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Oscillatoria

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Filamentous
No Branching
Uniseriate

(Looks like spaghetti)

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Spirulina

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Filamentous
No branching
Uniseriate

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Anabaena

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Filamentous
No branching
Uniseriate
Heterocysts (fix nitrogen) and Akinetes bc rough environment

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Tolypothrix

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Filamentous
False branching
Uniseriate
Heterocysts (often att eh bases of false branches)

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Stigonema/ Fischerella

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Filamentous
True branching
Multiseriate

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Gloeocapsa

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Non filamentous
Grows in gelatinous matrix (seen by staining with India Ink)
Palmelloid! Not colonial

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Nostoc

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Heterocysts
Rarely in marine
Filamentous
Unbranched
Uniseriate
Akinetes and Heterocysts
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Merismopedia

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Non filamentous
Colonial
Palmelloid!!

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Scytonema

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Phylum: Cyanophyta
Domain: Eubacteria

Filamentous
False branching
Uniseriate
Heterocysts

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Chlamydomonas

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Colonial
Asexual Autocolony Formation
Sexual oogamy
Pyrenoids/eyespots
Aplanospores!! Zoospores!!
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Chlorella

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Unicellular, nonmotile

Asexual autospore/ zoospore
Sexual: Isogamous and Haplontic
No flagella
Can grow endosymbiotically in ciliates

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Codium Fragile

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Dead man’s fingers (don’t need to know)

Intertidal
No asexual/sporophyte stage
Male and female gametes on separate plants

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Eudorina

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Colonial
Sexual oogamy or asexual Auto Colony Formation
Multiples of 16
Beats flagella together

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Ulva

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Discoid holdfast
No stipe
2 cell thick membrane blades
Isomorphic Alteration of Generations, Parenchymatous

Attaches to rocks in intertidal

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Volvox

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Colonial and Motile
Asexual Auto Colony Formation
Sexual Oogamy
Biflagellate

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Chladophora

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Filamentous
No conjugation
Meiosis and mitosis

(Looks like bamboo)

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Pediastrum

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Flat, one cell thick Colony
Asexual Auto Colony Formation (zoospores)
Sexual Isogametes (rare)

pedi = flat
astrum = star
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Scenedesmus

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Unicellular or colonial
Asexual autospores
Sexual Isogamy
Multiples of 4

(Looks like orzo pasta)

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Oedogonium

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Filamentous
Asexual Zoospores/ Germination of aplanospores/ Fragmentation
Sexual Oogamy
Unbranched filaments
Uniseriate
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Acetabularia

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Unicellular
Mitosis and nuclear meiosis
Siphonus

(Looks like flowers)

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Actinastrum

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Siphonus

Look like stars

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Coleochaete

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Phylum: Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae

Parenchymatous
Sexual and asexual

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Bangia

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Phylum: Rhodophyta
Domain: Plantae

Filamentous
Monosporic or Oogamous
Uniseriate at base, becomes Multiseriate
Unbranched
Intertidal/subtidal
Clumped on rocks/shells
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Batrachospermum

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Phylum: Rhodophyta
Domain: Plantae

