Diversity of Life Flashcards
What are the two criteria to determine if something is living vs. nonliving?
- independent metabolism - viruses don’t have this and it’s why they’re considered non-living
- ability to self replicate
How is an organism named?
genus and species
What are the taxonomic levels?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
*Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup
What are the three domains and their cell types?
Domain
Archaea —> prokaryotic
Eubacteria —> prokaryotic
Eukarya —> eukaryotic
Differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Eukaryotes
- long chromosomes
- linear DNA with histones in nucleus
- organelles
- flagella and cilia 9+2 arrangement
Prokaryotes
- short chromosomes
- circular DNA with no histones or nucleus (*exception: archaea have histones)
- no organelles
- flagella and cilia contain flagellin protein and no 9+2 arrangment
True or False: Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have introns
False, only eukaryotes do
Flagellin is found in
Prokaryotes
How does the flagella spin and give locomotion?
proton motive force (electrical not ATP)
Tubulin is found in
Eukaryotes
Make their own food
autotrophs
Make their own food from light
photoautotroph
Make their own food from chemicals
chemoautotroph
Do not make their own food
heterotrophs
Obtain energy from living tissues of hosts
parasites
Obtain energy and feed from dead, decaying matter which contribute to organic decay
Saprophytes/Saprobes
Break down dead and decaying matter
Decomposers
Under what conditions do facultative anaerobes prefer?
O2 because it is more efficient and produces more ATP
What are methanogens?
Archaea
obligate anaerobes that produce CH4 (methane) as a by-product of obtaining energy from H2 to fix CO2
What are extremophiles?
Archaea that live in extreme environments.
Halophiles (salt lover) - live in high salt concentration
Thermophiles (heat lover) - live in hot temperatures
Other extremophiles live in high acid/base/pressure environments
What domain has ribosome activity which is inhibited by antibiotics like streptomycin and chloramphenicol
Bacteria
What are the 5 ways to classify bacteria?
- How they metabolize food
- Ability to produce endospores (tough bodies that contain DNA and cytosol surrounded by tough wall)
- How it moves
- Flagella
- Corkscrew motion
- Gliding through slime - Shape
- Cocci - spherical
- Bacilli - Rod shaped
- Spirilla - sprials - Gram positive vs. Gram negative
- Gram positive - thick peptidoglycan walls - purple
- Gram negative - Thin peptidoglycan walls - pink
What is teichoic acid?
- only found on gram-positive bacteria
- used as recognition and binding sites by viruses that cause infection
- provide cell wall rigidity
What are cyanobacteria?
Bacteria
Bacteria that can carry out photosynthesis (ex. Blue-green algae)
What are chemosynthetic bacteria?
Bacteria
Autotrophs, such as nitrifying bacteria which can convert ammonia to nitrate
What are nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Bacteria
Heterotrophs, such as bacteria which can convert nitrate to ammonia
What are spirochetes?
Bacteria
coiled bacteria that move with a corkscrew motion
These protists obtain energy by photosynthesis, are categorized by the form of carbohydrate used to store energy, number of flagella and makeup of cell wall.
Algaelike (plant-like)
What are euglenoids?
Protist - Algaelike (plant-like)
- Green, unicellular algae
- no cell wall, protein pellicles that wrap over cell membrane
- found in fresh water
What are dinoflagellates?
- most likely to show on DAT
Protist- Algaelike (plant-like)
- contain 2 flagella
- can be bioluiminescent
- produce nerve toxin in shellfish, can be harmful to humans and is detrimental to an ecosystem
- responsible for red tide
What are diatoms?
Protist- Algaelike (plant-like)
- have shells that fit together like box with a lid
- contain SiO2 (silica)
What are brown algae?
Protist- Algaelike (plant-like)
- muticellular and flagellated sperm cells
- look like giant seaweed
What are rhodophyta?
Protist- Algaelike (plant-like)
- red algae with pigments called phycobilins
- multicellular and their gametes do not have flagella
What are chlorophyta?
Protist- Algaelike (plant-like)
- green algae
- cellulose in cell walls and store energy in form of starch
- isogamous (sperm and egg equal in size and motile), ansiogamous (sperm and egg differ in size), oogamous (large egg cell remains with parent and fertilized by small, motile sperm)
These unicellular protists are heterotrophs and consume living cells or dead organic matter
Animal-like Protozoa
What are rhizopoda?
Animal-like Protozoa
- amoebas which move by pseudopodia
- feed via phagocytosis
What are foraminifera?
Animal-like Protozoa
- have calcium carbonate shells
- sediments indicate oil deposits
What are apicomplexans?
Animal-like Protozoa
- parasites
- complex of organelles at end of cell
- form spores dispersed by hosts that complete their life cycle
What are ciliates?
Animal-like Protozoa
- cilia for moving
- most complex (Ex. paramecium)
What are amoebas?
Animal-like Protozoa
- shapeless
- move via pseudopods
These protists resemble fungi and form filaments/spore-beating bodies similar to fungi
Fungus-Like Protists
What are cellular slime molds?
Fungs-Like Protists
- spores germinate into amoebas which feed on bacteria
- when no food available, they become a slug and mobilize into a stalk with a capsule at the top to release spores
What are plasmodial slime molds?
Fungus-Like Protists
- grow as a single, spreading mass (plasmodium) that feed on decaying vegetation
- when no food available they mobilize into a stalk with a capsule at the top to release spores
What are oomycota?
Fungus-Like Protists
- water molds, mildews, and white rusts
- parasites or saprobes
- cell walls contain cellulose, not chitin
- hyphae secrete enzymes which digest surrounding substances
These organisms grow as filaments called hyphae and contain cell walls of chitin.
Fungi
What are the stages of fungi sexual reproduction?
- Plasmogamy - fusing of cytoplasm of cells from two different fungal strains without fusing nuclei becoming a dikaryon
- Karyogamy - fusing of two haploid nuclei from dikaryon to form single diploid nucleus
- Meiosis - daughter cells develop into haploid spores which germinate into haploid hyphae
What are the methods of fungi asexual reproduction?
- sporangiospores - spores produced in sac-like capsules called sporangia that are each borne on a stalk called a sporangiophore
- conidia - a spore formed at the tips of specialized hyphae called conidiophores
What are zygomycota?
Fungi
- reproduce sexually and asexually via sporangia
- bread molds
What are glomeromycota?
Fungi
- form mutualistic relationships with plant roots called mycorrhiza
What are ascomycota?
Fungi
- reproduce sexually by producing acospores
What are basidiomycota?
Fungi
- reproduce sexually by producing basidiospores
- can reproduce asexually
- look like mushrooms from alice in wonderland
What are dueteromycota?
Fungi
- imperfect fungi because they have no known sexual reproductive cycle
- ex. penicillum which produces penicillin
What are lichens?
Fungi
- symbiotic association with fungi and algae or cyanobacteria
- can produce toxic chemicals to protect against grazers
What are rhizopus?
Fungi
- fungal pathogen involved in food spoilage
What is candida?
Fungi
- involved in infections of mucous membranes
What are saccharomyces cerevisiae?
Fungi
- yeast involved in fermenting sugars to alcohol
How are plants adapted for survival on land?
- Diploid - two copies of DNA that protects plants against genetic damage
- Cuticle - waxy covering that reduces desiccation (drying up/ water loss)
- Vascular system - reduces plants dependency on water (i.e., don’t need to be close to water to survive)
- Sperm dispersal - sperm packaged as pollen and dispersed with wind
- Anthrophyta - flowering plants have gametophytes enclosed and protected inside an ovary
- Seasonal variations - seasonal variations exist in response to availability of water and light