10.2 The five kingdoms Flashcards
what are the five kingdoms?
prokaryote
protoctist
fungi
plantae
animalia
prokaryote
unicellular
70s ribosomes
no nucleus- naked DNA
less than 5 micro
cell wall of peptidoglycan
protoctist
unicellular
80s ribosomes
chloroplasts
nucleus
autotrophs/saprotrophs
fungi
unicellular/multicellular
80s ribosomes
nucleus
cell wall of chitin
saprotrophs
plantae
multicellular
80s ribosomes
chloroplasts
cell wall of cellulose
autotrophs
animalia
multicellular
80s ribosomes
no cell wall
heterotrophs
how did Woese establish the domain system?
seeing differences in rRNA
differences in the cell membrane
what are the domains?
eukarya
archaea
eubacteria
what is the difference between archaea and eubacteria?
eubacteria has peptidoglycan in its cell wall while archaea does not