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1. the organisms two - part scientific name originates from which of the levels of taxonomy?

family and genus
class and order
kingdom and phylum
genus and species

1. when providing education about the organism escherichia coli, the rn may also appropriately abbreviate the name as

escherichia c.
escherichia
ec.
e. coli

1. in providing education about e. coli, the rn most appropriately uses which of the following terms, meaning disease - causing, to describe this organism?

eukaryote
microbe
pathogen
prokaryote

Explanation:

1. In binomial nomenclature, an organism's scientific name consists of genus and species.
2. The standard abbreviation for Escherichia coli is E. coli.
3. A pathogen is a disease - causing organism, which can describe E. coli in some contexts.

Answer:

1. Genus and species
2. E. coli
3. Pathogen