Microbiology:Protist Flashcards
What are the characteristics of protists?
Unicellular and multicellular heterotrophic or autotrophic live in water, moist soil and human body all are eukaryotic is neither plants animals or fungus
How are protists classified?
About how they move
And absorb nutrients
What are the characteristics of plants like protist?
Algae
Autotroph
Some photo plankton
What are the characteristics of Animal like protist?
Heterotrophs
What are the characteristics of fungus like protist?
Heterotrophs
Decomposers
What are the four phyla of Protozoa
Zoo-flagellates
Use flagella to move absorb food through cell membrane
Sarcodines
Use pseudopods to move and eat food by wrapping around engulfing it endocytosis and creates a food vacuole
Cilliates
Move using cilia
Sweep food through the oral groove into a gullet forming a food vacuole
Sporozoans
Do not move on their own
Plant like protists
Contains chlorophyll, photosynthesize
Commonly called algae
What are the four types of plant like protist?
Euglenophytes
Chrysophytes
Diatoms
Dinoflagellates
Euglenophytes
Lives in water Move by flagellate Photosynthesis using chloroplast Can turn in to heterotrophs if kept in the dark Has an eyespot to sense light
Chrysophytes
Unicellular Golden algae
Most are fresh water
Diatoms
Secrete a silica cell wall around themselves
Live in fresh salt moist soil
Dinoflagellates
Marine planktons
Mixotrophic
Can photosynthesize
But also ingest other protists
Fungus like protists
Heterotrophs
Decomposers
Slime molds/water molds