Filamentous, uniseriate with branching
Trichogyne is spatula shaped
Asexual monosporic
Sexual oogamy
 (Red algae that is green)
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Siphonaceous Rhodophyta
Neohordomela Sarciotheca Halosaccion Gracillaria
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Flat Thalli Rhodophyta
Chondracanthus Mazzaella
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Crust Forming Rhodophyta
Mastocarpus
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Branching Thalli Rhodophyta
Microcladia Prionitis
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Cosmarium
Phylum: Charophyta Domain: Plantae ``` Colonial Unicellular Binary fission Conjugation Desmids!! Divided by medium (Looks like bubbles) ```
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Micrasterias
Phylum: Charophyta Domain: Plantae Unicellular Binary Fission and Conjugation Desmids!!
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Spirogyra
Phylum: Charophyta Domain: Plantae Filamentous, uniseriate, unbranched Aplanospores or Conjugation Nodes (Spiralled chloroplasts)
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Navicula
Phylum: Bacillariophyta Domain: SAR ``` DIATOM Unicellular nonmotile Binary Fission Isogamy Pen-shaped ends (Pennate Diatom) ```
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Pinnularia
Phylum: Bacillariophyta Domain: SAR ``` DIATOM Elliptical unicellular Rigid silica framework Cell division and heterogametic Auxospores ```
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Synedra
Phylum: Bacillariophyta Domain: SAR DIATOM Colonial unicellular Long and needle-like Asexual
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Thalassionema
Phylum: Bacillariophyta Domain: SAR Diatom Rectangular with rounded ends Connect to form zigzags
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Ceratium
Phylum: Dinophyceae Domain: SAR Unicellular Binary fission, Isogamy 2-3 horns, armored
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Noctiluca scintillans
Phylum: Dinoflagellata Domain: SAR Flagellum doesnt move organism Nonmotile Diplontic Bioluminescence
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Fucus distichus
Phylum: Phaeophyta Domain: SAR Diplontic (gametic) Oogamous Anisogamous Parenchymatous
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Nereocystis luetkeana
Phylum: Phaeophyta Domain: SAR Alteration of generations Haplodiplontic, Heteromorphic
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Sargassum
Phylum: Phaeophyta Domain: SAR Oogonia and antheridia Pseudoparenchymatous
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Euglena
Phylum: Euglenozoa Domain: Eukaryote Obligate mixotrophic Phototrophic Euglena Two equal flagella 3 membranes around chloroplast
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List of Diatoms
Navicula Pinnularia Synedra Thalassionema
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List of Dinoflagellates
Coscinodiscus Ceratium Noctiluca scintillans Peridinium Thalossiosira Ditylum brightwelli Pleurosigma
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Features of Cyanobacteria
Domain: Eubacteria Photosynthetic prokaryotes Primary symbionts that algal chloroplasts derived from Chlorophyll a Myxoxanthin Cyanophycin (storage)
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Features of Chlorophyta
Domain: Plantae Eukaryotic cells distinguished by their ISOKONT Chloroplast bounded by a double membrane Stacked thylakoids Chlorophyll a & b, y-carotene Starch SOmetimes Pyrenoids (CO2 fixation)
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Features of Rhodophyta
Domain: Plantae Features: No flagella or centrioles Unstacked thylakoids Reproduction: Isomorphic/Heteromorphic Alteration of Generations Chlorophyll a Lutein Floridean Starch Phycobilliproteins make them red
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Features of Charophytes
Domain: Plantae First land plants Homologous chloroplasts Mitosis similar to land plants
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Features of Diatoms
Domain: SAR Phylum: Bacillariophyta Single cell with two part cell walls made of silica Patterned cell walls (frustules) Centric = free floating Benthic = pennate
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Features of Dinoflagellates
Domain: SAR Unicellular marine planktonic Dissimilar two flagella Polygonal plates of polysaccharides (cellulose) Structurally different from Heterokonts
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Features of Phaeophyta
Domain: SAR Chlorophyll a & c Fucoxanthin Laminarian and manitol as storage Secondary endosymbiosis
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Features of Euglenoids
Excavates in Domain Eukaryotes Chlorophyll a & b Lutein Starch Distinguished by their pellicle (protein strips under cell membrane supported by microtubules, giving shape and striations) Inching motion called METABOLY via sliding of pellicles
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What are Heterokonts?
They = Stramenopiles in domain SAR Two dissimilar flagella - one long bearing stiff tubular hairs called MASTIGONEMES and a short microscopic one Four membranes Chlorophyll a & c with fucoxanthin Cover Diatoms and Phaeophytes!!
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Vaucheria
Phylum: Xanthophyceae Domain: SAR Oogamy Aplanospores, Zoospores Filamentous Sparingly branched Looks like a tiny pe
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Mastocarpus
Heteromorphic Alteration of Generatiosn
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Peridinium
Phylum: Dinophyceae Domain: SAR Unicellular Binary Fission and Isogamy Armored no horns

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