Lecture Microbiology - Chapter 9: An introduction to taxonomy: The bacteria. This chapter presents the following content: Taxonomy, taxonomic heirarchy, taxonomic keys, five kingdom classification, kingdom protista, kingdom fungi, kingdom plantae,. | AN INTRODUCTION TO TAXONOMY: THE BACTERIA CHAPTER 9 Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Taxonomy Taxon - arrangement Carolus Linnaeus Binomial Nomenclature – Genus – Specific epithet Italicized or underlined – Staphylococcus aureus Species versus Strains Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Taxonomic Heirarchy Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Taxonomic Keys Dichotomous key Criteria used in classification – Phylogeny • Evolutionary relatedness – Morphology • Structural similarity Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Five Kingdom Classification Whittaker – 4 Eukaryotic Kingdoms – 1 Prokaryotic Kingdom, now expanded into 2 Domains • (not detailed enough) Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights .
