Levels of Classification

Ms. Cheryl S. Bedaño

 OBJECTIVES
1. identify the different levels in the hierarchical taxonomic system;
2. differentiate Archaebacteria and Eubacteria; and
3. recognize the importance of microorganisms in food technology and in the
production of medicines.
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- the broadest/largest category
- there are two known domains namely Eukarya (Eukaryotes) and Prokarya (Prokaryotes)

the second largest category next to domain

- there are six known kingdoms namely Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

a taxon group just below kingdom

a major taxonomic group just below phylum

- a taxonomic group that is more specific than class

-a taxonomic rank between order and genus

- an even more specific than family

- it is the first part of an organism’s scientific name

- a group of similar organisms capable of reproducing their own kind

- the second part of an organism’s scientific name
 DOMAIN

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 KINGDOM

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 “True
bacteria”

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 Scientific Names

Scientific name: Pithecophaga jefferyi

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 BENEFICIAL
food preservation
✓ Lactobacillus
making antibiotics
✓ Streptomyces griseus
produces vitamin B12
✓ Escherichia coli

HARMFUL
deadly disease (leptospirosis )
Leptospira interrogans
disease tuberculosis.
✓ Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sexually transmitted disease such as
gonorrhea
✓ Neiseria gonorrhea

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