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| Corkscrew shape; unusual flagella that are contained in an outer sheath; Fermentation and spirochetes that live in termites can fix nitrogen; Sphyillis and Lyme Disease |
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| All parasitic; Endosymbiosis- live inside host; Chlamydia |
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| High GC Gram Positive- bacteria |
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| High percentage of Guanine and Cytosine in the cell wall; Less peptidoglycan; Shape varies from rod to filaments; Some form mycelia; Heterotrophs or parasitic; Leprosy, tuberculosis and some make antibiotics |
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| Vary from solitary to colonial; Oxygenic photosynthesis; Fix nitrogen in some; Form lichens with some species of fungi |
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| Low GC Gram Positive bacteria |
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| Low percentage of Guanine and Cytosine in the cell wall; Rod shaped or spherical; Fix nitrogen, nonoxygenic photosynthesis, or fermentaion; Anthrax, botulism, tetanus, pneumonia, ferment milk and cheese. |
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| Five different subgroups named with greek letters; Rods, spheres, spirals or stalks; Form fruiting bodies; None perform oxygenic photosynthesis; Cholera, Gonorrhea, production of vinegar; critical in cycling of nitrogen |
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| The oldest archeans; Filaments, rods, discs or spheres |
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| Live in every conceivable habitat; Spherical, filamentous, rod, discs, or spiral; Several flagella; Lack a cell wall or have cell walls with glycoproteins |
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| Diplomonadida- Excavata- Protists |
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| Don't have active mitochondria; Each cell has 2 nuclei; Lack a cell wall; Parasitic, or ingest bacteria; Flagella ; Only asexual reproduction |
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| Parabasalida- Excavata- Protists |
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| Lack mitochondria and cell wall; Digest cellulose ; Engulfing bacteria, archea and organic matter; Flagella, usuall 4-5; Asexual reproduction |
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| Euglenida- Discicristata- Protists |
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| Unicellular; Disc-shaped mitochondria; Lack an external wall; Most ingest bacteria but some have chloroplasts; Flagella; Asexual reproduction |
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| Ciliata- Alveolata- Protists |
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| Have small sacs called alveoli; Unicellular; 2 nuclei, one larger; Filter feeders, predators or parasites; Cilia to swim; Conjugation and asexual reproduction; |
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| Dinoflagellata- Alveolata- Protists |
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Unicellular, or colonial; bioluminescent;
Do not have histones; Photosynthesis, predatory or parasitic; 2 flagella; Asexual and sexual reproduction; Primary producers in marine environments |
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| Apicomplexa- Alveolata- Protists |
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| Unicellular; All parasitic; Apical complex- system of organelles that allows the protist to penetrate the cell wall; Cell crawling; Sexual or asexual reproduction |
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| Oomycota- Stremenopila- Protists |
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| Flagella with hollow hairs; Unicellular or form hyphae; Feed on decaying organic matter or parasitic; Diploid majority; Important decomposers |
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| Diatom- Stramenopila- Protists |
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| Unicellular or form long chains; External silicon shell; Photosynthetic; Float in the water or glide; Asexual and sexual reproduction; Most important producer of carbon compounds |
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| Phaeophyta- Stramenopila- Protists |
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| Brown algae; Cell walls made of cellulose; Multicellular; Photosynthetic; Sessile but reproductive cells have flagella; Sexual reproduction; Alternation of generation |
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| Foraminifera- Cercozoa- Protists |
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| Pseudopodia; Lack cell wall; Multiple nuclei; Calcium carbonate tests; Float in water; Asexual and sexual reproduction |
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| Rhodophyta- Plantae- Protists |
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| Red Algae; Cell walls of cellulose; Unicellular, but most are multicellular; Many nuclei; Photosynthetic or parasitic; Lack flagella; Asexual reproduction; Alternation of Generation |
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| Myxogastrida- Amoebozoa- Protists |
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| Plasmodial Slime Molds; Form large web-like structures; Supercell has many nuclei; Decaying vegetation; Cell crawling; Food becomes scarce cells aggregate; Important decomposers in forests |
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