Ferns, Nonvascular, Protists Flashcards
some members of these are unicellular, other colonial, and others are multicellular
protista
Kingdom protista is group based on (3)
protozoans
algae
slime mods and water molds
animal-like protist
protozoans
plant-like protists
algae
fungi-like protists
slime molds and water molsd
in terms of nutrition, some protists are: (3)
heterotrophs
autotrophs
mixotrophic
ingestive as Protozoa and absorptive as fungus-like
what type of nutrition
heterotrophs
are algae heterotrophs, autotrophs, or mixotrophs
autotrophs
(both autotroph and heterotroph, as Euglena viridis)
mixotrophic
most of protists are these, but some are sessile
motile
contain chlorophyll and some are unicellular while others are colonial and multicellular
algae
algae that are with similar cells with similar or generalized functions
colonial
algae that have a body composed of a variety of cells with specific functions
multicellular
algal protists include (6)
euglenophyta
chlorophyta
phaeophyta
dinoflagellate
rhodophyta
chrysophyta
under the 8-kingdom system split into three kingdoms based on divergence
protista
protista having no mitochondria
archaezoa
algae type of protista
chromista
under the three-domain system, this is under domain eukarya which is spread to 5 kingdom
protista
5 kingdom under protista
archaezoa
euglenozoan
alveolata
stramenopila
rhodophyta
relatively simple eukaryotic photoautotrophs that lack the tissues (roots, stem, and leaves) of plants
algae
algae are mostly found in the ___
ocean
Location depend on the availability of appropriate nutrients, wavelengths of lights, and surfaces on which to grow
algae
necessary for physical support, reproduction, and diffusion of nutrients of algae
water
algae appear in three types
unicellular
filamentous
thalli
elaborately differentiated cells with one or two flagella that are used for locomotion
euglenoids
➢ approx. 800 known species such as Euglena live in freshwater
➢ some have a light detector near the base of one of their flagella
➢ swim toward diffuse light and away from bright light, which could overheat them
➢ some are strictly not photosynthetic, some lack chloroplast and not photosynthetic at all
euglenoids
supporting structure beneath a euglenoid’s plasma membrane
pellicle
composed of helical bands of protein connected to the ER by microtubules
pellicle
euglenoids share with phylum chlorophyta with these in their chloroplast
chlorophyll a and b
aside from chloroplasts, euglenoids have these that manufacture paramylon
pyrenoids
glucose polymer that is used to store food in euglenoids
paramylon
granules of these are distributed throughout the cytoplasm
paramylon
all euglenoids have the ability to absorb this specific organic molecule through photosynthesis (autotrophy) and can absorb or ingest organic molecules (heterotrophy)
acetate
term where organisms can exhibit autotrophy and heterotrophy
mixotrophs
gives many euglenoids the ability to survive in environments when light is available but food is scarce, or vice versa
mixotrophy
representative genus of euglenophyta which is elongated and bounded by a plasma membrane
euglena
several chloroplast contain chlorophyll a and b together with carotenoids
what organism
euglena
this part of the euglena is located near an anterior reservoir
stigma
located near the anterior reservoir continuously collects water from the cell and empties it to the reservoir, thus
regulating the osmotic pressure within the organism
contractile vacuole
part of the reservoir where two flagella arise, although one arises from the canal and actively beats to move the cell
base
method of reproduction in euglenoids
longitudinal mitotic division
important
components of marine and
phytoplankton
dinoflagellates
➢unicellular, photosynthetic alveolate algae
➢about 3,000 species, with a characteristic shape wherein it is determined by hard cellulose plates located in
vesicles beneath the plasma
membrane
➢ have two flagella, but the flagella are unique in that they lie within two grooves-one traverse (cingulum) and longitudinal (sulcus) in the plates
dinoflagellates
groove that runs from center to the posterior end of the theca
sulcus
groove that runs around the equator of the organism
cingulum
part of the cell above the cingulum
epitheca
part of the cell below the epitheca
hypotheca
each flagella emerges from its own ____
flagellar pore
photosynthetic dinoflagellates that that live symbiotically with sponges, sea corals, sea anemones, mollusks, and other animals
zooxanthellae
lethal compound that dinoflagellates synthesize, produced by dinoflagellate Gonyaulax
saxitoxin
