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chemoheterotrophs
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consume organic molecules for energy and carbon
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decomposers
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recycle waste materials
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bioremediation
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use of organisms to remove pollutants from water, air, or soil
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nitrogen fixation
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bacteria are able to break triple bound of N( three lines) forming ammonia reduces N2 to NH3 produce enzymes called Nitrogenase N fixation is anaerobic
symbiosis with legumes( fabaceae) plants produce leghaemoglobin which binds (removes) oxygen |
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characteristics of protists
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single celled, some colonial, or filamentous
multicellular: red, brown, and algal protists cyst: dormant form w/ resistant outer covering in which metabolism stops |
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protozoans "little animals"
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heterotrophic "animal like" protists
classification is based on how they move digest food in vacuoles |
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chlorophyta
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green algae are generally acquatic in freshwater environments and often multicellular
photosynthetic charalikely the ancestor single celled, colonial, or filamentous chlamydomonas is a well known genus |
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choanoflagellida
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most like the ancestor of the animals
contain a single emergent flagellum surrounded by a funnel- shaped, contractile solar nhnn |
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fungal protists
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oomycota: "water molds"
forms cottony tufts causes crop damage in grapes, potatoes Myxomycetes: "slime molds |
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brown algae
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cell wall have align( stabilizer in food, an emulsifier
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red algae
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used to make agar( used as a gelatin to stabilize a petri dish)
used as food additive: carregeenan ( increase viscosity_ |
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diatoms
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filtering agents, abrasives and soil additives to decrease pH
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dinoglagellates
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kill ocean fisheries
strong toxin used to treat cancer |