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Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy Questions and Answers
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Microbiology with Diseases byTaxonomy Questions and Answers
The science of classification
✓ ~~~ Criteria for identification, arrange in groups and how evolved a species is
Basic Principles of Taxonomy
✓ ~~~ Laid down by Linnaeus. He is known as "father or taxonomy"
Binomial Nomenclature
✓ ~~~ A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the
genus name followed by the species name
subgroup of a species
✓ ~~~ strain
Species
✓ ~~~ Group of morphologically similar individuals that can successfully produce viable
offspring
species name
✓ ~~~ the two-part scientific name of a species composed of the genus and the species
identifier
Linnaeus system of classification
✓ ~~~ His system classified organisms based on characteristics in common, grouped
organisms that can interbreed into categories called species, used binomial nomenclature
, binomial nomenclature rules
✓ ~~~ Always capitalize genus name, use lower case for specific epithet. Once mentioned
and understood, it can be abbreviated. Ex: H. sapiens, when typed use italics, when hand
written underline
S. mutans
✓ ~~~ tooth decay
S. pyogenes
✓ ~~~ strep throat
Kingdom Animalia
✓ ~~~ multicellular, cell membranes, outer boundary, ingestion or absorption of food
molecules
Phylum Chordata
✓ ~~~ Dorsal spinal cord
Class Mammalia
✓ ~~~ Mammary glands, milk production, hair, warm-blooded
Order Primata (Primates)
✓ ~~~ Forward directed eyes, nails instead of claws, opposable thumbs, bipedal, and walks
up right
Family Hominidae
✓ ~~~ Separates man from apes
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