block sodium ion channels in the plasma membrane of nerve cells, thereby preventing the cells from
generating nerve impulses
saxitoxin
ingested by filter feeding mollusk (clams, oysters, scallops, and muscles) without getting injured
gonyaulax
people who eat toxic-laden mollusk may suffer from this, a condition that begins with tingling sensations in the mouth and face and is followed by
paralysis that spreads throughout the body and death occurring in 12 hours, no antidote for saxitoxin exists
paralytic shellfish poisoning
like an armoured knight, measuring approximately a quarter of a millimeter
gonyaulax
during the motile stage of gonyaulax, it is surrounded by this
cellulose theca or amphiesma
has two flagella, the morphological characteristic that inspired the name “dinoflagellate”
gonyaulax
Greek for whirling
dinos
latin for whip
flagellum
easily identifiable because of their unique shape, covered with an armor-like cell wall made up of polysaccharide
ceratium species
➢most contain chloroplasts, while certain species are bioluminescent
➢under adverse conditions, they are able to encyst themselves as a form of protection
➢ are mixotrophs, obtaining food through photosynthesis and phagocytosis
ceratium species
reproduction in ceratium but its counterpart is also possible (under adverse conditions)
asexual reproduction
has a single, apical horn in the ceratum species
ceratium monoceras
part of the ceratium that help it float, but prevent them from moiving quickly
arm
another important feature in ceratium (minicircles)
plasmids
division that is quite diversified with respect to pigment composition, cell wall, and type of flagellated cells
chrysophyta
chrysophyta is divided into what (3)
golden brown algae
yellow green algae
diatoms
chrysos means what
gold
Major photosynthetic pigments are usually chlorophylls a and c1/c2 and the carotenoid fucoxanthin
what division
chrysophyta
➢ Also seen as solitary cells with a green-brown color
➢ Size ranges from 38-53 μm long and 33-45 μm wide
➢ Cells are circular to squarish in shape, with many rounded organelles within them
➢ Only known unarmored dinoflagellate that produces toxins responsible for PSP
➢ Cysts – this part of G. catenatum are brown, spherical and range in size from 45-50μm in diameter
chrysophyta
when this is the dominant pigment, the cells have a golden brown color
fucoxanthin
major carbohydrate reserve of chrysophyta
chrysolaminarin
➢ Some lack cell walls other have intricately patterned coverings external to the plasma membrane such as scales, walls, and plates
➢ Two anteriorly attached flagella of unequal length are common among them, but some have noflagella, and
others have either one flagellum or two that are of equal length
➢ Reproduction is usually asexual but occasionally sexual
➢ Most live in fresh water (although some marine forms are known)
➢ Blooms of some species produce unpleasant odors and taste in drinking water
chrysophyta
about 1,000 species of mostly planktonic freshwater and marine algae
➢ Cells usually have one large chloroplast as well as two flagella of unequal length that emerge perpendicular to each other at one and of the cell
➢ Light detector shaded by an eyespot is located at the base of short flagellum, near the end of the chloroplast
➢ Some of them are mixotrophic, and feed on bacteria and nonliving organic matter, which they draw towards the flagellar end of the cell by waving the flagella
➢ Food is ingested by phagocytosis
➢ often decrease rate of phagocytosis and the size of their chloroplast when food is plentiful
golden brown algae
➢more than 600 species of them live mostly in fresh water, although some are found in the ocean or damp soil
➢ Free-living forms are an important part of the phytoplankton, especially in fresh water and in some salt marshes
➢ Typically unicellular, but some species exists as colonies or as long filaments of cells
➢ Others are coenocytic, consisting of a single cytoplasmic mass that contains many nuclei, with no internal partitions separating the nuclei
yellow green algae
one of the two flagella that arise from opposite ends of yellow-green algae
tinsel flagellum
in addition to tinsel flagellum, a flagella that arise from the end of the yellow-green algae that is smnooth and moves the cell backward
whiplash flagellum
– known to use sexual reproduction in yellow-green algae
vaucheria
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Siphonaceous, coenocytic filaments that can form feltlike mats, earning it the nickname “water felt”
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Common algae in various freshwater habitats, on soil (forming felt-like patches), on estuarine mud, and amongst higher plants in saltmarshes
