Microbiology: Principles and Explorations Sixth Edition Chapter 9: An Introduction to Taxonomy: The Bacteria Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Jacquelyn G. Black
Carolus Linnaeus ( )
Taxonomy The science of classification Provides an orderly basis for the naming of organisms Places organisms into a category or taxon (plural: taxa) Carolus Linnaeus: 18 th century Swedish botanist; the Father of Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature The system used to name all living things The first name designates the genus (plural: genera) and its first letter is capitalized The second name is the specific epithet, and it is not capitalized Together the genus and specific epithet identify the species
The Meaning of the Names of Some Microorganisms Escherichia coli: Named after Theodore Escherich in 1888; found in the colon Entamoeba histolytica: Ent, intestinal; amoebae, shape/movement; histo, tissue; lytic, lysing or digesting tissue Strain: A subgroup of a species with one or more characteristics that distinguish it from other members of the same species
Classification of Human Dog Wolf and a Bacterium
Using a Taxonomic Key Dichotomous Key: A commonly used key to identify organisms. Has paired statements describing characteristics of organisms. Figure 9.4
Dichotomous Key for Classifying U.S. Coins
Dichotomous Key for Classifying Major Bacterial Groups
The Five Kingdom Classification
Some Typical Monerans
Archaeobacteria— Extremophiles able to exploit the unusual habitat of a “black smoker” vent
Some Typical Protists
Some Typical Fungi
Kingdom Animalia
Proposed Major Evolutionary Lines of Descent
Theory About Three Domains
The Three Domains A new category even higher than kingdom Archaea Bacteria Eukarya
The Three Domain System of Classification
The Shrub of Life
Lateral Gene Transfer
Bacteria vs. Archaea Both have cell walls, however, archaea lack peptidoglycan Bacteria have fatty acids present in their membranes; archaea have isoprenes Bacteria lack histones ; archaea have histone-like proteins associated with the chromosome
Criteria for Classifying Bacteria Table 9.4 Biochemical Tests for ID of Bacteria: Table 9.5 Sugar fermentation Starch hydrolysis IMViC
Categories of Viruses
Stromatolite Mats
Fossil Stromatolite Cross Section
Filamentous Cyanobacteria-- Paleolyngbya
Probable Evolutionary Tree Arrived at by Numerical Taxonomy
DNA Sequencer
DNA Hybridization
Separation of Proteins
Phage Typing
David H. Bergey ( )
The Life Cycle of a Chlamydia Small, dark elementary bodies (EB) attach to a host cell and enter by phagocytosis The EB, enclosed within a membrane-enclosed vacuole, lose their thick walls and enlarge to form reticulate bodies (RB) RB replicate and fill the cell RB condense to form infectious EB and are released by lysis of the host cell
Chlamydia Life Cycle