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Define protists |
diverse, unicellular eukaryotes |
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used to be Kingdom |
Protista |
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protists |
convenient term for eukaryotes that are neither plants, animals, or fungi |
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Mode for nutrition |
Lezgo |
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autotrophs |
algae (Caulerpa) |
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heterotrophs |
protozoans |
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parasites |
from living host (Giardia) |
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mixotrophs |
both photosynthethic and heterotrophy, depend on availability of light and nutrients (Euglena) |
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Habitat |
aquatic, moisture, inhabit bodies of other organisms |
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protists are more complex than |
prokaryotes |
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Why? |
Have organelles and flagella |
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Simplest eukaryotes. Why |
unicellular |
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monophyletic means |
from common ancestor |
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What are four monophyletic supergroups? |
SAR, Excavata, Unikonta, Archaeplastida |
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SAR |
Stramenopila, Alveolata, Rhizaria |
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Unikonta |
Amoebozoans |
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Amoebozoans related to |
Fungi and animals |
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Archaeplastida |
Red algae and green algae |
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Related to green algae |
land plants |
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stramenopila are closer to |
Alveolata |
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Stramenopila |
diatoms, brown algae, and water molds |
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autotrophic stramenopila |
brown algae and diatoms |
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water molds are initially thought to be |
fungi |
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glassy cell wall made of |
silica |
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food vacuoles makes them |
bouyant |
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Alveolata |
dinoflagellates, ciliates, parasites |
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Dinoflagellates are |
autotrophic and causes red tides |
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Examples of ciliates |
Paramecium (move to obtain food) |
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Example of parasite |
Plasmodium which causes malaria |
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Rhizaria |
Amoebas (foraminiferans, radiolarians) |
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they move and feed through |
pseudopodia |
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Groups that are autotrophic |
Stramenopila (brown algae and diatoms) Alveolata (dinoflagellates) |
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Algae renewable energy, how? |
convert sunlight to energy in form of natural oils which are similar to biofuels |
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Excavata have excavated |
feeding groove |
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They also have |
modified mitochondria |
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Which lacks functional |
ETC (incomplete cellular respiration, only glycolysis) |
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heterotroph found in termites gut |
Trichonympha |
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Mixotroph |
Euglena |
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Parasites which causes diarrhea |
giardi aintestinal |
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More examples |
Trichomonas vaginalis (women more affected) and trypanosoma |
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Unikonta |
amoebozoans, plants and fungi |
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Examples |
Amoebas, parasites, slime molds |
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Shape of pseudopodia |
tube or loped shaped |
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Difference |
finger like and loped shaped |
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Difference |
multinucleated one organism vs many organisms come together |
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Archaeplastida |
Red and green algae |
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Characteristics are |
Autotrophic |
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Coem from |
Cyanobacteria |
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Land plants from |
Green algae |
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Found in products |
Carrageenan |
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Red algae most are |
Soft bodied but some have hard, chalky deposits |
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Green algae have |
Unicellular, multicellular, and colonials |
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Unicellular examples |
Chlamydomonas |
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Colonials |
Volvox |
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oldest chucho |
Choanoflagellates |