Protist Characteristics
Short, hair-like extensions used for cell movement.
What are cilia?
Group of protists which possess flagella with fine hairs
What is stramenopila?
Chains of cells that are separated by cross walls.
What are septate hyphae?
The symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit
What is mutualism?
Group of fungi which lack true mitochondria but can break down cellulose and lignin
What is Phylum Neocallimastogomycota?
What are osmotrophs?
Unicellular and colonial phagotrophs that are considered the closest living relative to animals.
What are chaonoflagellates?
A fungal organism which possesses 2 different nuclei.
What is a heterokaryotic fungi?
An organism which causes disease only when the host is otherwise immunocompromised
What is an opportunistic pathogen?
A type of fungus which produces sporangiophores for asexual reproduction
What is Phylum Zygomycota/Traditional Zygomycetes?
Organisms which are found free floating in the water column.
What are plankton?
Unicellular algae which possess perpendicular flagella and exhibit bioluminescence.
What are dinoflagellates?
A woven mass of fungal hyphae.
What is a mycelium?
A symbiotic relationship between a fungi and a unicellular photosynthetic organism such as algae or cyanobacteria
What is a lichen?
The group of fungi which includes most yeast species
What is Phylum Ascomycota?
Form of protist reproduction which involves several rounds of nuclear division followed by several rounds of cytokinesis to produce many, small daughter cells from a single parent cell.
What is schizogony?
Pathogenic protists which possess a complex of organelles in one region of the cell.
What are apicomplexans?
The form of nutrition which is used by fungi
What is saprophytic nutrition?
The symbiotic relationship between a fungal organism and the roots of plants
What are mycorrhizae?
The group of fungi which are associated with the global decline of amphibians
What is Phylum Chytridiomycota?
Animal-like protists which engulf food to break it down internally.
What are phagotrophs?
Protists which are covered in cilia and undergo conjugation.
What are ciliates?
The material found in the cell walls of fungi.
What is chitin?
The material found in plants which are primarily broken down by fungal decomposers
What is cellulose and lignin?
The group of fungi which form arbuscular mycorrhizae
What is Phylum Glomeromycotina?