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General Biology II
Organism Classification
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DOMAIN BACTERIA
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Prokaryotic
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Formerly in Kingdom Monera
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Some of the Groups found in this Domain:
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Gram positive bacteria
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Low G/C – Bacilli
o Ex. Bacillus, Clostridium, Staph
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High G/C – Actinobacteria
o Ex. Streptomyces
Spirochaetes – ex. Treponema, Borrelia
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Photosynthetic – cyanobacteria
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Proteobacteria
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Beta – nitrifiers
Gamma – photosynthetic sulfur bacteria, enterics (ex. E. coli, Salmonella)
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Delta – gliding motility
DOMAIN ARCHAEA
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Prokaryotic
Includes “extremophiles”
DOMAIN EUKARYA
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Groups:
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Chromalveolata
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Alveolata – all have flattened vesicles below plasma membrane
o Dinoflagellates, Apicomplexans (ex. Plasmodium), Ciliates (ex. Paramecium)
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Stramenopila – brown algae, diatoms, oomyctes
Archeaplastida
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Rhodophyta – red algae
Chlorophytes – green algae
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Charophytes – gave rise to the land plants
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Kingdom Plantae
Rhizara – all use slender pseudopods for locomotion but are distinct from Amoebozoans
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Radiolaria
Foraminifera
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Cercozoa
Excavata – lack mitochondria or have untypical mitochondria
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Diplomonads – ex. Giardia
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Parabasalids – ex. Trichomonas
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Euglenozoa – Euglenids, kinetoplastids (ex. Trypanosoma)
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Amoebozoa – ex. Amoeba, plasmodial slime molds
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Opisthokonts – single posterior flagellum
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Choanoflagellates
Kingdom Fungi
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Kingdom Animalia