Protists

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Protists

Animal-like vs Plant or Fungus like.. Called Protozoans Divided into 4 groups

• Pseudopods– False Feet.

– Move by bulging cell membrane and flowing cytoplasm.

Pseudopods

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/sciences/BotanicalSciences/MajorDivisions/KingdomProtista/Protists/protists.htm

Pseudopods

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/sundr.html

Amoebas (Phylum Rhizopoda)

Protists

Animal-like vs Plant or Fungus like.. Called Protozoans Divided into 4 groups

• Ciliates– Have cilia

– Hair like projections used for moving, sensing and obtaining food

Ciliates

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/sciences/BotanicalSciences/MajorDivisions/KingdomProtista/Protists/paramecium.gif

Ciliates

http://microbes.limnology.wisc.edu/outreach/pondsamples.php

Ciliates

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug98/suctoria.html

Protists

Animal-like vs Plant or Fungus like.. Called Protozoans Divided into 4 groups

• Zooflagellates– Long whip like flagella

Zooflagellates

http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/BIOSPHERE/Bios-C-ProtistsProtozoa.htm

Zooflagellates

http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/BIOSPHERE/Bios-C-ProtistsProtozoa.htm

Protists

Animal-like vs Plant or Fungus like.. Called Protozoans Divided into 4 groups

• Sporozoans– Parasites that feed on the cells and fluids of host.

Sporozoans

http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/BIOSPHERE/Bios-C-ProtistsProtozoa.htm

Plasmodium falciparum in blood, causes malaria

Sporozoans

http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/BIOSPHERE/Bios-C-ProtistsProtozoa.htm

Trypanosoma in blood causes sleeping sickness

Protists

Fungus-like vs Plant or Animal-like Use spores to reproduce

• Tiny cell able to grow into a new organism. All able to move at some point in their lives.

• Water Molds and Downy Mildew

Water Molds and Downy Mildew

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/oomycota.html

Water Molds and Downy Mildew

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/downy-mildew-b.htm

Protists

Fungus-like vs Plant or Animal-like Use spores to reproduce

• Tiny cell able to grow into a new organism. All able to move at some point in their lives.

• Slime molds.

Slime molds

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/16cm05/1116/16protis.htm

Slime molds

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/16cm05/1116/16protis.htm

Protists

Plant-like vs Fungus-like or Animal-like Commonly called algae. All are autotrophs. Several Types

• Euglenoids– Can be heterotrophic in no-light

Euglenoids

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/euglena.gif

Euglenoids

http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/Pics/Other%20Algae/Other_jpegs/Phacus3.jpg

Euglenoids

http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Mastigophora/Euglena/hemichromata/hemichromata_3.jpg

Protists

Plant-like vs Fungus-like or Animal-like Commonly called algae. All are autotrophs. Several Types

• Dinoflagellates– unicellular algae covered in stiff plates

Dinoflagellates

http://www.astrographics.com/GalleryPrints/Display/GP2117.jpg

Dinoflagellates

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=30670&rendTypeId=4

Protists

Plant-like vs Fungus-like or Animal-like Commonly called algae. All are autotrophs. Several Types

• Diatoms– unicellular algae with glass-like cell walls

Diatoms

http://www.digitalstar.net/microecologies/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/diatoms.jpg

Diatoms

http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/47489/Diatoms1.gif

Protists

Plant-like vs Fungus-like or Animal-like Commonly called algae. All are autotrophs. Several Types

• Green Algae

Green Algae

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/green.html

Green Algae

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/green.html

Protists

Plant-like vs Fungus-like or Animal-like Commonly called algae. All are autotrophs. Several Types

• Red Algae– Mostly Seaweeds

Red Algae

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar99/red.html

Red Algae

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/rhodophyta.html

Protists

Plant-like vs Fungus-like or Animal-like Commonly called algae. All are autotrophs. Several Types

• Brown Algae– more seaweeds

Brown Algae

http://www.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/invasive_algae/phaeo/sargpolytankcu2_small.jpg