Protists Flashcards

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6 super groups

Can rubbing an egg arouse onself?

A
  1. Chromalveolata
  2. Rhizaria
  3. Archeplastida (inc. plants)
  4. Excavata
  5. Amoebozoa
  6. Opisthokonta(fungi/ animals)
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Chromalveolata

does anyone cum during golden and brown orgies?

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  • dinoflagellates
  • apicomplexans
  • ciliates
  • diatoms
  • Golden & brown algae
  • Oomycytes
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Excavata

does poop exfoliate?

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  • Diplomonas
  • Parabasalids
  • Euglenozoans
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4
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Chrmomoalvelata ancestors

x2

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Stramenophiles
&
Alveolates

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Rhizaria

REALLY clever fatties run

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  • cercozoans
  • Forams
  • Radiolarians
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Archaeplastida

A really cool cat listens

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  • red algae
  • Chlorophytes (green algae)
  • Charophytes (green algae)
  • Land Plants
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Amoebozoa

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  • slime molds
  • Gymnamobas
  • Entamoebas
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Opisthokonta

never forget current affairs

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  • nuclearids
  • FUNGI
  • Choanoflagellates
  • ANIMALS
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9
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Eukaryote characteristics

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  • Nucleus
  • Mitochondria
  • Cytoskeleton
  • Flagella (different from prokaryote flagella)
  • Linear chromosomes
  • Mitosis
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ProK vs. EuK: Who came first?

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Prokaryotes

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Endosymbiotic theory

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  1. Prokaryote engulfs another
  2. Engulfed ProK began functioning as mitochondria / chloroplast
  3. endomembrane components arose
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12
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evidence of Endosymbiotic theory

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circular chromosome (ribosome) present in mitochondrial

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13
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Heterotrophic protist

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protozoa

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14
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autotrophic protists

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algae

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15
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unicellular algae

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autotrophic : phytoplnkton

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16
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multicellular

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autotrophic: seaweed (not plant!)

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17
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Protist cell structure characteristics

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  • mostly microscopic/ unicellular
  • live colonially
  • multinucleated blobs of slime
  • some have animal-like cell membrane
  • others have plant - like cell wall
18
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Protist metabolism

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autotrophs: photosynthesize
heterotrophs:
- some are mixotrophs (euglena)

19
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Protist motility

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  • cilia (paramecium)
  • pseudopod (amoeba)
  • flagella ( euglena)
20
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Protist Lifecycle

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Asexual : binary fission/ budding

- cyst formation (dormant until optimal)

21
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Excavata characteristic

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  • asymmetrical
  • single celled
  • feeding groove “excavated “ on one side
  • auto/ heterotrophs inc.)
22
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Excavata examples (1&2)

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  1. diplomonads:
    - giardiasis labella
    - Beaver fever (cysts)
  2. Parabasilids:
    - trichomoanas (std)
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Excavata ex. 3 & 4

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  1. Euglenozoans:
    - Euglena (mixotroph)
    - trypanosoma (STD)- OUTSIDE RBC
24
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Chromalveolata

A
  • alveolates & stramenophiles
25
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ALVEOLATE ex.

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  • dinoflagellates (plankton), red tide
  • Apicomplexans
  • Ciliates
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Stramenophiles

A
  • diatoms
  • brown algae
  • Oomycytes
27
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alveolates

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(chromalveolata)

  • Plasmodium (malaria)
  • Inside RBC!
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Ciliates

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(chromalveolata)

- Paramecium (have cilia)

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Diatoms

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(chromalveolata —-> stramenophiles)
geometric with glassy cell walls
- unicellular/ photosynthetic

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Bron algae

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(chromalveolata —-> stramenophiles)

- Macroscopic seaweed

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Oomycytes

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(chromalveolata —-> stramenophiles)

  • no longer fungi
  • potato famine
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Rhizaria

A

amoebas/ pseudo- pods (thread-like/ needle)

- Radiolarians (glassy w/ holes)

33
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Archaeplastida

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  • red algae
  • green algae
  • Land plants
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Charophytes

A

Green Algae

- closest to land plants

35
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Chlorophytes

A

Green Algae

  • micro & macroscopic
  • volvox/ spirogyra
  • sea lettuce
36
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Amoebozoa

A

amoeba with flat, large pseudopods

- large nucleus

37
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Slime molds

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amoebozoa

  • scarce food; slug like
  • plenty: spores form
  • multinucleated
38
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Opisthokonta

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single flagellum

  • animals
  • fungi
  • choanoflagellate
39
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Choanoflagellates

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(opisthokonta)

  • live colonially
  • “animal like”
40
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Ecology of protists

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  • phytoplankton; feed hoards
  • dinoflagellates symbiotic w/ coral
  • human and plant pathogens (malaria/ oomycytes)
  • decomposers; fossil fuel