CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS
CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS
CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS
Sort out the above organisms into plants and animals
Classify the animals on the following basis
Those with wings and those without wings
Those with tails and those without tails
Those with antennae and those without antennae
Terrestrial and aquatic organisms
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Classification makes the study of living things easy
Classification makes communication easy among biologists from different parts of the world
It provides good organized system in which a newly identified organism can be easily fitted in future.
It makes it easier to identify organisms
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It can be used to predict characteristics that are present in the members of the same group.
Artificial classification
Natural classification
practicalpurpose with an emphasis on convenience and simplicity.
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relationships suchas the fact that snakes have backbones and earthworms do nothave.
than with worms.
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It is easy to classify organisms since it is based on few observable characteristics.
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It does not take much time to classify organisms based on this system (not time consuming).
It does not need expertise (even a layman can do).
It is relatively stable i.e. not easily changing from time to time.
It tends to place closely related organisms into different groups instead of being grouped together
e.g. a bat can be placed in a group of birds instead of mammals.
Different or unrelated organisms may be placed in the same group e.g. bats placed in a group of birds, worms placed with snakes in the same group
The system does not provide enough information about its members.
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It is difficult to incorporate additional information.
Closely related organisms are placed in the same group.
It reflects evolutionary relationships.
Unrelated organisms cannot be placed in the same group.
It makes it easy to incorporate additional information.
It is difficult since it considers many features.
It requires expertise i.e. more knowledge about an organism.
It is time consuming.
It is relatively unstable i.e. it changes from time to time.
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It is more expensive since more data are required.
Artificial classification | Natural classification |
(i) Considers few features in common | Considers many features in common |
(ii) Does not reflect on evolutionary relationships | Reflects on evolutionary relationships |
(iii) It is easy to classify | It is difficult to classify |
(iv) Not time consuming | It is time consuming |
(v) Does not require expertise | Requires expertise |
(vi) New information cannot be added | New information can be added. |
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Kingdom monera
Kingdom protoctista
Kingdom fungi
Kingdom plantae
Kingdom animalia
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Kingdom
Phylum/division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Kingdom– this is the highest rank (taxon).
It comprises of several related taxa. It comprises of many organisms than any other taxon.
Phylum/division– this is the second largest rank of classification. It consists of several closely related classes.
Class – members or this group have more characteristics in common than do members of division or phylum.
Order– it consists of groups that are more alike than those in a class.
Family –this is made up of groups that are more alike than those in the order.
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Wolves and cats are both in the order Carnivore but wolves are in the family Canidae while cats belong to the family Felidae.
Genus – it consists of very similar species but members of different species cannot breed one another.
Species– Species can be defined as a group of closely related organisms which are capable of interbreeding and produce fertile offspring.
Must have many features in common.
Must be able to breed one another to produce fertile offspring.
Must be distinct and different from other organisms.
Human | Leopard | Domestic cat | |
Kingdom | Animalia | Animalia | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata | Chordata | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia | Mammalia | Mammalia |
Order | Primates | Carnivore | Carnivore |
Family | Hominidae | Felidae | Felidae |
Genus | Homo | Panthera | Felis |
Species | sapiens | padus | catus |
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Scientific names of organisms must be in Latin language and if the names are derived from other languages, they must be latinized.
A scientific name of an organism has two parts, genus name and species name.
