Diversity in Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya Flashcards

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Three Domains (not sure)

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Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya

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Cell types (according to cell structure)

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Prokaryotic (simple cells; lacks nucleus), Eukaryotic (has nucleus and other structures)

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Cell types (according to number of cells)

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Unicellular, Multicellular, and Colony

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Difference between multicellular and colony

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Multicellular cannot live on its own while colony can

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Cell types according to way of getting nutrition

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Autotrophic (makes its own food) and Heterotrophic (eats other organism)

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Material excreted by cell; external to plasma membrane; chemical composition varies by kingdom

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Cell Wall

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Description about Domain Bacteria

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Prokaryotic; Unicellular or Colonial; Autotrophic; Has Cell Wall; Reproduce through Cell Division; Decompose dead bodies and cause diseases

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Bacterial Shapes

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Spherical/Coccus; Rod-Shaped/Bacillus; Spiral-Shaped/Spirillium

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Description about Domain Archaea

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Formerly known as archaebacteria; prokaryotic; lives in extreme conditions; best known as extremophiles; evolutionary bacteria; can’t live in normal conditions

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Description about Domain Eukarya, Kingdom Protista

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Eukaryotic; unicellular and colonial; cell wall is optional; known as troublemaker because its classification is not precise; not monophylitic; can be hetero- or autotrophic; multicellular protists lack specialized tissues

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Description about Domain Eukarya, Kingdom Fungi

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multicellular; eukaryotic; heterotrophic (decomposers); has cell wall

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Several phyla of fungi

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yeast, mushroom, puffballs, rusts, bread mold, bracket fungus, ring worm

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Description about Eukarya-Plantae

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Eukaryotic; multicellular; autotrophic; Cell wall: cellulose; divided into: algae, primitive land plants, vascular plants

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Description about Algae

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thin body, eukaryotic, unicellular/colonial, photosyntheitc, no vascular tissues, lives in water

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Enables bacteria to resist those that destroy it

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Peptidoglycan

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sexual reproduction of bacteria; transfer of genetic material

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bacterial conjugation

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asexual reproduction of bacteria

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binary fission

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Bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions

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extremophiles

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types of extremophiles

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thermophiles (60-80 degrees Celsius), acidophiles (ph 3 and below), xerophiles (extremely dry conditions), halophiles (extremely high concentration of salt)

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types of bacteria

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gram-positive (thick peptidoglycon) and gram-negative (thin peptidoglycon)

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characterization of protista

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mode of locomotion (flagella, cilia), mode of nutrition (auto- and heterotrophic), body form (uni- and multicellular), pigmentation (red, green, brown), reproduction (asexual, sexual)

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Examples of unicellular protista

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paramecium, volvox, amoeba, dinoflagelates

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locomotion is pseudopodia

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paramecium

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travel in colonies

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volvox

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considered protists because they don’t have vascular tissues

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kelps and seaweeds

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study of fungi

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mycology

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number of species for fungi

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1.5 million

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description about fungi

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important decomposers; includes many disease-causing organism; important symbionts and fermenting organisms; heterotrophic; cell walls are composed of chitin; consists of hyphae (long slender filaments)

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two kinds of cell wall

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hyphae and mycelium