Classificaction System and Naming of Organisms

 
8.1 Classificaction System and Naming of Organisms
 
  1. The Earth inhibited by millions organisms of different species.Many organisms are not found yet and identified their species
  2. Local name for an organism is not the same based on the regions and countries
  3. Hence,a scientific method of classification and nomenclature is required to ease research and communication as well as for reference at international level
  4. In the current classification system,all identified organisms are classified into six Kingdom
 
 
Examples and main features according to the kingdom
 
 
Archaebacteria
 
  • Examples: methanogens, halophiles, thermophiles
  • Unicellular organisms
  • Do not have a nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles
  • Live in various habitats and extreme habitats such as anaerobic, high salt concentration and high-temperature environments
  • Carry out anaerobic respiration
  • Do not sensitive to antibiotic
  • Carry out asexual reproduction such as binary fission and budding
 
Eubacteria 
 
  • Examples of bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Streptococcus sp., Lactobacillus sp. and others
  • Unicellular organisms
  • Do not have a nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles
  • Have cell wall
  • Divided into gram-positive and gram-negative
  • Can carry out aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration and fermentation
  • Sensitive to antibiotic
  • Certain bacteria can carry out photosynthesis
  • Carry out sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction such as binary fission and formation of spores
 
Protista
 
  • Examples: Ameoba sp., Paramecium sp., Euglena sp., Sprigyra sp., Chlamydomonas sp. and others
  • Unicellular organisms, colony and multicellular organisms
  • Have nucleus and membranous organelles
  • Lives in aquatic habitats
  • Divided into algae and protozoa
  • Carry out aerobic respiration
  • Only algae can carry out photosynthesis
  • Carry out sexual reproduction by conjugation and asexual reproduction such as binary fission and budding
 
Fungi 
 
  • Examples: fungi, yeast, mushrooms and others
  • Unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms
  • Have nucleus and membranous organelles
  • Live in various habitat
  • Carry out aerobic respiration and fermentation
  • Do not carry out photosynthesis
  • As saprophytes or parasites
  • Carry out sexual reproduction by conjugation and asexual reproduction such as budding and formation of spores
 
Plantae 
 
  • Examples: ferns, pine trees, monocotyledonous plants, eudicot and others
  • Multicellular organisms
  • Have nucleus and membrane organelles
  • Live in various habitats
  • Carry out aerobic respiration and fermentation
  • Can carry out photosynthesis
  • Carry out sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction such as vegetative growth
 
Animalia 
 
  • Examples: corals, jellyfish, worms, starfish, spiders, insects, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals and others
  • Multicellular organisms
  • Have nucleus and membrane organelles
  • Live in various habitats 
  • Carry out aerobic respiration
  • Can carry out fermentation for certain tissues
  • Do not carry out photosynthesis
  • Carry out sexual reproduction
  • Some organisms can carry out asexual reproduction such as budding, regeneration, fragmentation and parthenogenesis
 
 
 

The hierarchy classification system is used to classify organisms into seven main groups based on levels:

  1. Kingdom: The largest group which containing all the organisms in a particular Kingdom
  2. Phylum: The second large group which containing some of the organisms from a particular Kingdom.Organisms in the same phylum share the common characteristics
  3. Class
  4. Order
  5. Family
  6. Genus
  7. Species: The most specific hierarchy of classification
 

Linnaecus Binomial System:

  • Scientific method
  • In italics or underlined separately

Two Latin names:

  • The first name is genus and starts with a capital letter
  • The name given is based on genetic relation
  • The second name is species and starts with a small letter
  • The name given is based on scientist name ,place of discovery and characteristics
 

Methods used to construct a dichotomous key:

  • Determine a particular characteristics which can classify a group of organisms into two categories
  • Divide the organisms of the same category into another two categories until each organism is identified
  • The number of steps required to classify organisms is the number of organisms (m) required to be identified minus one, that is m-1