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Kingdom Protista. Diversity. Dumping ground for organisms we don’t know what to do with. Protists. Only common characteristic is all have eukaryotic cells. Classification. Based on how they eat. Animal-like. Plant-like. Fungus-like. Animal-like Protists.
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Diversity • Dumping ground for organisms we don’t know what to do with
Protists • Only common characteristic is all have eukaryotic cells
Classification • Based on how they eat Animal-like Plant-like Fungus-like
Protozoans – animal-like protists • Heterotrophic • Single-celled
Classified • Based on how they move Sarcodinians Zooflagellates Ciliophorans Sporozoans
Sarcodinians • “terrible flesh” – move by causing cytoplasm to flow
Example • Ameba
Cell membrane • Very thin and flexible, no cell wall (too stiff)
Endo and Ectoplasm • Cytoplasm divided into 2 distinct layers
Pseudopodia • “false foot,” extensions of an ameba formed as they move
Nucleus • Controls cell’s activity
Food Vacuoles • Stores food that has been engulfed
Contractile Vacuoles • Pumps water out to keep cell from bursting from osmosis
Amoeba feeding • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvOz4V699gk
Sensitive to… • Temperature, touch, light, chemicals
Reproduction • Asexually through binary fission
Pathogenic • Some amebas are parasites in intestines, cause amebic dysentery from contaminated water
Sarcodinians Zooflagellates Ciliophorans Sporozoans
Zooflagellates • “animal whips,” move by flagella
Example • Astasia
Pellicle • Thicker, semi flexible cell membrane, retains its shape
Flagella • Whip like tail that pulls the cell
Gullet and Reservoir • Take in food
Food Vacuole • Stores food until digested
Contractile Vacuole • Pumps out excess water
Eyespot • Detects light but can’t see shapes and images
Pathogenic • Transmitted by tsetse flies, causes African Sleeping Sickness
Symbiotic • Digests cellulose in termites, release nutrients
Sarcodinians Zooflagellates Ciliophorans Sporozoans
Ciliophorans • “hair bearing,” move by beating short hair-like cilia
Example • Paramecium
Cilia • Hair-like structures for movement, usually shorter and more numerous than flagella
Cilia and contractile vacuole • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ynm5ZOW59Q
Trichocysts • Defense structures
Trichocysts stun passing prey • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWQL4B4YCA
Oral Groove and Gullet • Take in food
Macro and micro nuclei • Control cell function; small one involved in reproduction
Reproduction • Asexually – binary fission • Sexually – conjugation – exchange genetic material (micronucleus) between two paramecia
Pathogenic • Rarely parasites because they move well to find food
Sarcodinians Zooflagellates Ciliophorans Sporozoans
Sporozoans • “seed animal,” cannot move by themselves, parasitic
Example • Plasmodium
Pathogenic • Transmitted by mosquitoes, causes Malaria