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A genus name always starts with a capital letter and a species name follows with a small letter.
In typed scripts, a scientific name must be written in italics or underlined if hand written.
A specific name is sometimes accompanied with the name of the author who first described and named the organism.
When an organism is known by several names, the valid name is the one which was established after the work of Linnaeus.
Common name | Scientific name | |
Earthworm | Lumbricus | terrestris |
Cockroach | Periplaneta | americana |
Amoeba | Amoeba | proteus |
Coffee | Coffea | arabica |
Maize | Zea | mays |
Bean | Phaseolus | vulgaris |
Domestic cat | Felis | catus |
Sisal | Agave | sisalana |
Ashok tree | Polyanthia | longifolia |
Housefly | Musca | domestica |
Neem tree | Azadirachta | indica |
Flamboyant (Christmas tree) | Delonix | regia |
Tropical almond (mkungu) | Terminalia | catapa |
plants that were suffering from mosaic disease.
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They are the smallest living organisms ranging from 20-30nm. On average, they are about 50times smaller than bacteria.
Viruses
do not have cellular structures, which mean that they lack certain
important organelles like nucleus, cytoplasm, golgi bodies, etc.
They can only reproduce inside the living cells hence they are parasitic.
They have a simple structure consisting of either DNA or RNA but not both, surrounded by a protein or lipoprotein coat.
They can be described as living or non-living.
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They are highly specific to their hosts i.e. each virus recognizes only certain types of cells.
Viruses are capable of replicating themselves only when they are inside the host cell.
They possess genetic material (RNA or DNA).
They reproduce when they are in the host cell (replication).
They are capable of identifying their hosts and attack them.
They can undergo mutation (they mutate) i.e. they undergo different changes in shape.
Like other parasites, they are specific to host.
They can crystallize outside the host.
They are metabolically inert in isolation.
They are non-cellular i.e. they lack cell organelles.
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They do not perform necessary life processes such as respiration, excretion nutrition etc.
RNA or DNA which may be single stranded or double stranded. They form a structure called core.
A protective coat of protein surrounding the core called capsid.
A nucleocapsid which is a combined structure of core and capsid.
Envelope – an additional layer of lipoprotein layer around the capsid.
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Capsids are made up of identical repeating units known as capsomeres.
Viruses are used in developing vaccines, for example, vaccines for measles, polio and rubella are made from viruses that have been attenuated (weakened).
Viruses are used as biological weapons to kill organisms.
They are used as vectors in genetic engineering to transfer genes from one organism to another for improving or treating the defective genes.
Bacteriophages are viruses that attack bacteria and hence they help in controlling infections and diseases.
Viruses are used as biological weapons in wars and in biological pest control.
- Most viruses cause diseases to both plants and animals. Plant disease such tomato mosaic, cassava mosaic and tobacco mosaic; and animal diseases e.g. measles, small pox, poliomyelitis and yellow fever are caused by viruses.
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They are mainly unicellular and very small.
They are all prokaryotic (nucleus not bound by membrane)
They reproduce by binary fission.
Some members of the kingdom are autotrophs while others are heterotrophs
They have cell wall made up of protein material and sometimes lipids.
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Some bacteria form spores during adverse conditions i.e. extreme conditions e.g. high or low temperatures, drought etc. The spores allow them to survive as they have very thick resistant walls.
Some are aerobes while others are anaerobes.
The genetic material (DNA) is scattered in the cytoplasm and they lack internal membrane bound organelles such as mitochondria, chloroplasts, golgi bodies etc.
Bacteria have strong and rigid cell walls due to the presence of murein. The wall prevents the cell from bursting when it absorbs much water (as a result of osmosis).
Bacterial cells are bounded by partially permeable membranes.
Bacteria possess capsules which are slimy or gummy.They have flagella which aid motility of the bacteria.
Motile bacteria can move in response to a certain stimulus i.e. tactic movement. Flagella can easily be seen by
electron microscope.
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They have small self replicating circle of extra DNA called a plasmid.
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Micrococcus – exist singly. They cause sore throat.

