Exam 10: An Introduction to Taxonomy: The Bacteria

Which of the following criteria is not commonly used to classify Bacteria

The historic two-kingdom system of classification divided all organisms into either ________ or ________ .

Fungi can be differentiated from plants by the fact that _____.

Which groups of animals are not usually of concern to the microbiologist

A bacterial strain contains _____.

Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae are unusual in that they _____.

Which of the following questions would not be a good choice for a dichotomous key

A tool used by biologist that involves asking a series of "either-or" questions which eventually leads to the identification of an organism is a/an _____.

Genetic homology determines evolutionary relationships among organisms based on:

A prokaryotic cell would have been assigned to which of the taxonomic Kingdoms

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

Classification is necessary to ______.

In a bacterial species with multiple chromosomes,_____.

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

The binomial name of a microbe is composed of its _____.

Viruses are not assigned to any Kingdom because _____.

The five kingdom system of classification was developed by _____.

If an organism contains 13% adenine in its DNA,its GC content is _____.

Which of the following characteristics is not found in all cellular life forms

Which of the following levels of classification would contain the greatest of organisms