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General biology 2- protists, excavata, "SAR" clade, archaeplastida, unikonta
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Biology
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12/11/2015

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Protists
Definition
the informal name of mostly unicellular eukaryotes (also colonial and multicellular species)
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protists
Definition
a paraphyletic group
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photoautotrophs
Definition
contain chloroplasts
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heterotrophs
Definition
absorb organic molecules or ingest larger food particles
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mixotrophs
Definition
combine photosynthesis and heteroptropic nutrition
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syngamy
Definition
(fertilization)=fusion of gametes to form a zygote
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sporophyte
Definition
makes haploid spores by meiosis
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gametophytes
Definition
makes haploid gametes by meiosis
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germination
Definition
emerge from the spore
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haploid
Definition
have one set of chromosomes
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sporophytes
Definition
are diploid, two copies of each chromosome
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hypothesis of endosymbiosis
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mitochondria and plastids (cloroplasts and related organelles) were formerly small prokaryotes that started living within larger host cells
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endosymbiont
Definition
a cell that lives within a host cell
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Excavata
Definition
chracterized by unique morphology of their cytoskeleton
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excavata
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include protists with modified mitochondria to unique flagella
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Excavata: Diplomonads and parabasalids
Definition
Live in anaerobic env, lack plastids, and have modified mitochondria
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excavata: diplomonads
Definition
have modified mitochondria calle dmitosomes
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excavata: diplomonads
Definition
derive energy anaerobically (i.e. glycolysis)
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excavata: diplomonads
Definition
have two equal sized nuclei and multiple flagella
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excavata: diplomonads
Definition

are often parasites, example: giardia intestinalis-causes the diarrheal illness known as giardiosis

one of the most common intestinal parasites in the world

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excavata: parabasalids
Definition

have reduced mitochondria calle hydrogenosomes

generate some energy anaerobically, release hydrogen gas as a by product

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excavata: parabasalids
Definition

includes trichomonas vaginalis-sexually transmitted parasite

causes trichomoniasis, can cause irritation in reproductive tract

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Excavata: Euglenozoans
Definition

diverse clade of protists, includes predatory heterotrophs, photosynthetic autotrophs, and pathogenic parasites.

Main distinguishing feature: a sprial or crystalline rod of unkown function inside their flagella

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Excavata: Euglenozoans: Kinetoplastids
Definition
have a single mitochondrion with an organized mass of DNA called a kinetoplast
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Excavata: Euglenozoans: Kinetoplastids
Definition
includes fre eliving consumers of prokaryotes in freshwater, marine, and moist terrestrial ecosystems. Parasites of animals, plants, and other protists
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Excavata: Euglenozoans: Kinetoplastids
Definition

includes Trypanosoma

causes: sleeping sickness

vector= african tsetse fly

and

Chagas' diseas, another pathogenic trypanosome

causes congestive heart failure

vector=blood sucking insecuts

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Excavata: Euglenozoans: Kinetoplastids
Definition
surface proteins change across generations hard for the immune system to destroy
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Excavata: Euglenozoans: Euglenids
Definition

Have one or two flagella that emerge from a pocket at one end of the cell

typically rod-shaped and common in freshwater

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SAR clade
Definition
monophyletic supergroup based on whole-genome DNA sequence analysis
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SAR clade: Stramenopiles

Stramen= flagellum

piles= hair

Definition

most have a "hairy" flagellum paired with a "smooth" flagellum

 

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SAR clade: Stramenopiles: diatoms
Definition
unicellular algae with a unique two-part, glass-like wall of silicon dioxide. Two parts overlap like a shoebox
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SAR clade: Stramenopiles: diatoms
Definition

major component of phytoplankton

"wandering plant"

small photosynethic organisms that float in water in both oceans and lakes- most abundant photosynthetic organisms

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SAR clade: Stramenopiles: diatoms
Definition
fossilized walls compose much of the sediments known as diatomaceous earth- filtering medium
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SAR clade: Stramenopiles
Definition
include two other groups of algae, golden and brown
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SAR Clade: Alveolates
Definition
membrane-bounded sacs just under the plasma membrane, function of these sacs is unkown. perhaps stabilize cell surface or regulate water and ion content
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SAR Clade: Alveolates: dinoflagellates
Definition
diverse group of aquatic photoautotrophs, heterotrops, and mixtrophs
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SAR Clade: Alveolates: dinoflagellates
Definition

characterstic shape enforced by internal plates of cellulose

two flagella in perpendicular grooves make them spin as they move through the water

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SAR Clade: Alveolates: Dinoflagellates
Definition
internal cellulose plates
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SAR Clade: Alveolates: Dinoflagellates
Definition

blooms are cause of toxid "red tides"

appear red due to carotenoid pigments

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SAR Clade: Alveolates: apicomplexans
Definition
parasites of animals, some cause serious human disueses. most have sexual and asexual stages that require two or more different host species for completion.
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SAR Clade: Alveolates: Apicomplexan
Definition

the _________ plasmodium causes malaria

two hosts: mosquitos and humans

Continuously changes surface proteins like trypanesomes

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SAR Clade: Alveolates: Ciliates
Definition
Named for their use of Cilia to move and feed
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SAR Clade: Alveolates: Ciliates
Definition

Two types of nuclei

macronuclei (large)- contain multiple copies of each gene, genes control everyday functions

Micronuclei (small)- function during conjugation, sexual process that produces genetic variation, cells exchange haploid micronuclei, separate from reproduction (binary fission)

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SAR Clade: Rhizarians
Definition
many species are amoebas, which move and feed by pseudopodies (extensions that bulge from almost anywhere on the cell surface. they anchor the tip of the pseudopod and crawl forward as cytoplasm streams into it)
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SAR Clade: Rhizarians
Definition
have thread like pseudopodia, often in hard tubes
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SAR Clade: Rhizarians: Foraminiferans
Definition
named for porous, generally chambered "shells", called tests (made of calium carbonate)
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SAR Clade: Rhizarians: cercozoans
Definition
heterotrophs or mixotrophs, often predators, feed w/ pseudopodies, have flagella, highly diverse, not yet adequately characterized
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SAR Clade: Rhizarians: radiolarians
Definition

delicate, usually made of silica. ingult microorganisms through phagocytosis.

pseudopodia radiate from central body, thin, semipermanent pseudopodia are called axopodia

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unikonta
Definition

this supergroup includes animals, fungi, and some protists.

the root of the ukaryotic tree (remains unclear)

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unikonta: amoebozoans
Definition
amoeba with lobe- or tube-shaped pseudopodia
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Unikonta: amoebozoans: tubulinids
Definition
large and varied group of amoebas, pseudopodia are lobe or tube shaped, common unicellular amoebozoans in soil as wlel as freshwater and marine env. most are heterotrophic and actively seek and consume bacter and other protists.
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Unikonta: amoebozoans: entamoebas
Definition

parasites of vertebrates and some invertebrates, at least six species are parasites of humans

 

Term
amebic dysentery
Definition

what does entamoeba histolytica cause in humans?

spread via contaminated water and food

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Unikonta: amoebozoans: Slime Molds
Definition

once thought to be fungi, both have fruiting bodies that aid in spore dispersal

convergent evolution

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plasmodial slime molds
Definition
many species are birghtly pigmented, usually yellow or orange. at one point in the life cycle, plasmodial slime molds form a mass called a multinucleate plasmodium.
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