Organisms Flashcards
Alveolates
Endo: secondary, red algae
Physical traits: Membrane Sacs
Subgroups: Dinoflagellates, ciliates, paramecium, plasmodium
Ciliates
Physical traits: covered in cillia
Subgroups: Paramecium
Dinoflagellates
Endo: teritary of red algae
Physical traits: 2 flagella, one equatorial, one longitudinal
Diseases: Red Tide, bioluminescence, symbionts of coral
Plasmodium
Physical Trait: Complex of proteins at the apical prominence
Disease: malaria
Excavates
Endo: No
Physical Traits: Reduced/lost mitochondria
Giardia
Degenerative Mitochondria
Disease: intestinal parasite
Euglenids
Endo: secondary green algae
Trypanosoma
Physical traits: Single large mitochondrian
Disease: Sleeping Sickness, Chagas
Stramenopiles
Endosymbosis: secondary, red algae
Physical Traits:
2 unequal flagella, one with tubular hairs
Subgroups: brown algae, diatoms
Brown Algae
Endo: secondary red algae
Physical Traits: multicellular
Disease: kelp forests
Diatoms
Endo: Secondary red algae
Physical traits: silica shells
Amoebozoans
Endo: no
Physical Trait: Lobe shaped pseudopods, cytoplasmic streaming
Subgroup: Amoeba, slime molds.