Taxonomy
- Organizing, classifying and naming living things
- Formal system originated by Carl von Linné
(1701-1778)
- Identifying and classifying organisms according
to specific criteria
- Each organism placed into a classification system
- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
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Domains
- Eubacteria- true bacteria,
peptidoglycan
- Archaea- odd bacteria that live
in extreme environments, high salt, heat, etc. (usually called extremophiles)
- Eukarya- have a nucleus &
organelles (humans, animals, plants)
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