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Chapter 2 questions
Microbiology
Question | Answer |
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Microbes are generally organized into 7 taxa. Name the taxa. | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. |
Of the 7 taxa, which 2 are generally used to identify a given microbe? | Genus and species are used to identify a microbe. |
what are organisms called when they have small differences but are still in the same genus and species? | Similar organisms are called biovars if they vary in biological properties, or serovars, if they differ immunologically. Strains are any type of variation. |
List the 2 domains of bacteria. | Archaea and Bacteria |
List the 2 fundamentally different types of cells. Why are the different? | Prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea)--no nucleus. Eukaryotes (Eukarya)--true nucleus |