Characteristics
What characteristics are found in the supergroup excavata?
Similar cytoskeletal features
"Excavated" groove on one side of the body
What disease does Clostridium tetani cause?
Lockjaw
What are the oxygen requirements for the bacteria cyanobacteria?
Aerobic
What do Chrysophyta do to survive harsh conditions?
Form protective cysts?
What form did the fossil prokaryote take?
Fossilized stromatolites
What are the general characteristics of the clade Kinetoplastids?
A single, large DNA mitochondrion that contains a large mass of DNA called Kinetoplast
What does Treponema Pallidum cause?
Vaginitis
What are the oxygen requirements for E. Coli
Facultative anaerobe
What are the nutritional requirements for spirochetes?
Chemoheterotroph
What were the first archaea called? What were the two types?
Extremophiles
Thermophiles and halophiles
What are the general characteristics of the clade apicomplexans?
Apical complex used to penetrate their hosts
What two major agricultural problems did oomycetes cause?
French wine crisis and the irish potato famine
What are the oxygen requirements for Clostridium?
Obligate anaerobe
How do dinoflagellates feed?
Mixotrophs
Where can E. Coli be found?
Human intestinal tract
What characteristics are found in the supergroup SAR?
DNA sequence data
secondary endosymbiotic relationship with red algae
What do dinoflagellates cause?
Red tides
Where are Phaeophyta mostly found?
Marine found along temperate coasts where the water is cool
What is the function of an endospore?
To make bacteria resistant in harsh conditions
Where are chlamydias found?
Obligate intracellular parasites of animals
What are the general characteristics for the clade Oomycetes?
Have hyphae like a fungus but their cell walls are made of cellulose
What two diseases does Trypanosoma cause and what are each of its vectors?
From africa causes african sleeping sickness and it's spread by the Tse Tse fly
From South America it causes Chagas disease and it's spread by kissing bug
When did the supergroup SAR evolve and what is the evidence for this?
Over a billion years ago with the incorporation of plastids from a red algae
What organisms are included in the clade oomycetes?
Water molds, white rusts, and downy mildews
What characteristics for the organisms archaea have in common with eukaryotes?
DNA introns present, RNA polymerase, Start amino acid for protein synthesis, response to antibiotics