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BIOTECHNOL

Kingdom
OGY

Protista
What is a Protist?
Eukaryotes- have a nucleus
Cannot be classified as an animal,
plant or fungi
The “odds and ends”
kingdom/Diversity
Both unicellular and multi-cellular
Both Heterotroph and Autotroph
Both a stationary and move

3 Categories of Protists…
Animal-like Protists
called
PROTOZOANS
Heterotrophs
Able to move from place
to place to obtain food
Unicellular
4 classifications of Protozoa
Based of how each moves
Phylum: Sarcodina
Pseudopods(podia)- False Foot
Example: Amoeba
Uses Pseudopods to trap food
Live in fresh water
Have food & contractile vacuole
Form Protective Cysts when food
or water is scarce (dormant stage
Amoe
Phylum: Ciliophora
Cilia--hair-like structures
Moves in wavelike motion
Example: Paramecium
2 Contractile Vacuoles
More than one nucleus
Large-controls the everyday tasks
Small-functions in reproduction
Reproduce both sexually and
asexually
Parameciu
m
Phylum: Mastigophora
Flagella-long, whip-like threads
Some live inside other
organisms
Example: Trypanosomes
Phylum:
Sporozoans(apicomplexans)
- don’t have any ability to move
(non-motile)
- Parasites-characterized by how
they live, not how they move
- They feed on the cells and body
fluids of its host using spores.
Plant-like Protists called Algae
Autotrophs
Important food source for organisms
in H2O
Much of O2 comes from algae
Vary greatly in size
Both unicellular, multi-cellular, and
unicellular that live in colonies
Wide variety of colors
Pigment- chemicals that produce
color
6 Types of Algae
Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Unicellular protists with glasslike
cell walls
Float on H2O or attach to rocks
Food source for heterotrophs
Move by oozing chemicals out of
slits in their cell wall
Used in household scouring
products (after they die)
 They are Biological Indicators
hylum: Pyrrophyta
noflagellates (fire algae)
Unicellular algae
surrounded by stiff plates
that look like a suit of
armor
Variety of colors
2 flagella
move together to make
the cell spin like a top
Many glow in the dark
 Algal Blooms
Phylum Euglenophyta
Euglenoids
Green, unicellular algae
Found in fresh water
One animal-like characteristic
Can be heterotrophs when sunlight is NOT
available
Most are Autotrophs
Example: Euglena
Uses a flagellum to move
Has an eyespot- part that is sensitive to
light, directs it toward the light
Red Algae (Rhodophyta)

Most are multi-cellular


seaweeds
Good at absorbing small
amount of light deep in H2O
Ways we use Red Algae
Ice cream
Hair conditioner
Food in Asian cultures
Red Algae
Green Algae
(Chlorophyta)
Most are unicellular
Live in fresh or salt water
Few live on land (rocks tree bark,
moist soil)
Closely related to land plants
Some scientists think that Green
algae should belong in the plant
kingdom
Brown Algae (Phaeophyta)
Commonly known as seaweed
Many plant like structures
Roots, stalks, blades (leaves)
Gas-filled sacs called bladders-
allows it to float upright
Flourish in cool, rocky waters
Example: Giant kelp (grow to be
100 m long)
Used:
To eat
As a thickener in pudding
Brown
Algae
Fungus-like Protists
“Sort of Like” organisms
Like animals-heterotrophs
Like plants-have a cell wall
while fungus –like protists has
cellulose while fungi have chitin in
cell wall
Use spores to reproduce
Spore: tiny cell that is able to grow
into a new organism
Move at some point in its life
(SLIME MOLD)
3 Types of Fungus-like
Protists
Slime Molds
Bright colored
Live on forest floors and moist shady
places
Ooze along decaying material
feeding on bacteria and other
microorganisms
Form giant jelly-like masses
(Fuligo septica)
Water Molds
Live in H2O and moist places
 Causes disease in fishes
plants & algae
Look like fuzz
(Leptolegnia & Saprolegnia)
• Downy Mildew
 Disease in plants in cool
humid region
 white, gray, bluish or violet
patches
Attack and destroy crops
(Sclerospora)

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