Protists Flashcards
Kingdom includes all eukaryotes except green plants, animals and fungi
Not monophyleyic
Most diverse kingdom
Reproduce asexually most of time
Protists
Major difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Cytoskeleton
Compartmentalization
Used for propulsion and feeding
Cilia
Protective outer forgetting in dormant cell
Cyst
Movement and feeding
Pseudopodia
Ingest particle food
Phagotropic
Ingest soluble food
Osmotrophic
Pritistan mechanisms
-slimy gate coverings Toxins Sharp projectiles Spines Bioluminescence
Diplomonads characteristics
Unicellular Move with flagella 2 nuclei Giardia (causes diarrhea) No mitochondria but have it in DNA
Protistan nutrition
Photographs
Heterotrophs
Mixotrophs
Earlier eukaryotes to have mitochondria
No sexual reproduction
Flexible pellucle
Heteritrophic in dark
Euglenozoa
Photosynthetic
Unicellular
Has flagella
Dinoflagellates
2nd major group in euglenozoa
Single mitochondrian
Kineplastids
African sleeping sucking is caused by?
Tsetse fly
Disease caused by contact w urine/blood of infected animal. Heart increases in size
Chagas’ disease