Exam 9: An Introduction to Taxonomy: the Bacteria

Which one of the following is a prokaryote without a cell wall?

A strain is a subgroup of a

Bacteria found in extreme environments (high heat,very high salt concentration)would best be described as a member of the

Which of the following characteristics is not found in all living organisms?

According to the three domain classification system an organism with a cell wall made of peptidoglycan would belong to the

A eukaryotic,multicellular organism that has no cell wall would be classified as a

Which of the following is a reason that bacteria cannot be classified in the same way as animals?

Viruses are not assigned to any Kingdom because

The two Kingdom system of classification divided all organisms into either ________ or ________.

In phage typing,bacteria that are lysed by the same type of bacteriophage are thought to be

The science of classification is generally known as

To classify new microbes,modern genetic techniques are employed. Why would the evolutionary relatedness of genes (genetic homology)be more useful than morphology? How are ribosomal RNAs used to study evolutionary relationships among organisms?

The 16S ribosomal subunit is used to study evolutionary relatedness because

The Kingdom Monera is also known as the Kingdom

In the name Escherichia coli,Escherichia refers to the ________ of the bacteria.

Binomial nomenclature was originated by