Protists

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protista

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kingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotes

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three types of protists

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unicellular, colonial, multicellular

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methods of reproduction for protists

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sexually, asexually, syngamy

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syngamy

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meiosis and fertilization

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nutritional diversity of protists

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photoautotrophs, heterotrophs, mixotrophs

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mixotrophs

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combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition

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algae

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unicerllular or filamentous photoautotrophs; mostly aquatic

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thallus of algae

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body of multicellyular algae

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multicellular algaes

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brown, red, greeen, yellow

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thallus of algae consists of

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holdfast, stipe, blade

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all algae reproduce

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asexually

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multicellular algae can reproduce

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sexually via alteration of generations and can fragment

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Chlamydomonas

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unicellular green algae, bi flagellate, has eyespot

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brown algae

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cellulose and alginic acid cell walls, multicellular and macroscopic

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algin

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substance produced by brown algae; used as food thickener

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pneumocyst

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pocket filled with gas to help brown algae float

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red algae

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have branched thalli, most are multicellular

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red algae harvested for

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agar and carrageenan, some produce a lethal toxin

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green algae

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cellulose cell wall, uni or multicellular, chlorophyll a and b - thought to be evolutionary link to land plants

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diatoms

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pectin and silica cell walls, unicellular or filamentous, store oil

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diatoms produce

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domoic acid which can cause neurological disease

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dinflagellates

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cellulose plasma membrane, unicelluylar

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dinoflagellates produce

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neurotoxins (saxotoxins) that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning

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oomycota

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water molds, cellulose cell wall, chemoheterotrophic, zoospore, decomposers

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phytophthora infestans

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caused irish potato famine

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phytophthora cinnamoni

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infects eucalyptus

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phytophthora ramorum

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causes sudden oak death

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roles of algae in nature

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fix CO2, produce 80% of earth's oxygen | oil production, symbionts, algal blooms

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zoonosis

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something that will come from animals (zoonotic infection can transfer animal to animal

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protozoa

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unicellular eukaryotes found in water and soil

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trophozoite

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feeding and growing form of protozoa

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reproduction of protozoa

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asexual: fission budding or schizogamy sexual: conjugation

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schizogamy

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multiple fission

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paramecium

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has macro and micro nuclei, slipper shape

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pellicle

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outer protective coat requiring special structures to take in foodl

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excavata 3 types

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diplomonads, parabasalids, and euglenozoa

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diplomonads

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no mitochondria, multiple flagella (giardia)

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parabasalids

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undulating membrane, no cyst shape

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euglenozoa

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photoautotrophs or facultative chemotrophs

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hemoflagellates

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transmitted by blood feeding insect bites

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amebae

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move by pseudopod

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entamebae hystolytica

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causes amebic dystentary

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acanthamoeba

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infects cornesas and causes blindness

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balamuthia

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granulomatous amebic encephalitis

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apicomplexa

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nonmotile, obligate intracellular parasites

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toxoplasma gondii

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transmitted by cats, causes fetal infections

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cryptosporidium

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transmitted via feces, cauyses waterborne illness

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plasmodium

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causes malaria, sexually reproduces in Anopheles mosquito - injects sporozoite in bite - undergoes schizogony in liver, merozoites are produced

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merozoites infect

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red blood cells, form ring stage inside, RBCs reupture

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ciliates

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moce by cilia arranged in precise rows

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Balantidium coli

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onlly human parasite - dysentary

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cellular slime molds

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represent ameba, phagocytisize fungi and bacteria; cells aggregate to form stalks and spore caps that differentiate into spores

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plasmodial slime molds

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mass or protoplasm with multinuclei; move as giant ameba; has cuytoplasmic streaming

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cytoplasmic streaming

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protoplasm moves and changes speed/direction to distribute oxygen and nutrients