suite taxonomy eukaryotes

Question 1

Parabasalids: Trichomonas vaginalis STI in humans?

Answer 1

most common parasitic infection in developed countries.

Question 2

can Parabasalids:trichonmonas vaginalis from cyst?

Answer 2

No they can’t they don’t survive well outside the host (adapted to sexual transmission)

Question 3

what are Euglenozoans?

Answer 3

unicellular

flagellated eukaryotes

Question 4

type of euglenozoans?

Answer 4

• Kinetoplastids

- Euglenids

Question 5

kinetoplastids are named for the presence?

Answer 5

kinetoplast, a mass of circular DNA
present in their single, large
mitochondrion

Question 6

kinetoplastids live primarily in?

Answer 6

aquatic habitats feeding on bacteria

Question 7

can some species cause serious diseases in humans?

Answer 7

yes

Question 8

Kinetoplastids: Trypanosoma brucei cause?

Answer 8

African sleeping sickness, a

chronic and usually fatal infection

Question 9

Kinetoplastids: Trypanosoma brucei where do they live?

Answer 9

-Lives and grows in the bloodstream,
infects the central nervous system
during the later stage

Question 10

Kinetoplastids: Trypanosoma are transmitted by?

Answer 10

the tsetse fly.

Question 11

the single flagellum of Kinetoplastids: Trypanosoma is enclosed in?

Answer 11

membrane flap

Question 12

Euglenids are?

Answer 12

Nonpathogenic and phototrophic

Question 13

euglenids contain?

Answer 13

-chloroplasts

Question 14

can euglenids exist as heterotrophs?

Answer 14

yes, will lose their chloroplast if incubated in the dark for a long time

Question 15

euglenids can feed on?

Answer 15

bacteria by phagocytosis

Question 16

sous group we are going to study in alveolata

Answer 16

• ciliates
• Dinoflagellates
• Apicomplexans

Question 17

Alveolates are characterized

by the presence of?

Answer 17

alveoli

Question 18

alveoli?

Answer 18

sacs underneath the cytoplasmic membrane

Question 19

alveoles are for?

Answer 19

-function to help cells maintain osmotic balance

Question 20

in paramecium how are the vacuole?

Answer 20

contractile vacuole

Question 21

in alveolates members are?

Answer 21

ciliates,dinoflagellates and apicomplexans

Question 22

what do alveolates posses at some stage of their life?

Answer 22

cilia

Question 23

what is the most widely distributed genera of alevolates?

Answer 23

paramecium

Question 24

alveolates use cialiates for?

Answer 24

for motility and to obtain food

Question 25

cilates have___nuclei?

Answer 25

two(macronucleus and micronucleus)

Question 26

what kind of reproduction have alveolates?

Answer 26

sexual reproduction

Question 27

what kind of sexual reproduction?

Answer 27

conjugation

Question 28

what kind of animals are the ciliates?

Answer 28

• animal parasites

- animal symbionts(in the rumen)

Question 29

what are dinoflagellates?

Answer 29

diverse marine and freshwater phototrophic organisms

Question 30

where do dinoflagellates live?

Answer 30

free-living and others live symbiotically with corals

Question 31

dinoflagellates have two different?

Answer 31

insertion points on the cell

Question 32

in dinoflagellates what are the two different points on the cell?

Answer 32

• Transverse flagellum

- longitudinal flagellum

Question 33

are some dinoflagellates toxic?

Answer 33

yes,some species secrete neurotoxins

Question 34

where can dinoflagellates reach very high numbers?

Answer 34

in warm and polluted waters

Question 35

Dense suspensions of dinioflagellates

are called ?

Answer 35

red tides

Question 36

dinoflagellates are associated with?

Answer 36

Humain poisoning (Paralytic shellfish poisoning)

Question 37

for example what kind of accumulation can be toxic for us?

Answer 37

Accumulation of toxic dinoflagellates in mussels

Question 38

Apicomplexans have what kind of life cycle?

Answer 38

Complex life cycle

Question 39

What kind of complex life cycle?

Answer 39

• sporozoite(transmission)
• Gametocyte (sexual reproduction)
• other stages

Question 40

Alveolates:apicomplexans contain?

Answer 40

apicoplasts

Question 41

Apicomplexans what do they do with chloroplast?

Answer 41

degenerate chloroplast that lack pigments and phototrophic capacity

Question 42

apicomplexans don’t have phototrophic capacity but can still?

Answer 42

carry many anabolic pathways

Question 43

Alveolates:Apicomplaxans can cause what diseases?

Answer 43

severe diseases such as malaria,toxoplasmosis and coccidiosis

Question 44

what do we study in Chromalveolata?

Answer 44

Stramenopiles

Question 45

Stramenopiles have?

Answer 45

flagella with many short hairlike extensions

Question 46

stramenopiles are what kind?

Answer 46

Chemoheterotrophs /Phototrophic members

Question 47

what kind of streamenopiles are chemoheterotrophs?

Answer 47

oomycetes

Question 48

what kind of stramenophiles of golden ?

Answer 48

phototrophs

Question 49

how are also called oomycetes?

Answer 49

water molds-filamentour growth

Question 50

what is presence in oomycetes?

Answer 50

coenocytic hyphae

Question 51

in oomycetes the cell walls are made off?

Answer 51

celllulose,not chitin as in fungi

Question 52

a type of oomycetes that causes late blight desease in potatoes and contributed to the Irish potato famine

Answer 52

Phytophtora infestans

Question 53

golden algae are also called?

Answer 53

chrysophytes

Question 54

golden alagae are unicellular or multicellular?

Answer 54

unicellular, some are colonial (form groups)

Question 55

why are they named golden algae?

Answer 55

for their golden-brown color

Question 56

golden algae have their chloroplast pigments dominated by?

Answer 56

carotenoid fucoxanthin