture
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