TAXONOMY & CLASSIFICATION

Question 1

The orderly classification and grouping of organisms into taxa (categories).

 Involves three structured, interrelated categories:
nomenclature, classification, and identification

Answer 1

TAXONOMY

Question 2

Names can originate from:

Answer 2

• the person who discovered it
   its appearance
   its natural environment or source
   the disease it causes

Question 3

EXAMPLES OF PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS:

Answer 3

• Microscopic morphology
• Microscopic morphology
• Staining characteristics
• Biochemical characteristics

Question 4

the visual culture characteristics of a bacterial
colony on an agar plate

Refers to bacterial size, shape, arrangement
(groups, chains), and appendages.

Answer 4

COLONY MORPHOLOGY

Question 5

a substance that triggers an immune response

Answer 5

ANTIGENS

Question 6

classifying bacteria based on
antigens present using an antibody.

Answer 6

SEROTYPING

Question 7

classifying based on what
type of antibiotics bacteria are susceptible to

Answer 7

ANTIBIOGRAM PATTERNS