Lecture 13 Protists Flashcards

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Domain Eukarya

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Have nucleus, organelles, unicellular or multicellular

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Domain Archea

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Unicellular (all)
Extremophiles

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Domain Bacteria

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all unicellular
includes pathogens
ancestors to mitochondria + chloroplasts

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Endosymbiosis

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ancestral archean + Aerobic bacterium
heterotrophic bacterium + photosynthetic
Photosynthetic eukaryotes

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Protist Diversity: cells and nutrient

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Mostly unicellular- Some colonial and multicellular
nutrition: photoautotrophs
heterotrphs
mixotrophs

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Nutrition

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Photoautotrophs: sunlight to make sugars
Heterotrophs: absorb/ingest food
MIxotrophs: do both

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Protist ecological diversity

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Mostly aquatic can be terrestrial (damp soil)

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Win-win symbiotic Relationship

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mutually beneficial
photosynthetic protist + coral
termites + heterotrophic protist

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Win- loose symbiotic relationships

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that causes malane

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Decomposers

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Orgs that eat dead organic matter
nutrient recyclers

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Producers

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organisms that does photosynthesis
-form base of food webs, eaten by consumers

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PSN %

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30% of al PSN = protists
20% of all PSN = bacteria
50 % of all PSN = plants

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Primary Endosymbiosis

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Prokaryote + Prok= euk
1) early heterotrophic eukaryote engulfed a photosynthetic bacterium
2) early PSN eukaryote
3) diverged to give red + green algae (differ in PSN pigments)

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Algae

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PSN protist

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Secondary endosymbiosis

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heterotrophic eukaryote engulfing a PSn eukaryote
euk + euk = euk

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How many super groups are there in Protist

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4

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Protist Diversity Parameters

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of cells: unicellular or multicellular
nutrition: heterotrophic, autotrophic, Mixotrophic
Motile: capable of movement (clilia, falgella , pseudopods) vs sessile

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Protist Diversity

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Exacavates, SAR, Archeaplastida, Unikonts

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Giardia instestinalis (excavata)

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Unicellular
heterotrophic
motile flagella
Ecological importance: parasites, mammal small intestine
interesting features : 2 distinct forms ( 1 active 2- dormant)

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Euglena (excavata )

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of cells: unicellular
mixotrophic, pigement= chlorophyll
Motile: yes, flagella
ecological importance: producers in fresh/salt water
interesting features : eye spot detects light

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Diatoms (Sar)

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of cells: unicellular
mode of nutrition: autotrophs, glass-like cell wall, pigments= chlorophyll
Motile: yes, “glide” don’t swim
Ecological importance: most abundant PSN orgs in oceans and lakes
interesting features : store excess sugar as oil droplets

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Brown Algae (SAR)

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of cells: multicellular

Mode of nutrition: autotrophs, cell wall= cellulose, pigments- chlorophylls
Motile= sessile
ecological importance: thrive in cold water, create ecosystem

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Dinoflagellates (SAR)

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of cells: unicellular
mode of nutrition: any all, cell wall = cellulose, pigments= chlorophyll
Motile: flagella (2)
ecological importance: phytoplankton , over abundance = red algae
interesting features : some capable of bioluminescence

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Red Algae (archeaplastida)

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of cells: multicellular
made of nutrition: autotrophic, cell-wall=cellulose
motile: NO
Ecological importance: Baswe of food chain/web
interesting features : Japanese “nori”

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Green Algae (archeaplastida)

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of cells: either (uni & multi)
made of nutrition: autotrophs
Motile: generally, no but volvox =flagella
Ecological importance: base of food chain fresh or marine
interesting features: colony = 500-60,000
volvox can reporduce sexually or aesexually

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Amoeba (unikonta)

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of cell : unicellular

mode of nutrition: heterotrophic= parasites +predators
Motile: yes–> pseudopods
ecological importance: nutrient recycling: water /soil/ sir decomposers
interesting features: engulf prey via phagocytosis

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Plasmodial slime molds ( unikonta)

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of cells: unicellular with multiple nuclei
Mode of nutrition: heterotrophs
motile: pseudopods
ecological importance: soil decomposers
interesting features: intelligent , capable of solving mazes