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| A primary component of red algae cell walls; used commercially as thickener as well as growth agent for bacteria. |
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| A primary component of brown algae cell walls; used commercially as thickener. |
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| "Superphylum" which includes dinoflagellates, ciliates, and apicomplexans (Plasmodium); contain membrane-bound sacs (alveoli) beneath plasma membrane. These may serve to either stabilize surface or regulate water and ion exchange. |
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| A form of Myxogastrida that allows for cytoplasmic streaming. |
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| Sexual male structure found in Oomycota,Phaeophyta, and Chlorophyceae. |
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| Organisms that can undergo photosynthesis to create their own source of energy via sunlight; Euglenophyta, Pyrrophyta, Bacillariophyta, Chrysophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta. |
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| Used by diatoms to grow, either due to diminishing size, sexual reproduction, or dormant stage. |
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| Division of protists that include diatoms. Autotrophic and contain chlorophyll a, c, and fucoxanthin with laminarin starches and silica cell walls. |
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| Having two flagella; characteristic of many different kinds of protists. |
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| A phenomenon of light that occurs when dinoflagellates reproduce in large quantities, resulting in a red tide. When they are disturbed, they light up. Apparent with Gonyaulax. |
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| Characteristic of brown algae; attaches to stipe in order to float closer to the surface of the water and take in light. |
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| The "leafy" part of an algae. |
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| Division Phaeophyta; contain chlorophylls a, c, and fucoxanthin, with algin cell walls and laminarin starch. |
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| Accessory pigments inside of Chlorophyta; homologous with plants. |
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| Part of the cell wall of Rhodophyta; used commercially as a thickening agent; very slippery. |
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| The main cell wall material of Oomycota, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta, and Chlorophyta. |
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| Evolutionary line most closely related to vascular plants. Has a zygotic life cycle and contains sporopollenin (protects zygotes, most like a sterile jacket). |
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| A is the main pigment. B is present in Euglenophyta and Chlorophyta. C is present in Pyrrophyta, Bacillariophyta, Chrysophyta, and Phaeophyta. |
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| Class of green algae, very varied in structure and stuff. |
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| Golden algae: motile cells, may be mixotrophs, use laminarin starch. |
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| Green algae: chlorophyll a, b, and carotenes, starch stored inside chloroplasts, cellulose cell walls. |
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| Having no septa inbetween cells; Oomycota have coenocytic "hyphae" (2N), Chlorophyta are coenocytic (specifically Ulvophyceae). |
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| Aggregating in large colonies: characteristic of Chrysophyta, certain Chlorophyta. |
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| The reproduction via fusion of cells; dikaryote until karyogamy occurs; characteristic of Paramecium and Spirogyra. |
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| A type of red algae that binds coral reefs together; has possible medical usage. |
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| A resistant form of an organism that can be used to survive harsh environments. |
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| Smaller colonies of Chlamydomonas-like cells living inside of Volvox, the products of asexual reproduction. |
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| The fossilized remains of diatoms; used as a filtration aid, mild abrasive, dynamite. |
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| Autotrophic protists with chlorophylls a, c, and fucoxantion; glass Petri-dish like organisms with either centric (marine, radial symmetry) symmetry or pinnate (bilateral symmetry, freshwater) symmetry. |
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| The makeup of Pyrrophyta; chlorophylls a, c, and fucoxanthin; Cell from Hell (Pfiesteria piscida), Gonyaulax bloom. |
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| Oomycete that affected grapes (Plasmopara viticola), nearly destroyed French wine industry, led to Bordeaux micture as the first type of "fungicide" in 1878. |
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| Female reproductive structure in Oomycota: oogonium turn into eggs (oospores), while the antheridium grows to the oognonium and fertilizes the oospores, creating a zygote. |
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| An organism living on another organism; apparently Bacillariophyta are a kind of epiphyte. |
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| Euglenophyta; some are autotrophs, some are mixotrophs, others are heterotrophs. |
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| Flagellated, sometimes autotrophic, but can be heterotrophic as well. Includes trypanosomes, which cause African sleeping sickness (switching proteins on its surface prevents the host from developing immunity). |
