Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Major characteristics of microorganisms
- The ability to cause disease, or pathogenicity, of some microorganisms, is certainly a dram...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
General methods of classifying bacteria
- In an effort to be more objective about grouping bacteria, a scientist may determine...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Distinctive characteristics of the major groups of microorganism
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Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
The five-kingdom concept of classification
- Ways in which organisms obtain nutrition from their food are the basis of a five-kingdom sy...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Identification and Genetic characteristics
- Many identification schemes are in the form of keys, which give identifying characteristics...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Nomenclature and microbial classification
- Each species of microorganism has only one officially accepted the name, by international a...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Kingdom Monera,Protista,Mycota,Plantae and Animalia
- The organisms are solitary unicellular or colonial unicellular eukaryotes.
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Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Kingdom Animalia
- Generally, lower animals reproduce by both asexual and sexual methods whereas higher animal...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Kingdom Plantae
- Each cell is uninucleate, with the nucleus usually situated at the center of the cell and c...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
Haeckel’s three kingdom classification system
- The cell contains a number of membrane-bound organelles like mitochondria, plasmid, endopla...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
The World of bacteria I: Ordinary Gram-Negative Bacteria
- The most widely used reference for bacterial classification is Bergey’s Manual of sys...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
The world of bacteria II
- Some streptococci are - hemolytic on blood agar: the colonies are surrounded by a clear, co...}
Classification and nomenclature of microorganisms
The world of bacteria III: bacteria with unusual properties
- The organisms in volume 3 of Bergey’s manual have properties that are quite different...}