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Science of Classifying Living Organisms
Taxonomy Science of Classifying Living Organisms
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“Father of Taxonomy” – Carolus Linnaeus (Swedish Botanist)
He set up the system we use today He recognized species on the basis of structural similarity He gave them scientific names made up of Latin words
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Linnaeus’s Naming System
This system is called binomial nomenclature (two-word naming) The first word is the genus (which is always capitalized) and the second is the species Both are underlined or italicized
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Members of the same species are similar in structure and can mate to produce a fertile offspring
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Celebrities!!
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Six-kingdom System (in order from the least complex)
Kingdom Archaebacteria Kingdom Eubacteria Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia Prokaryotic Eukaryotic
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Groupings in classification (starting with the largest)
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus (genera – plural) Species
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For example - classify man: Kingdom - Animalia Phylum - Chordata
Subphylum - Vertebrata Class - Mammalia Order - Primates Family - Hominidae Genus - Homo Species - sapiens Scientific name of man - Homo sapiens (wise one)
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Symmetry - general form of an organism
3 basic types: (except in snails and amoeba which are asymmetrical) 1. spherical - a ball (sphere) any axis through the center will divide in half 2. radial - axes radiate like the spokes of a wheel 3. bilateral - 2 sided axis will divide into similar halves one side is a mirror image of the other
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Types of Symmetry: Spherical Asymmetrical Radial Bilateral
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The Prokaryotes Kingdoms Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Characteristics: 1. most numerous organisms on Earth 2. most ancient organisms 3. microscopic 4. prokaryotic – no true nucleus pro – before karyo – nucleus
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Kingdom Archaebacteria
found in extreme, harsh environments do NOT contain the carbohydrate peptidoglycan in the cell walls 3 Broad Groups
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1. Methanogens – get energy by converting H2 and CO2 into methane gas
anaerobic – do not require oxygen live in the bottom of swamps, in sewage (form of marsh gas), and in intestinal tracts of humans and other animals Wolinella succinogenes (Bacteria) This bacterium lives in the rumens of cows and is related to two microbes that cause stomach disorders in people, Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni. Scientists had thought the bacterium was harmless to people, but the genome project revealed genes that may be used to cause disease.
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2. Extreme halophiles – use salt to generate ATP (cellular energy)
live in areas of very high salt concentrations ex. Great Salt Lake and Dead Sea Halophiles have turned the land that surrounds the Great Salt Lake in Utah a reddish color. This happens to the land after flood water spreads onto the land.
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ex. hot springs, volcanic vents, hydrothermal vents
3. Thermoacidophiles – live in areas of extremely acidic environments that have extremely high temperatures ex. hot springs, volcanic vents, hydrothermal vents Hyperthermophiles produce some of the bright colors of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
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Kingdom Eubacteria -found everywhere
contain the carbohydrate peptidoglycan that makes up the cell wall
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3 Shapes of the Eubacteria
bacilli – rod-shaped cocci – sphere-shaped in chains – streptococci in grapelike clusters – staphlococci c. spirilla – spiral-shaped
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Some functions of bacteria:
1. decomposers – break down dead organisms to recycle nutrients 2. nitrogen fixers – plants can only use nitrogen in a certain form in order to grow bacteria in soil convert nitrogen to that form
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3. disease – can cause disease by breaking down tissue for food or releasing poisons that harm the body tuberculosis, food poisoning, strep (streptococci) 4. food products – bacteria help to make some foods that we value cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, sour cream, pickles, and sauerkraut
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Fungi Bacteria
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5. industry a. digest petroleum – clean up oil spills b. remove waste products and poisons from H2O c. help mine minerals from the ground d. synthesize drugs/chemicals through genetic engineering 6. controlling bacteria a. sterilization b. refrigeration, steaming c. canning
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Viruses Virology – the study of viruses Characteristics: a. nonliving
b. composed of nucleic acid and a protein coat c. smaller than bacteria d. cause disease in living organisms Major divisions focus on genetic material: 1. DNA viruses 2. RNA viruses
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DNA Viruses Divided by the shape for their protein coats and their sizes capsid – the protein coat surrounding the nucleic acid The protein in the capsid “tricks” the host cell into allowing the virus. Once inside it takes over, putting the genetic program of the virus into effect.
