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PROTOZOA

ALGAE

SLIME MOLD

Characteristics

Reproduction

NutritionHow the obtain food and nutrients??

Major Group

Animal-like

unicellular

aerobic,anaerobic

colourless

motile

parasitic , phatogenic

asexual

sexual

fission

budding

schizogony

conjugation

Ingestion/swallow

pinocytosis

phagocytosis

absorption

via

bacteria

gullet/cytostome

particulate or whole

fluid suck

surround food particle

via plasma membrane

Archeazoa

Rhizopoda

Ciliophora

Apicomplexa

flagellated

parasitic

Trypanosoma gambiense

African sleeping sickness

Amoebas

pseudopodsmovement

amoebic dysentry

Amoeba proteus

cillia

nuclei

Paramecium

micronucleus

macronucleus

inheritance

sexual reproduction

production of mRNA

not motile

obligate parasites

Plasmodium vivax

Malaria

Reproduction

Classification

Taxonomy

plant-like

asexual

sexual

fragmentation

spores

binary fission

female

male

oogonia

antheridia

based on :

Cell wall

Habitat

Flagella

Chlorophyll

modified cellulose fibril

calcium carbonate

chitin or silica

coraline algae

aquatic

acidic

moist soil

fresh water

brackish

marine

single

two/ 4 flagella

two of different length

Euglena

Chlorophyta

Dinoflagellates

Chlorophyta

Rhodophyta

Phaedophyta

Chrysophyta

Pyrrophyta

green

cellulose cell wall

chlorophyll a and b

store glucose polymer

teresstial

red

chlorophyll a and d , phycocyanin, phycoerythrin

red pigment absorb blue light

store glucose polymer

marine

brown

chlorophyll a and c, xanthophylls

algin cell wall

store carbohydrates

coastal watermarine

Diatoms- Bacillariophyta

golden-brown

produce domoic acid

store oil

chlorophyl a and c

fresh water, marine, soil

Dinoflagellates

brownish

produce neurotoxins

store starch

cause red tides

freshwater, marine

Distribution and function

divisions

moist terrestial habitat

engulf bacteria

as decomposer and consumer

recycling of nutrient

cause disease to plants

soil

dung

decaying woods

Myxomycota

Acrasiomycota

Peronosporomycetes

acellular

saprophytes

multinucleated

motile amoeboid mass

phagocytosized dead material

plasmodium

cellular

individual amoebic cells

feed phagocytically

divide by mitosis and cytokinesis

oomycetes

water molds

diploid

no chitin cell wall

habitat

plant disease

grow on dead algae and animals

parasites of fish gills

blue mold

Irish potato blight