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TAXONOMY & CLASSIFICATION

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Total cards: 7•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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The orderly classification and grouping of organisms into taxa (categories).  Involves three structured, interrelated categories: nomenclature, classification, and identification

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TAXONOMY

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Names can originate from:

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

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EXAMPLES OF PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS:

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

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the visual culture characteristics of a bacterial colony on an agar plate Refers to bacterial size, shape, arrangement (groups, chains), and appendages.

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COLONY MORPHOLOGY

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a substance that triggers an immune response

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ANTIGENS

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classifying bacteria based on antigens present using an antibody.

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SEROTYPING

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classifying based on what type of antibiotics bacteria are susceptible to

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ANTIBIOGRAM PATTERNS