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

1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species

 3 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)