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| study of organisms to arrange them into groups for purposes of classification and identification |
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| identify a particular unknown (one organism) |
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| who is related to who (family tree) |
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| a group of genetically related cells with the same core genetics |
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- domain
- kingdom (eukaryotes only)
- phylum or division
- class
- order
- family
- genus (more broad)
- species (+/- strains)
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| Three domain classification sysytem |
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| Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya |
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where did all cells arise from?
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| appearance and functioning |
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microscopic morphology
(phenotype) |
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- size and shape
- gram and special stain
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colony morphology
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- unique appearance, pigments
- may require differential media
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metabolic testing
(phenotype) |
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- enzymes
- groups of enzymes in pathways
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| lays out the test and helps one walk through the different test with their results to narrow down to one thing |
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| has chambers of media and innoculates everything at once |
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- microscopic morphology
- colony morphology
- metabolic testing
- serology
- other analyses
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| 2 ways for identification of prokaryotes |
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- sequencing rRNA/rDNA
- DNA fingerprinting (RFLP, PCR)
- DNA probes (colony blotting, FISH, DNA microarray)
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| it doesnt change over time because it is ribosomal. it is conserved. |
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