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Microbiology Classification

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What is the primary reason for classifying organisms?

To arrange related organisms into groups

To develop serotype classification

To provide important information on how organisms evolved

To establish the criteria for identifying organisms (correct)

What is the term for the naming of organisms?

Classification

Identification

Nomenclature (correct)

Taxonomy

What is the primary goal of taxonomy?

To provide a universal system of naming organisms

To establish the criteria for identifying organisms

To understand the evolutionary relationships among organisms

To arrange organisms into a hierarchical system (correct)

What is the term for the science of classification?

Taxonomy Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary principle of taxonomy?

Members of higher level groups share few characteristics with those in lower level groups Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of serotype classification?

To understand the antimicrobial resistance of organisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of distinguishing one organism from others?

Identification Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of classification?

It allows for the grouping of related organisms together Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a category or grouping of organisms?

Taxon Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary principle of species classification?

Members of a species generally have several common characteristics that distinguish that species from all other species Signup and view all the answers