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Protists & Fungi Flashcards

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Protists

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Taxonomic group that consits of eukaryotic organisms

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Characterisitics of protists

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Unicellular
Autotrophs or Heterotrophs
Symbiotic relationships or free living
Reproduce asexually
Found in moist environments

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Categories of Protists

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Plant like
Fungus like
Animal like

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Plant like protists

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Photosynthetic autotrophs found in water
Contain chloroplasts
Use photosynthesis as food source

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Examples of plant like protists

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Red algae
Euglenoids

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Fungus like protists

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Slime molds or water molds
Similiar to kingdom fungi, fungi like protists reproduce via spores
No chitin
Heterotrophic: decomposers and saprobes that feed on non living organic matter

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Animal like protists (protozoa)

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Based on motility; cilia or flagella
Capable of movement
single celled
heterotrophic
engulf and feed on algae, fungi, and bacteria via phagocytosis

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Examples of animal like protists

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Amoebas
Ciliates

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Amoeba

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Animal like protists (protozoa)
Pseudopodia for movement

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Pseudopodia

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arm like projections that emerge towards direction of movement
mainly cytoplasm

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Fungi structure

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Uni or multicelluar
cell walls contain chitin

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Sporangium

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Multicellular organ where meiosis occurs, and haploid cells (spores) are formed

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Rhizoids

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Small branching hyphae that anchors structures to the ground

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Fungi types

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Non filamentous fungi
Filamentous fungi

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Non filamentous fungi

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Unicellular (includes yeast)
Asexual reproduction by budding via mitosis

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Filamentous fungi

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Multicellular (molds/ mushrooms)
Sexual or asexual repdocution
mushroom grow outward from mycelium

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Mycelium

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Network of fungi filaments (hyphae) that connect fungi together

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Mycelium functions

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Secrete enzymes that break down organic matter
Releases nutrients for absorption by hyphae
Allows fungi to be effective decomposers

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Hyphae

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Filamentous branches produced by multicellular fungi as they grow

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Septate hyphae

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Have septa (cells walls that seperate hyphae)

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Coenocytic hyphae

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No division of hyphae
Multinucleated

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Reproduction

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Can reproduce sexually, asexually, or both
Haploid for most of their life cycle

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