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Considered as a successful colonist of terrestrial habitats that are most other filamentous alae
vaucheria
marine, growing near and sometimes below the low water mark in sheltered bays in S.W. England
V. piloboloides
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thallus is filamentous and siphonous (thallus consisting of multinucleate, branched tubes rather than subdivided by crosswalls into normal cells)
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central part of the filament is occupied by a large vacuole, the chloroplast consequently parietal (i.e. layered adjacent to the cell wall) and tending to be aligned to the filament axis
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cytoplasm and nutrients can be streamed to the filament, unimpended by cross walls, allowing algae to survive when part of the thallus is buried by silt in seamarshes or when subjected to partial dessication on a soil surface
v. piloboloides
occur in fresh water and salt water and in moist vegetation on land
diatoms
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found most commonly in cool or cold regions, including around and even in sea ice
➢
some species live attached to a substrate, but most are free swimming, and along with dinoflagellates, are major constituents of the phytoplankton which make them the most important ultimate source of food for fish and other marine animals
diatoms
may be responsible for one quarter of Earth’s photosynthesis
which type of diatoms
planktomic
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have existed for about 250 million years, and more than 5,600 species have been identified
➢
growth is highly dependent on the presence of sufficient dissolved silica in the water
➢
usually do best in a strong current, which ensures continuous supply of silica
➢
remain buoyant by storing oil, because the accumulation of silica in their frustules gives them a density two and a half times denser of sweater
➢
during the day, density may vary by producing or using oil and thus their vertical position in the water column
➢
can produce mainly asexually by mitosis with each daughter cell inheriting one half of the parental cell’s frustule and manufactures the missing half
➢
sexual reproduction occurs when cells reach a certain minimum size undergoing meiosis and producing either eggs or sperm
➢
fertilization – results in the formation of a zygote, which enlarges, manufactures a new frustule, and develops into a full-sized diatom
➢
The frustules of most dead diatoms dissolve, but those that do not dissolve fall to the bottom of the oceans or lakes and fossilize. Because of their silica content, frustules make extremely good fossils
diatoms
is used as an active ingredient in many commercial preparations, including detergents, fine abrasive polishes, pain removers,
decolorizing and deodorizing oils, and fertilizers
diatomaceous earth
is also used extensibly as a filtering agent for liquids in the manufacture of sugar, and as insulation for blast furnaces, soundproofing products, and as an additive to paint to increase the night visibility of signs and license plates.
diatomaceous earth
some diatoms are photosynthetic, circular or oblong chrysophyte cells and with this composed of two halves or thecae
frustules
means cut in two
diastomos
gelatinous substance secreted by diatoms from the pores, which allows movement by gliding
mucilage
also known as green algae, are an extremely varied division
chlorophyta
➢
live in freshwater, although many live in the ocean as seaweeds or part of phytoplankton
➢
some are terrestrial, growing in moist places favored by mosses and ferns or even in snow
➢
also exist in symbiotic relationship with other organisms, some lichens are association between fungi and green algae
➢
have chlorophylls a and b and store starch inside plastids as food reserve
➢
exhibit a wide diversity of body forms, ranging from unicellular to colonial, filamentous, membranous, or sheetlike and tubular types
chlorophyta
representative unicellular freshwater alga commonly found in pods of chlorophyta
chlamydomonas
➢
Each individual organism is an oval haploid cell with a glycoprotein, unlike most green algae it lacks cellulose
➢
It has two flagella of equal length at the anterior end. Its dominant feature is a single large cup-shaped chloroplast that at least partially hides the centrally located nucleus
➢
One or two roundish conspicuous pyrenoids are located in each chloroplast. Most species have a red eyespot (stigma) on the chloroplast near the base of the flagella.