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A Bacteriophage (my personal fav)
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RNA Viruses
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Common diseases caused by viruses:
Polio, measles, AIDS, mumps, influenza, yellow fever, rabies, common cold, cancer
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Cases of Polio
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Fighting Viral Diseases
Vaccines – weakened or killed virus or viral protein Body produces antibodies that protect you from future invasions
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Kingdom Protista Any organism that is not a plant, animal, fungus or prokaryote Includes protozoans and algae
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Protista Characteristics
One-celled or multicellular, solitary or in a colony (colonial) Many are microscopic (most are) Contain organelles – no tissues or organs Moist environment Locomotion (if any): Cilia (hair-like) Flagella (whip-like) Pseudopod (false foot)
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Cilia (Paramecium caudatum)
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Flagella – Euglena gracias
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Pseudopod – Amoeba proteus
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Algal Bloom in Australia November 2012
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Important Protists 1. Phylum Sarcodina
Amoeba eating two paramecium 1. Phylum Sarcodina move by pseudopods – cytoplasmic streaming surround their food to ingest it into food vacuole reproduce by binary fission ex. amoeba
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2. Phylum Ciliophora move using cilia free-living
reproduce: sexually - conjugation asexually – binary fission ex. paramecium
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3. Phylum Zoomastigina move using flagella
feed on decaying organic matter; some are parasitic reproduce asexually – binary fission ex. trypanosomes
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4. Phylum Sporozoa no means of locomotion
ex. Plasmodium – causes malaria reproduce asexually by spores – produce sporozoites that attaches to, enters, and lives off of host cell
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Diseases Caused by Protists
1. Malaria caused by the sporozoan, Plasmodium carried by the female Anopheles mosquito known as the “Chills and Fever” Disease
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Mosquito Man’s RBC’s spores in blood (10-20 spores per RBC)
salivary glands (sexual stage) spores in blood (10-20 spores per RBC) spindle shaped in stomach of mosquito Man’s RBC’s (Malaria) (asexual stage)
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Lifecycle of Malaria
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2. African Sleeping Sickness
caused by the trypanosome – Trypanosoma gambienese carried by the tsetse fly causes fever, swollen glands, anemia if in blood coma or death if in CNS life cycle is similar to malaria
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3. Amoebic Dysentery caused by the amoeba – Entamoeba histolytica
transmitted by contaminated drinking water affects tissues of the intestinal wall causing ulcers and extreme diarrhea cysts in solid wastes (excreted in feces) common in areas with no sewage treatment or when human wastes are used as fertilizer causes dehydration
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Plant-like protists make up phytoplankton
major part of the oceans food web
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Euglena
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Dinoflagellates
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Green Algae
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Brown Algae
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Red Algae
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Golden-brown Algae
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Kingdom Fungi Characteristics Eukaryotic Heterotrophic Unicellular/
multicellular Cell walls usually of chitin Mostly decomposers Some parasites Some commensal or mutualistic Ex. YEAST!
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Examples: mushrooms, puffballs, rusts, smuts, bracket fungi
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Amanita Some mushrooms are edible; some are poisonous
- no reliable simple distinction Amanita Blusher Destroying Angel (edible) (deadly)
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Fungi as heterotrophs feed on decaying matter
Fungi as decomposers recycle nutrients
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Fungi as parasites cause:
Plant diseases such as corn smut, mildew, wheat rust
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Human diseases such as athletes foot, ringworm, yeast infections
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Symbiotic Relationships:
Mutualism – symbiosis in which both organisms benefit 1. Lichen – mutualistic relationship between a fungus and a green alga or cyanobacterium
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indicators of air pollution
pioneer plants
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2. Mycorrhiza – mutualistic association between fungus and plant roots
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occur in over 90% of plants
fungus increases surface area to help plants absorb water and nutrients fungus receives some sugar from the plant
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