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Kingdom Protista
by Anson Fung 05/21/2012
Kingdom Protista
by Anson Fung
1. Excavates
1.1. Diplonomads
1.1.1. Giardia Lamblia - Hiker's Diarrhea
1.2. Parabasalids
1.2.1. Trichonomous - STD
1.2.2. Trichonmympha - in termites' guts
1.3. Kinteoplasmids
1.3.1. T. Cruzi - Chagas diseases
1.3.2. T. Brucei - sleeping disease
1.3.3. Leishmannia - casuses leishmannaisis
1.4. Euglenoids
1.4.1. Euglena - green scum
2. Rhizaria
2.1. Foraminiferans
2.2. Radiolarian
3. Chromalveolates
3.1. Alveolates
3.1.1. Ciliates
3.1.1.1. Paramecium
3.1.1.2. Didinium
3.1.2. Dinoflaggelates
3.1.2.1. Gymnodinium
3.1.2.2. Noticluca - bioluminescent
3.1.2.3. Karenia - gulf red tide
3.1.2.4. Pfisteria - lesions on fish
3.1.3. Apicomplexans
3.1.3.1. Plasmodium - malaria
3.2. Stramenophiles
3.2.1. Oomycetes
3.2.1.1. Saprolegnia - fuzz on fish
3.2.1.2. Phytophora - potato blight
3.2.2. Diatoms
3.2.2.1. Thalassiosira
3.2.3. Coccolithophores
3.2.3.1. Cliffs of Dover
3.2.4. Golden Algae
3.2.4.1. Prymnesium Parium - Fish kills in TX
3.2.5. Pharophytes (Brown Algae)
3.2.5.1. Sargasso - tropical weed
3.2.5.2. Marcocytis - temperate kelp
3.2.5.3. Fucus - Asian kelp
4. Green and Red Algae
4.1. Chlorophytes
4.1.1. Chlydomonas
4.1.2. Volvox
4.1.3. Spirogyra - filamentous alga
4.1.4. Chaldophora - filamentous alga
4.1.5. Ulva - sea lettuce
4.1.6. Charophytes
4.2. Rhodophyta
4.2.1. Porphyra - sushi nori
4.2.2. Gracilaria - Jello agar
4.2.3. Eucheuma - commercial gels
5. Unikonts
5.1. Ameobas
5.1.1. Protus - large, free-living amoeba
5.1.2. Entameoba Hystolytica - ameobic dysentry
5.2. Slime Molds
5.2.1. Cellular Slime Molds
5.2.1.1. Dictyostelium
5.2.2. Plasmodial Slime Molds
5.2.2.1. Physarium