➢
The cell itself is usually less than 25 micrometers, which is however more than three times larger than a human red blood cell. Each cell has two small contractile vacuoles at the base of the flagella.
➢
Reproduction may be asexual or sexual
chlamydomonas
colonial, motile organisms that represent a second major line of evolutionary specialization
volvox
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consists of a few hundred to a few thousand photosynthetic cells arranged in a single layer at the surface of a hollow sphere
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. Each cell has two flagella on the outside of the sphere. Absorption of light by the cell’s light detectors controls the beating of their flagella and directs the colony towards light.
volvox
also called watersilk, a genus of rather old filamentous freshwater green algae having watery sheaths surrounding the filaments
spirogyra
species have one or two chloroplasts in each cell, but some have as many as 16. Each chloroplast contains several pyrenoids at regular intervals throughout its length
spirogyra
centers for production of starches, appearing as small round bodies
pyrenoids
can be defined as small autotrophs that fail to show any cellular differentiation and their sex organs are unicellular and if multicellular all cells are fertile
algae
is algae photoautotrophs/heterotrophs?
photoautotrophs
habitat of algae
aquatic habitat
algae (do/do not) develop embryo after fusion of gametes during sexual reproduction
do not
algal cells are these (eukaryotic/prokaryotic)
eukaryotic
study of algae
phycology
–barrier in algae that is thin and rigid
cell wall
part of the cell that is surrounded by flexible gelatinous outer matrix
cell wall
flexible cell membrane that motile algae such as euglena possess
periplast
may occur one, two or many per cell they may be ribbon like, bar-like, net-like, or as discrete disks
which organelle
chloroplast
single cells, motile with flagellate (like Chlamydomonas and euglena) or nonmotile (like diatoms)
what type of algae
unicellular algae
➢occur in all groups except carophycae of phylum chlorophyta and pheophyta
➢rhizopodial, flagellate, spiral filamentous, nonmotile
unicellular algae
motile or nonmotile algae may form a colony by aggregation of the products of cell division with in a mucillagenous mass
colonial algae
algae wherein the colony is formed with a definite shape, size, and arrangement of cells (e.g. volvox)
coenobial
algae with irregular arrangement of cells varying in number, shape, and size (e.g. Chlamydomonas, tetraspora)
palmelloid
algae that look like microscopic tree due to the union of mucilaginous threads present at the base of
dendroid
algae where cells are united through rhizopodia (e.g. chrysidiastrum)
rhizopodial colony
daughter cells remain attached after cell division and form a cell chain
filaments algae
adjacent cells share cell wall (distinguish them from linear colonies)
➢
may be unbranched (uniseriate such as zygnema or ulthrix) or branched (regular mutiseriate such as cladophora or unregular mutiseriate such as pithophora)
filaments algae
one large multinucleate cell without cross walls such as Vaucheria
coenocytic
mostly macroscopic algae with tissue of undifferentiated cells and growth originating from a meristem with cell division in three dimension such as Ulva
parenchymatous
intermediate form occurring in dianophyceae which shows both eukaryotic (nucleus with nuclear membrane and chromosomes) and prokaryotic characters (basic proteins are absent)
mesokaryotic
algae that do not have true cell wall but instead possess a membrane called pellicle around cytoplasm (2)
euglena
gymnodinium
pigmented spot in flagella
eyespot
pigmented spot in swimming flagella
stigma
found in all algae except rhotopyceae
algal flagella
main function of flagella
motility
flagella that possess smooth surface
whiplash or acronematic
covered by fine filamentous appendages called
mastigonemes or flimmers
tinsel or pleuronematic
tinsel is divided into three types:
pantonematic
pantocronematic
stichonematic
