Overview of the
Six Kingdoms
Vocabulary
Which term means one-celled? Many-celled?
multicellularunicellularWhich term means that the organism produces its own food? Consumes food?
autotrophheterotrophVocabulary
Prokaryotic describes an organism with cells that have a cell membrane but do NOT have a nuclear membraneEukaryotic describes an organism with cells that have a cell membrane and a nuclear membraneVocabulary
Autotrophic makes its own foodHeterotrophic gets nutrients from the food it consumesList of the Three Domains and
the Six Kingdoms
1. Domain Bacteria
Kingdom Eubacteria
2. Domain Archaea
Kingdom Archaebacteria
3. Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Eubacteria
Bacteria can live in many places on earth, inhabiting a wide variety of habitats, including other organismsUnicellularProkaryoticAutotrophic or heterotrophicThick cells walls with peptidoglycanKingdom Eubacteria
Bacteria come in different shapes, such as round, spiral and rod-shaped.Kingdom Eubacteria
Bacteria can cause a wide variety of diseases, such as strep throat, food poisoning and the Black Death (bubonic plague of the Middle Ages)Kingdom Eubacteria
Bacteria also play an important role in decomposition, nitrogen fixation and human digestion (E. coli)Soybean root containing billions of bacteria
Kingdom Eubacteria
Procholorococcus an autotrophic bacterium What does that mean about how it gets its nutrients?Kingdom Eubacteria
Bacteria from an Nitrifying Trickle Filter (NTF) stained with acridene orange. The stain makesKingdom Archaebacteria
Bacteria that live in extreme habitats, such as hot springs, geysers, volcanic hot pools, brine pools, black smokersUnicellularProkaryoticAutotrophic or heterotrophicCell walls without peptidoglycanKingdom Archaebacteria
Morning Glory Pool in Yellowstone National Park note the bright colors from the archaebacteria growing in the extremely hot water.
Kingdom Archaebacteria
Some like it hot! Bacillus infernusKingdom Archaebacteria
Archaebacteria can live deep in the ocean near geothermal vents called black smokersThere is no light, so they carry out chemosynthesis instead of photosynthesisKingdom Protista
Extremely diverse groupEukaryoticMost unicellular, some colonial, some multicellularAutotrophic and heterotrophicSome with cell walls containing cellulose; some carry out photosynthesis with chloroplastsKingdom Protista
Volvox a colonial protist
Euglena - autotrophic
A slime mold
Amoeba - heterotrophic
Kingdom Fungi
EukaryoticMost are multicellularHeterotrophic (decomposers)Cell walls made of chitinKingdom Fungi
Stilton cheese
Bread mold
Kingdom Plantae
EukaryoticMulticellularAutotrophicCell wall of cellulose; chloroplasts presentKingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
EukaryoticMulticellularHeterotrophicNo cell walls, no chloroplastsKingdom Animalia
Coral snake
Sponge
Flatworm
Octopus
Jellyfish
Bear
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