Sequence of Taxonomic Categories in Fungi
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A sequence of taxonomic categories employed in the classification of microorganism is given below:
Sr.No | Rank | Name Ending | Description |
1 | Strain | – | It is population of organism that descends from a single organism or pure culture isolate. |
2 | Species | – | Collection of strains having similar Characteristics |
3 | Genus | – | A group or collection of similar or closely related species. |
4 | Family | -aceae | A group or collection of similar genera |
5 | Order | -ales | A group of similar families |
6 | Class | -ces | A group of similar orders |
7 | Division | – | A group of similar classes |
8 | Kingdom | – | A group of similar divisions |