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Protists
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Protista
Classifying Protists
General Biology of Protists
The Kingdom Protista is divided into four major groups, not
technical divisions but instead grouped by lifestyle:
A- The protozoans.
B- The slime molds.
C- The unicellular algae.
D- The multicellular algae.
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Protista
Protists are the most diverse of the
four kingdoms in the domain
Eukarya.
Fossil history 2.5 billion years old
artificial group of convenience
single-celled eukaryotic organisms
Not plant not animal not fungi
little consensus about classification
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They are first eukaryotes, having a well
organized nucleus and complex
membranous organelles.
They are unicellular or colonial forms
without distinct division of labor.
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They are autotrophic or heterotrophic
showing varieties of metabolic systems
Locomotion is by pseudopodia, flagella or
cilia.
They show mitosis, meiosis and simplest type
of sexual reproduction for the first time.
Common examples are Ameba, Paramecium,
Euglena, diatoms and dinoflagellates.
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Ameba
A single-celled (protozoan) organism
that constantly changes shape. The
word "ameba" is from the Greek
"amoibe" meaning "change."
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Structure of an amoeba: unicellular
animal with pseudopods that lives in
fresh or saltwater.
Pseudopodium: part of the amoeba
used for locomotion.
Ectoplasm: vitreous superficial layer of
an amoeba.
Endoplasm: central part of an amoeba.
Cell membrane: membrane covering
an amoeba.
Contractile vacuole: cavity of the
amoeba that is able to contract.
Food vacuole: cavity of the amoeba
responsible for digestion.
Nucleus: central organelle for an
amoeba.
Digestive vacuole: cavity of the
amoeba responsible for digestion.
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Classification
Protozoans include all protists that
ingest their food, they live primarily in
aquatic habitats, such as ponds,
drops of water in soil, or the digestive
tracts of animals.
A small group of protozoans function as parasites.
The second group, the slime molds, are unique in having both
unicellular and multicellular stages.
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Theory of Endosymbiosis
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Evidence for the endosymbiont
theory is that mitochondria and
chloroplasts:
- Are appropriate size to be descendants of eubacteria.
- Have inner membranes similar to those on prokaryotic
plasma membranes.
- Replicate by splitting, as in prokaryotes.
- DNA is circular and different from the DNA of the cell's
nucleus.
- Contain their own components for DNA transcription and
translation into proteins .
- Have ribosomes similar to prokaryotic ribosomes.
- Molecular systematics lend evidence to support this theory.
- Many extant organisms are involved in endosymbiotic
relationships.
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Protist Classification
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General Biology of the Protists
Cell surface
possess varied array of cell surfaces
Plasma membrane only, extracellular material – cells walls
(diatoms –silica)
Locomotor organelles
chiefly flagellar rotation or pseudopodial
movement
Pseudopodia – false foot – extension of body
Cyst formation
dormant form of a cell with resistant outer
covering in which metabolism is essentially shut
down (harsh environments – gastric secretions)
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General
Biology of the Protists
Nutrition
employ all forms but chemoautotrophic
phototrophs
heterotrophs
phagotrophs - visible food particles
osmotrophs - food in soluble form
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General
Reproduction Biology of the Protists
typically reproduce asexually
binary fission - equal halves
budding - progeny cell smaller
schizogony - multiple fission - multiple individuals simultaneously
sexual reproduction in times of stress
gametic meiosis - before gametes
Diploid - haploid
zygotic meiosis - after fertilization
Individuals are Haploid until diploid zygote is produces
intermediary meiosis – alternating (alternation of generation) haploid and
diploid undergo mitosis
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Protists
Six identified lineages:
Euglenozoa
Alveolata
Stramenopila
Rhodophyta
Chlorophyta
Choanoflagellida
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Euglenozoa
Euglenoids
most are freshwater
about one-third are autotrophic, rest heterotrophic
pellicle (interlocking proteinaceous strips in helical
pattern (flexibility) lies within plasma membrane
stigma - light sensitive organ that aids in orienting
toward light
Euglena
two flagella attached to reservoir
contain numerous chloroplasts
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Euglenoids
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Euglenozoand
Kinetoplastids - 2
group within Euglenozoa
unique, single mitochondrion in each trypanosome (2 types
of DNA) mini-circles and maxi-circles
Trypanosomes are kinetoplastids that cause many serious human
diseases. Usually tropical
African sleeping sickness
Chagas
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Alveolata
Most are photosynthetic
Dinoflagellates
Fresh and Saltwater
Encased in cellulose/silica plates
distinctive
flagella -single spins as it moves,
protective coats (cellulose/silica plates), and
biochemistry –chlorophyll a and c and carotenoids
reproduce primarily by asexual cell division
responsible for “red tides” – poisonous toxins inhibit
diaphragm and cause respiratory failure in many
vertebrates
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Alveolata
Apicomplexes
spore-forming animal parasites
unique arrangement of fibrils, microtubules, vacuoles,
and other cell organelles
Most famous - malarial parasite - Plasmodium
malaria eradication
eliminating mosquito vectors
poison parasites inside human body - Quiinine
develop vaccines
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Plasmodium Life Cycle
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Alveolata
Ciliates
most feature large numbers of cilia
usually arranged in longitudinal rows or spirals around
the body
form vacuoles to ingest food and regulate water balance
waste emptied through cytoproct
Paramecium
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Paramecium
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Stramenopila and Rhodophyta
Stramenopila
includes brown algae, diatoms,
and oomycetes
brown algae - conspicuous
seaweeds
alternation of generations
diatoms (phylum Chrysophyta) -
photosynthetic, unicellular
organisms with double shells of
opaline silica
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Brown Algae
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Stramenopila and Rhodophyta
Stramenopila
oomycetes (water molds) - parasites or saprobes.
comprise water molds, white rusts, and downy mildews
motile zoospores bear two unequal flagella
life cycles characterized by gametic meiosis and a
diploid phase
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Stramenopila and Rhodophyta
Rhodophyta
Red algae range in size from
microscopic to very large.
origin a source of controversy
tentatively treated as a sister clade of
green algae (Chlorophyta)
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Chlorophyta
Green algae are the ancestors of the
plant kingdom.
extensive fossil record dating back 900
million years
mostly aquatic
Chlamydomonas well-known genus
probably represents primitive state
Chlorophyta did not give rise to land
plants.
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Chlamydomonas Life Cycle
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Choanoflagellida
Choanoflagellates are most like the
common ancestor of the sponges and
all animals.
contain a single emergent flagellum
surrounded by a funnel-shaped, contractile
collar
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Amoebas
contain pseudopods that can form at
any point on the cell body and can
move in any direction
Phylum Actinopoda (radiolarians) secrete
glassy exoskeletons of silica.
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Foraminifera
heterotrophic marine protists with porestudded shells
complex life cycle with alternation between
haploid and diploid generations
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Slime Molds
Slime molds originated at least
three distinct times.
plasmodial slime molds
stream along as a non-walled,
multinucleate mass of cytoplasm,
plasmodium
produces sporangium during times of
resource shortage
forms spores that quickly undergo
meiosis
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Slime Molds
Cellular slime molds
individual organisms behave as separate
amoebas, moving through soil or other substrate
and ingesting bacteria
individual organisms aggregate and form moving
mass “slug” when food becomes scarce
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Cellular Slime Mold
Development
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Summary
Endosymbiosis
Classifying Protists
General Biology of Protists
Six Lineages
Euglenozoa
Alveolata
Stramenopila
Rhodophyta
Chlorophyta
Choanoflagellida
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