Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the…
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?
Musca domestica-The common house lizard, a reptile
Plasmodium falciparum-A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
Felis tigris-The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests
E.coli-Full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine
Solution
According to binomial nomenclature the scientific name is consist of genus and species. The genus name is started with capital letter and both the word latinized. Musca domestica is European housefly. It belongs to phylumArthropoda.
E.coli is having full name Escherichia coli a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.
Panthera tigris is Indian tiger and protected in Gir forest.
Plasmodium falcipartim - A protozoa pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.
Plasmodium falcipartim - A protozoa pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.This matches both the scientific name and the description.