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| A diverse clade that includes predatory heterotrophs, phtosynthetic autotrophs, and parasites. The rod with either a spiral or crystalline structure inside of their flagella are their defining feature. |
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| In Euglena, this is the thing that directs it toward sunlight; usually orange-red and near the flagella area. |
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| Projections out of cells that allow the cell to be motile. |
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| The storage unit of Rhodophyta. |
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| An accessory pigment of Pyrrophyta, Bacillariophyta, Chrysophyta, and Phaeophyta. |
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| Chrysophyta; yellow color comes from carotenes while brown color comes from fucoxanthin. |
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| Having to use organic substances as a form of carbon. |
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| The part of a brown alga that holds it to a substrate. |
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| Brown algae; kelp forests are the main framework for marine biodiversity. |
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| The storage unit for Bacillariophyta, Chrysophyta, Phaeophyta. |
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| Can be either photosynthetic or heterotrophic; Euglena, Chrysophyta, Pfiesteria piscicida (cell from hell). |
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| Containing more than one nucleus; Myxogastrida. |
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| Organisms that live with another to have a mutually beneficial relationship. |
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| Swarm cells (motile, unicellular) of Myxogastrida. |
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| Porphyra: a Rhodophyta used in sushi. |
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| A female structure of Oomycota: produces oospores that are fertilized by sperm nuclei of antheridium growing into oogonia, creating a zygote. Also apparent in Fucus and Oedogonium. |
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| A carbohydrate similar to starch; storage unit of Euglena. Created in pyrenoids. |
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| Symbiotes that adversely affect their hosts; Downy Mildew, Potato Late Blight, African sleeping sickness... |
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| A spiral structure that supports the plasma membrane but are not actual cell walls, allowing for structure without restricting movement and such. Apparent in Euglena and paramecium. |
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| Microtubules in cell division perpendicular to dividing plane; largely homologous with plants. |
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| The primary photosynthetic material of cyanobacteria, as well as an accessory pigment of Rhodophyta. |
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| A specific phycobilin found in both Rhodophyta and cyanobacteria. |
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| A form of mitotic spindle formation parallel to the forming cell wall; common in green algae. |
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| Sudden Oak Death Syndrome |
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| Photosynthetic plankton; include diatoms and dinoflagellates. |
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| Any organism that is incapable of swimming against a current; includes diatoms and dinoflagellates. |
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| Slime-like material with veins, unicellular, multinucleate, 2n cell structure of Myxogastrida. |
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| Fake feet; basically cytoplasmic streaming. Can also be seen as plasmodium? |
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| Site of carbon dioxide fixation within chloroplasts of algae and hornworts. Uses RubisCO. Paramylon is produced through these in Euglena. |
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| Gonyaulax bloom of Dinoflagellates that produce toxins that kill fish and people who eat the fish; cause bioluminescence. |
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| An Oomycete; often cottony on the surface of water; a parasite of aquatic life that often results in death. Coenocytic hyphae contain zoospores. |
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| The main cell wall material of Diatoms. |
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| Another name for some forms of Oomycota. |
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| Male gametes often used by antheridium to fertilize oogonia. |
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| Carbohydrate storage of many organisms that photosynthesize. Only in Chlorophyta does starch become stored in chloroplasts. |
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| The "body" of a brown alga. |
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| The haploid cells of a Myxogastrida slime mold; also called myxamoeba. Not dominant. |
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| The entire body of a brown alga. |
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| Yellow pigments contained int he carotenoid group. Contains fucoxanthin. |
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| Usually green algae also called xanthophytes. Contain chlorophyll a, c, and carotenoids, but not fucoxanthin. |
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| The motile reproductive cell of a protist; Oomycota have biflagellated zoospores, Phaeophyta have zoospores that become a male and female gametophyte, Chlorophyceae have asexual zoospores. |
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