Protista Flashcards
Mixotrophs
Combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition
Protists
They are eukaryotes
Endosymbiosis
Process when a unicellular organism engulfs another cell, which becomes an endosymbiont and the organ in the host
Excavata
A clade characterized by cytoskeleton
Diplomonads
Have microsomes and are often parasites
Parabasalids
Have hydrogen isomers that generate energy anaerobically. Includes a pathogen that causes yeast infections
Euglenozoan
A clade that includes predatory heterotrophs, phoyosynthetic autotrophs, and parasites. Main feature is a spiral rod in flagella
Chromalveolata
Originated by secondary endosymbiosis
Alveolata
Have membrane bound sac under plasma membrane.
Dinoflagellates
Have 2 flagella and each cell is reinforced by cellulose plates. In marine and freshwater
Apicomplexans
Parasites of animals. Some cause serious human diseases
Ciliates
Protista named for their use of cilia to move and feed
Stamenopila
A clade that has phototrophs and heterotrophs. Most have smooth and hairy flagellum
What does the clade stramenophiles include?
Diatoms, golden algae, brown algae, and oomycetes
What does the clade alveolates include?
Dinoflagellates, apicplexans, and ciliates
Diatoms
Unicellular algae with two part, glass like wall of hydrated silica
Golden algae
Phoyosynthetic and some are mixotrophs
Brown algae
Largest and most complex. Multicellular and most marine.
Oomycyetes
Considered fungi based on morphological studiesz most are decomposers or parasites
What does DNA evidence support as a monophyletic clade
Rhizaria
Archaea plastida
Supergroup that includes red algae, green algae, and land plants
Red algae
Usually multicellular. Most abundant
Green algae
The two main groups are chlorophytes and charophyceans
Charophytes
Most closely related to land plants