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Protists

unicellular groups of eurkaryotes that are not plants, animal or fungi.


Most are unicellular. Some are colonial or multi-cellular.


(p. 575)

Mixotrophs

Protists that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition.


(p. 576)

Diatoms

Single-cell protists, important to the photosynthetic organisms in the aquatic community.

Holdfast

Root-like anchor in algae

Amoebas

Formerly defined as protists.


Feed and move by means of psuedopodia.


(p. 589)

Producers

An organism that uses energy from light to convert carbon dioxide to organic compounds.

Secondary Endosymbiosis

A process in eukaryotic evolution in which a heterotrophic eukaryotic cell engulfed a photosynthetic eukaryotic cell, which survived in a symbiotic relationship inside the heterotrophic cell.

Alternation of generations

The alternation of multicellular hapliod and diploid forms.


Applies only to life cycles in which both haploid and diploid stages are multicellular.


Also evolved in plants.

Plasmodium

Genus


Includes the parasitic apicomplexan that causes malaria.