Microbiology lecture # 11 notes Chp.11 p.272-297

Epulopischium fishelsoni identified using molecular probe (proc. / eucar.)

Molecular vs. artificial taxonomy (Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology =practical)

33 "sections"= Utilitarian classification.

Debate: Molecular vs. traditional classification

Noteworthy entries:

spirochetes

vibrios

enterics

Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Crown gall disease, octopine/nopaline Ti/T plasmids

mycoplasmas=no cell walls

nosocomial infections

Mycobacterium and Nocardia = acid fast

cyanobacteria = oxygenic; heterocysts; ubiquitous

Chemolithotrophs

Appendaged; Caulobacter from Lake Mendota

Sheathed; "bulking" in sludge vats

Myxobacteria; gliding; fruiting bodies; differentiation

Archaeobacteria

Methanogens

halophiles

thermoacidophiles

Actinomycetes; branching filaments; antibiotics (streptomyces); geosmins

3 Domains of Living Things

12 Major Groups of Bacteria