mastigonemes arranged in two opposite rows or radially
pantonematic
pantonematic flagellum with a terminal fibril
pantocronematic
mastigonemes develop only on one side of flagellum
stichonematic
grouped into grana
thylakoids
centers of carbon dioxide fixation within chloroplasts of algae
pyrenoids
not membrane bound organelles, but specialized areas of the plastid that contain high levels of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
pyrenoids
pigments are bounded in organelles called
plastids
colorless plastids
leucoplasts
colored plastids, contain chlorophyll a and b
chromoplasts
contain only chlorophyll a
chromatophores
type of pigments in algae
chlorophylls
xanthophylls
carotenes
phycobillins
yellow brown, present in Chlorophyceae and pheophyceae
xanthophylls
present in most algae
B carotene
water soluble red (phycoerythrin) and blue (phycocyanin) confied to Rhodophyceae
phycobilins
obtain carbon dioxide and water by diffusion and osmosis
aquatic algae
obtain water from damp substratum and carbon dioxide from air
aerial algae
food reserves seen in two algal divisions (chlorophyta and charophyta)
true starch
food reserve in rhodophyta
floridean starch
food reserve in brown algae
laminarin
food reserve in euglenoids
paramylon
food reserve peculiar to xanthophyte, bacillariophyta, and chrysophyta
leucosin
– occur as reserved food in appreciable amounts in the cells of xanthophyte, bacillariophyta, and chrysophyta
fats
reproduce both sexually and asexually (most sexual reproduction is triggered by environmental stress
algae
asexual reproduction of algae include what
mitosis
sexual reproduction of algae include
meiosis
zoospores
pilius and minus gametes
zygospores
process where part of the filament breaks off from the rest and forms a new one
vegetative cell division/fragmentation
both gametes have flagella and similar in size and morphology
isogamy
gametes have flagella but are dissimilar in shape and size, one gamete is distinctly smaller than the other one
anisogamy
gamete with flagella (sperm) fuses with a larger, non flagellated gamete (egg)
oogamy
both gametes produced by same individual
monoecious
– male and female gametes are produced by different individuals
diecious
gametes from one individual can fuse (self-fertile)
homothallic
gametes from one individual cannot fuse (self-sterile
heterothallic
special type of reproduction, the entire cell serve as a gametes and the cell content are transported passively between two cells taking part in sexual reproduction
conjugation
release flagellated sperm that swim to the oogonium
antheridium
houses the zygote which is a diploid spore
oogonium
species of red algae, most are marine
phylum rhodophycophyta
Smaller than brown algae and are often found at a depth of 200 meters
rhodophycophyta
Contain chlorophyll a and rarely d as well as phycobilins which are important in absorbing light that can
penetrate deep into the water
Have cells coated in carrageenan which is used in cosmetics, gelatin capsules, and some cheeses
rhodophycophyta
Red algae gelidium from which agar is made
rhodophycophyta
nori used to wrap uncooked fish and other food items
porphyra
epiphyte on eel and surf grass
smithora naiadum
yellow green algae, walls with cellulose and pectin
xantophycophyta
➢Chlorophylls a, c and rarely e are present
➢Chrysolaminarin – cellular storage product
➢Unequal flagella
➢A. reproduction by cell division and fragmentation
➢Vaucheria is known member
xantophycophyta
golden algae, predominately flagellates some are ameboid
chrysophycophyta
➢Chlorophyll a and c are present
➢Reserve food as chrysolaminarin and their frequent incorporation of silica
➢Characteristic color due to masking of their chlorophyl by brown pigments
➢Reproduction is commonly asexual but at times isogamous
chrysophycophyta
brown algae, mostly marine and include seaweed
phaeophycophyta
➢All are multicellular and large
➢Individual alga may grow to a length of 100m with a holdfast, stipe, and blade
➢Chlorophyll a and c are present
➢Used in cosmetics and most ice creams
➢Many of them have holdfast and air bladders which give them buoyancy
phaeophycophyta