Flashcards
Microbes to know
Cards in this deck (25)
- 1—Amoeba
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Rhizopoda
Structures: pseudopodia - false feet, nuclei, vacuoles - 2—Paramecium
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Ciliophora
Structures: cilia, nuclei (macro/micronucleus)
-canoe like
- 3—Ciliophora
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Ciliophora
Structures: cilia, nuclei
- hairy potato
- 4—Giardia lamblia
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Archaezoa
Structures: Flagella, nuclei
-tear drop, fecal sample
- 5—Plasmodium malariae
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Structures: Erythrocytes (pink w/ no nucleus, infected), Leukocytes (purple, nuclei)
- 6—Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Structures: budding
- 7—Aspergilus
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Structures: conidia, conidiophore, conidiospores
-dandelion/bush, dark
- 8—Penicillium
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Structures: Conidiospores, conidia, conidiophore
-trees
- 9—Rhizopus
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zygomycota
Structures: sporangiospores, sporangium, sporangiospores
- lollipops
- 10—Peziza
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Acomycota
Structures: asci (tubes), thallus (lower layer), ascospores (dots)
- 11—Coprinus
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Structures: gills (spokes of a wheel), stipe (hub of wheel-middle), basidia, basidiospores
- 12—Gram's Stain
Negative- PINK rods
Positive- PURPLE cocci
- 13—Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram Negative
Morphology: Cocci / Diplococci
Structures: none
- 14—Streptococcus lactis / pyogenes
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram Positive
Morphology: Streptococci
Structures: none
"the Brandon"
- 15—Staphylococcus aureus
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram positive
Morphology: staphylococci
Structures: none
- 16—Sarcina lutea / flava
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram positive
Morphology: Cocci, sarcina (cube)
Structures: none
- 17—Bacillus subtilis
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram Positive
Morphology: bacilli
Structures: none
- 18—Bacillus megaterium
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram Positive
Morphology: Bacilli
Structures: endospores
-purple
- 19—Escherichia coli
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Gram negative
Morphology: bacilli
Structures: none
- 20—Bacillus megaterium
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: ENDOSPORE
Morphology: Bacilli
Structures: endospores
-green
- 21—Rhodospirillum rubrum
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Simple w/ safranin
Morphology: Rhodospirillum
Structures: photosynthesis
- 22—Spirillum itersonii
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: simple w/ safranin
Morphology: Spirillum
Structures: lipid inclusions
- 23—Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: simple w/ methylene (BLUE)
Morphology: pleomorphic
Structures: metachromatic granules (cannot be seen)
- 24—Spirillum volutans
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: Flagella
Morphology: spirillum
Structures: flagella at BOTH ENDS
- 25—Klebsiella pneumoniae
Domain: Bacteria
Stain: capsule (background stained)
Morphology: bacilli
Structures: capsule