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have 2 nuclei of equal size
contain mitosomes (reduced mitochondria without electron transport proteins or enzymes for TCA cycle) |
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| diplomonads and parabasalids |
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uncellular, flagellated protists that lack chloroplasts
live in anoxic habitats via fermentaton |
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| example of a diplomonad, causes a waterborne diarrheal disease |
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contain a parabasal body that provides support to the Golgi complex
lacks mitochondria but has hydrogenosomes for anaerobic metabolism |
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| genera of parabasalids that often causes sexually transmitted diseases |
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| kinetoplastids and euglenids |
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kinetoplastids
kinetoplast |
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| named for presence of _______ (a mass of DNA in their single mitochondrion) |
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| type of kinetoplastid that includes organism responsible for African sleeping sickness |
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| non-pathogenic, phototrophic organisms that can live as heterotrophs if needed |
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| characterized by presence of alveoli |
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| ciliates, dinoflagellates, and apicomplexans |
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| name the types of alveolates |
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possess cilia at some stage of life cycle that function in motility
have micro and macronucleus |
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group of marine and freshwater phototrophs and heterotrophs with 2 flagella with different insertion points on the cell
some cause fish kills, red tides, etc |
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obligate animal parasites that cause malaria, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis
have 2 stage life cycle of gametocytes and sporozoites |
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| degenerate chloroplasts without pigments or photosynthetic capacity that biosynthesize fatty acids |
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| chemoorganotrophs and phototrophs that have flagella with many hairlike extensions |
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| diatoms, oomycetes, and golden algae |
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unicellular phototrophs found in aquatic environments
produce a cell wall consisting of silica with protein and polysaccharides |
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diatom wall
silica with protein and polysaccharides |
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water molds, have filamentous growth and coenocytic (multinucleate) hyphae
cell walls made of cellulose |
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| phytophthora infestans, cause of the irish potato famine is from this class |
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golden algae
(chrysophytes) |
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mostly unicellular aquatic phototrophs, most are motile with two flagella
distinct color from pigments such as fucoxanthin |
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cercozoans and radiolarians
(previously called amoeba) |
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| have threadlike cytoplasmic extrusions (pseudopodia) that are used for movement and feeding |
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| chlorarachniophytes and foraminiferans |
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phototrophic with a flagellum for dispersal
one of the groups of cercozoans |
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| marine organisms found in coastal waters that form shell-like structures called tests |
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| shell-like structures made of organic material and reinforced with calcium carbonate |
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| what are the shell-like structures of foraminifera called? |
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| group of protists that use lobe-shaped pseudopodia for movement and feeding |
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| gymnamoebas, entamoebas, and plasmodial and cellular slime molds |
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free-living in aquatic and terrestrial habitats
move by cytoplasmic streaming and feed by phagocytosis of bacteria and other protists |
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| parasites of vertebrates and invertebrates that live in oral cavity or intestinal tract and can be spread by fecal contamination |
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previously grouped with fungi, produce fruiting bodies with spores for dispersal
motile and can move across surfaces rapidly |
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| acellular slime molds with vegetative forms that are multinucleate masses of protoplasm called plasmodia |
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independent amoeboid cells that aggregate when the available food is gone to form a fruiting body (cells lose their individuality but do not fuse)
vegetative form is a single amoebae |
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| what triggers aggregation of cellular slime molds to form fruiting bodies? |
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