PROTISTS
by Baashini Vivagananda
1. MINERAL-SHELLED AMOEBAS
1.1. SINGLE-CELLED, MARINE, SOFT-BODIED, CONTAINS OUTER SHELL, NO PELICLE TO GIVE THEM SHAPE, LONG CYTOPLASMIC EXTENSIONS PROJECTED THROUGH THE SHELL
1.1.1. FORAMINIFERANS
1.1.2. RADIOLARIANS
2. ALVEOLATES
2.1. CONTAINS TINY SACS (ALVEOLUS) UNDER PLASMA MEMBRANE
2.1.1. APICOMPLEXANS X: plasmodium Single-celled& causes malaria
2.1.2. DINOFLAGELLATES
2.1.3. CILIATES EX: paramecium
3. RED ALGAE
3.1. GROW AS SHEETS/ BRANCHING PATTERN / Phycobilins (RED PIGMENT) WHICH ALLOWS THE LIGHT CAPTURE
3.2. PLANT LIKE FEATURES~ STORES SUGAR/ STARCH & CELLULOSE CELL WALL
3.2.1. PORPHYRA~ SUSHI SEEWED
4. AMOEBOZOANS
4.1. CONTAINS PSEUDOPODIA
4.1.1. AMOEBA EX: AMOEBA PROTEUS
4.1.2. SLIME MOLDS
5. PROTISTS
5.1. MOST UNICELLULAR AND MOST LARGER THAN BACTERIA
5.2. KINGDOM :PROTISTA
5.3. DIVERSE IN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
5.4. NUTRITION: PARASITIC, AUTOTROPHIC OR HETEROTROPHIC
6. FLAGELLATED PROTOZOANS
6.1. SINGLE CELLED, HETEROTROPHS, CONTAINS ONE OR MORE FLAGELLA, CONTAINS PELLICLE
6.1.1. TRYPANOSOMES
6.1.2. PARABASALIDS :EX trichomonas vaginalis
6.1.3. DIPLOMONADS :EX giardia lamblia
6.1.4. Euglenoids EX: euglena
7. STRAMENOPILES~ STRAW HAIRED
7.1. HAS FLAGELLUM WITH SHORT HAIRLIKE FILAMENTS
7.1.1. WATER MOLDS EX: phytophthore ramorum / saprolegnia
7.1.2. DIATOMS
7.1.3. BROWN ALGAE EX: MACROCYSTIC
8. GREEN ALGAE
8.1. GREEN ALGAL LIFE CYCLES ALTERNATE BETWEEN DIPLOID AND HAPLOID STAGES, PHOTOAUTOTROPHS WITH CHLOROPLAST (CHLOROPHYLL A, CHLOROPHYLL B) STORE SUGAR AS STARCH, CELLULOSE CELL WALL
8.1.1. CHLOROPHYTES ALGAE EX: chlamydomonas, volvox, ulva
8.1.2. CHAROPHYTES ALGAE