Chapter 28 Flashcards
Algae
Photosynthetic eukaryotes that can be unicellular or form colonies or filaments.
Am Fungi
Arbuscular mycorrhial fungi that form beneficial associations with palnt roots
Amoeboids
Cell that moves and engulfs debri with pseudopods
Autotrophs
Organism that can capture energy and sythesize organic molecules from one inorganic nutrients
Binary Fission
Bacterial reproduction resulting in two daughter cells
Chytrid Fungi
Aquatic fungi that may have been the first fungi to evolve
Ciliates
Complex unicellular protist that moves by means of cilia and digest food in food vacuoles
Club Fungi
Members of the phylum Basidiomycota
Crustose
Forming or resembling a crust
Cyanobacteria
Photosynthetic bacterium that contains chlorphyll and releases oxygen
Domain Archaea
Any of the unicellular microorganisms that is genetically distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes, and often inhabiting extreme environmental conditions.
Domain Bacteria
Bacteria that is prokaryotic, metabolically diverse, and reproduce asexually by binary fission
Domain Eukarya
The domain comprised of eukaryotes or organisms whose cells contain a true nucleus
Extremeophiles
An organism adapted to living in conditions of extreme temperature, pressure, or chemical concentration, as in highly acidic or salty environments.
Flagellates
use flagella for motility