Chapter 2-Kingdom Protista Flashcards
Are protists eukaryotes or prokaryotes?
eukaryotes (simple)
Are most protists unicellular or multicellular?
unicellular
What kind of habitat do most protists live in?
moist habitats including water and moist soil and moist interiors of other organisms
T/F Some protists are called algae.
True
What 4 levels of organization are algae organized by?
- Unicellular (single unattached cells, some motile some not)
- Filamentous (chains of cells, some motile, some branched/unbranched)
- Colonial (groups of cells in flat sheet or squares)
- Multicellular (3D and have degree of specialization among their cells)
What kingdom are green algae placed in?
Kingdom Viridiplantae
What are protozoans?
animal-like, heterotrophic with great diversity in form, motility, and physiology
What are slime molds?
share few characteristics with fungi, heterotrophic and have restricted motility
What sub-clades are in the Clade Euglenozoa?
Euglenoids and Kinetoplastids
What are characteristics of Clade Euglenozoa?
anterior flagella, flexible pellicle and free-living mode of existence
What are some characteristics of the sub-clade Euglenoids?
1,000 unicellular motile species, freshwater environment mostly, common in water containing lots of organic matter, cell size varies (10-500 micrometers), autotrophic (1/3) and heterotrophic (2/3), autotroph forms contain chlorophylls a and b and carotenoids
What characteristics make Euglenoids stand out from other sub-clades?
eyespot (stigma), 2 flagella, pellicle is flexible and proteinaceouss, reproduction asexual through mitosis
What does Euglena look like?
loose diamond-shaped protist with an eyespot and green in color
What are some characteristics of the sub-clade Kinetoplastids?
heterotrophic, unicellular or colonial, at least one flagellum, some reproduce sexually and some do not
What disease does Trypanosoma (Kinetoplastid) causes?
African sleeping sickness transmitted by tsetse fly
Trychonympha does what?
lives in guts of termites and produces enzymes that break down wood (mutualism)
What does Trypanosome mean?
RBCs with spiral-shaped protists inbetween
What sub-clades are in the Clade Alveolata?
dinoflagellates, apicomplexans, and ciliates
What is a shared characteristic of all the organisms in the Clade Alveolata?
stacked flattened vesicles (alveoli) below plasma membrane
What are some characteristics of dinoflagellates?
photosynthetic, 2,000-3,000 species of marine and freshwater habitats, unicellular, 2 flagella (beat and looks like a spinning top), pigments include chlorophylls a and c and carotenoids, autotrophic and heterotrophic, free-living and mutualistic forms, starch is energy storage molecule, helmet or armor-like cellulosic plates surround them, oldest fossils date back 430 may, mainly asexual
What are red tides?
explosion of dinoflagellates, 20 species known to produce them
Why do people avoid seafood when red tides are occurring?
produce nerve toxin that is toxic to humans
What do dinoflagellates look like?
very odd shapes, looks like have legs
What are common characteristics of apicomplexans?
heterotrophic, parasites of animals, produce spores as part of life cycle, non-mobile on their own, move via hosts, many are bloodstream parasites
What does Plasmodium (Apicomplexan) cause?
malaria, when anopheles (mosquito) bites a human it injects 1,000 spores into blood vessel, spores enter bloodstream, reach liver, reproduce and invade RBCs, which ruptures them
What are characteristics of Ciliates
unicellular, heterotrophic, large numbers of cilia, 8,000 species, cells range from 10-3000 micrometers long, 2 types of nuclei, micronuclei involved in sexual reproduction, macronucleus involved in physciological functions