Name-That-Bug Quiz

by Elio
 

Taxonomy is not what most of us take up as a field of study but we run into it all the time. As­sum­ing that you have learned something about microbial taxonomy, perhaps by osmosis, would you like to test your knowledge?

Name two species that belong to these bacterial phyla or sub-phyla...
 

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1. Actinobacteria

 

 

 

 
 

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2. Alphaproteobacteria

 

 

 
 

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3. Bacteroidetes

 

 

 

 
 

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4. Betaproteobacteria

 

 

 
 

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5. Chlamydiae

 

 

 
 

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6. Cyanobacteria

 

 

 
 

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7. Deinococcus-Thermus

 

 

 

 
 

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8. Firmicutes

 

 

  

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9. Gammaproteobacteria

 

 

 
 

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10. Planctomycetes

 

 

 
 

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11. Spirochaetes

 

 

 
 

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12. Tenericutes

 

 

 
 

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13. Thermotogae

 

 
 

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14. Verrucomicrobia

 

 

 

If you answered half of these, you are doing pretty well. You may proceed then and name three Archaea as well...