Diplococci – this type of bacteria exist in pairs. The pneumococci (Diplococcus pneumoniae) are the only members. They cause pneumonia.

Streptococci – this type of bacteria stick together and form a chain.
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Most of them infect upper respiratory surface and cause diseases e.g. sore throat.

Staphylococci – These bacteria form a grape like bunch. They cause boils, pneumonia, food poisoning and other diseases.
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Single rods, for example, Escherichia coli commonly living in the gut and Salmonella typhi which cause typhoid fever.

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Rods in chain, for example, Azotobacter, a nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and Bacillus anthracis which cause the disease anthrax.

Bacilli with endospores showing various positions, shapes and sizes of spores. They can be:
Central, not swollen e.g. Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax
Spherical spore, terminal swollen e.g. Clostridium tetani causes tetanus
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Sub-terminal, swollen e.g. Clostridium botulism causes botulism.Spores may also be central
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Nitrogen fixation:Plants
cannot trap nitrogen from the atmosphere but bacteria can fix nitrogen and change it into nitrogenous compounds.
The phenomenon is called nitrogen fixation.
The bacteria, which fix atmospheric nitrogen, are called nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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Some of the nitrogen fixing bacteria are found freely in soil are called free-living bacteria, eg. Clostridium and Azotobacter.
Some of them are found in root nodules making association with leguminous plants called symbiotic bacteria, eg. Rhizobium.
Nitrification:Some bacteria convert ammonium compounds into nitrates in the soil.
The process is called nitrification. The bacteria that take part in this process are called nitrifying bacteria, eg. Nitrobacter and Nitrosomonas.
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Nitrosomonas Nitrobacter Ammonia—————>Nitrites————->Nitrates
Ammonification:Some
bacteria utilize proteins of dead bodies and convert it into amino
acids.
These amino acids are converted into ammonia by some bacteria.
The process is called ammonification and the bacteria involve in the process are called ammonifying bacteria.
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Then the ammonia reacts with CO2 and H2O and gives ammonium carbonate which is absorbed by plants.
Bacteria decompose dead bodies. They convert complex organic compounds into simple inorganic compounds. Therefore they’re called natural scavengers.
Bacteria make the milk sour and produce flavor. They are responsible for coagulation of milk. E.g. Lacto bacillus.
Bacteria convert sugary substances into alcohol, acids, acetones; etc the process is called fermentation.
Bacteria also help to produce different types of enzymes like Amylase secreted from Bacillus, Protease from Bacillus, Streptokinase from Streptomyces.
Bacteria are useful for vitamin production like Vitamin B (Cabalmin) is secreted from Pseudomonas, Vitamin B (Riboflavin) is secreted from Clostridium.
They are important for antibiotic production like Terramycin from Streptomyces rimosus, Streptomycin from S. griseus, Neomycin from S. fradiae.
They are also important to produce hydrogen commercially. During the process they ferment carbohydrate and hydrogen gas is produced.
Bacteria decompose waste products.
Some of the species cause food poisoning. They secret some toxic chemical substances on out food stuff which cause food poisoning, eg Staphylococcus and Clostridium.
Some are responsible for human
diseases: Cholera: Vibrio cholera, Pneumonia: Staphylococcus pneumoniae, Diarrohea: Escherechia coli, Tuberclosis: Mycobacterium tuberclosis Leprosy: M. leprae, Meningitis: Nisseria meningitides.
Some bacteria are responsible for plant diseases. Red stripe in sugarcane, Leaf streak in rice, black rot in cabbage and yellow rot in wheat are caused by Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas.
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diseases, such as pneumonia, which can be caused by bacteria such asStreptococcusandPseudomonas, and foodborne illnesses, which can be caused by bacteria such asShigella, Campylobacter, andSalmonella.
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fever, diphtheria, syphilis, and leprosy.
those that do not cause disease, harm or death to another organism and is usually used to describe bacteria.
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Some are autotrophs, for example Euglena while others are multicellular.
They are all eukaryotes with most of them having locomotery structure.
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Most of them live in moist places or in water.
Most are unicellular eukaryotes
They reproduce by binary fission
Euglenophyta e.g. Euglena
Rhizopodia e.g. Amoeba
Zoomastigma e.g. Trypanosoma
Apicomplexa e.g. Plasmodium
Oomycota e.g. White root
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Chlorophyta e.g. Spyrogyra
Cilliaphora e.g. Paramecium
Rhodophyta e.g. Red algae
They are eukaryotes
Unicellular
Parasitic
They move using pseudopodia
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Advantages of Paramecium: Are eaten by small water animals
Disadvantages of Paramecium: Causes diseases of bulanterdium eoli destroying the lining of intestines
Osmoregulation: Paramecium
has two contractile vacuoles and each is associated with permanent system of collecting channels, which empty, into the main vacuole.
Feeding: Paramecium feed on bacteria. These are obtained from the surrounding water by the beating of the cilia-lining o the oral grove.
Reproduction: Paramecium reproduces both asexually and sexually.
The asexual method is more common and it is binary fission. Sexual method is called conjugation.
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