Protists
Chlorophyta
Green algae - same pigments, cell wall structure, and food storage as green plants, but contains chlorophyll a and b - early ancestors to land plants
Symptoms of malaria
High fever, vomiting, cam severely affect kidney and liver function
Sporozoites
Infectious cells that have a tough outer coat
Giardia
Intestinal disease in humans; people become infected with giardia by drinking contaminated water with the feces of infected animals
The kingdom protista is considered the _____ kingdom
Junk drawer
Plantlike Protists
Make their own food by photosynthesis but unlike plants do not have roots, stems, or leaves
Unicellular algae
Most belong to phytoplankton- the microscopic photosynthetic organisms that float near the surface and are a basic source of food in many aquatic ecosystems Ex. Chlamydomonas
Ciliaphora
Move by cilia
Protists have different ways of
Moving around and responding to their environment
Cilia
Short, hairlike structures that cover some or all of the cell surface and help the organism swim and capture food
Protists may be (structure)
Single celled, multicellular, microscopic, or very large
3 categories of protists
Animal-like, plant-like, funguslike
Plantilkke Protists are classified by
Type of pigments ( all have chlorophyll a but may also contain accessory pigments which help gather other wavelengths of light and transfer it to chlorophyll a And cell wall structure
A protist is not a
Animal, plant, or fungus
Protists are grouped together because
Although the they share some features with animals, plants, and fungus, they also lack one or more traits that would place them in any of these 3 kingdoms
Malaria
-A disease caused by sporozoans, caused by the protozoan plasmodium Carried by female anopheles mosquito
Amicomplexa
-Known as sporozoans because they form sporozoites -all members are parasites of animals -members can not move
Foraminifera
-have a multi chambered shell - shells are made of organic matter, sand, or other materials
Characteristic of algae
-have chlorophyll a -most are aquatic and have flagellation some point
Malaria life cycle
1. Infected mosquito bites human, transmitting sporozoites 2. Sporozoites go to the liver where they develop merozoites 3. Merozoites leave liver and enter RBC where they reproduce and cause RBC to burst releasing toxins and merozoites 4. Merozoites are ingested by a mosquito,some develop into gametes, form zygote and produce sporozoites
Contractile vacuole
2 organs that act like pumps to bring water inside of cell
Pseudopod
A temporary extension of cytoplasm and plasma membrane that helps Protozoa move and feed
Rhizopoda example
AMOEBA -take in food through the process of phagocytosis, the amoeba surrounds the food with its pseudopod, the outer membrane forms a vacuole, and digestive enzymes enter the vacuole and digestion takes place -live in fresh water, salt water, and soil - majority are free-living
Animal-like Protists
Are heterotrophs and unlike animals are single celled
Some protests reproduce
Asexually, whereas others reproduce both asexually and sexually
Algae
Autotrophic Protists that have chloroplasts and make their own carbs through photosynthesis
Algae are not in the plant kingdom
Because they do not have roots, stems, leaves or other specialized tissues and their reproductive structures differ
Phaeophyta
Brow algae- fucoxanthin is the accessory pigment giving them a brown color, use chlorophyll - example sargassum- exists as a mat that floats on the ocean surface, kelp
Trypansoma
Causes the disease known as sleeping sickness in humans and other mammals
Dinoflagellata
Cell walls look like plates of armor, 2 flagella cause them to spin - ex peridinium are bioluminescent dinoflagellates
Bacillariophyta
Cell walls rich in SO2 and fit together like a box and lid Diatoms are a big part of phytoplankton Major oxygen producers
Colonial Algae
Consists of groups of individual cells acting in a coordinated manner ex. Volvox
Micronucleus
Contain all of the cells chromosomes, function only during conjugation, the process of genetic exchange tow paramecia unite at the oral grooves and exchange micronuclei
Macronucleus
Controls cells structures and activities
Fungus like Protists are
De composers that play an important role in recycling nutrients such as carbon and nitrogen back into the soil
Funguslike Protists
Decompose dead organisms but unlike fungi can move during part of their life cycle
All Protists Are
Eukaryotes
Euglenophyta
Ex euglena. No cell wall, instead have a pellicle like ciliaphora, autotroph and or heterotroph, have light sensing red eyespot and have chlorophyll a and b
Multicellular algae
Ex. Kelp and seaweed are large and complex and often appear plantlike
Animal like Protists are grouped based
On how they move
Example of ciliaphora
Paramecium
Rhizopoda
Protists phyla that uses pseudopods to move
Rhodophyta
Red algae, chlorophyll a, phycoerythrin absorbs blue lengths of light that penetrate deep into the ocean which allows algae to live at depths where other algae can't live Ex. Corallina
Phylum Zoomastigophora
Referred to as zooflagellates Move using flagella Some play an important role in recycling nutrients through aquatic environments Others have mutualistic relationships inside other organisms, such as the termite's stomach and the zooflagellates
Funguslike Protists have similar
Reproductive structures (fruiting bodies) with fungi, but funguslike Protists can move during part of their life cycle
Food vacuole
Structure where food is digested
Oral groove
Takes in food and sends it to the gullet
How the organism forms a pseudopod
The cell cytoplasm flows outward forming a bulge, the bulge spreads, anchors itself to the surface it is on, and pulls the rest of the cell toward it
Protozoa
The term used to informally describe the many phyla of animal like Protists
Many Protists are more related
To members of other kingdoms than to other Protists
Pathogenic zooflagellates
Trypanosoma and giardia