Biology Kingdom Characteristics

Domain names

Bacteria, archaea, eukarya

Large carbohydrate polymers of glucose (cellulose, chitin, etc)

polysaccharide

Kingdom names

Eubacteria, archaebacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia

Eubacteria and archaebacteria cell type

Prokaryote

Protista, fungi, plantae, animalia cell type

Eukayrote

Eubacteria and archaebacteria number of cells

unicellular

Protista number of cells

mostly unicellular

Fungi number of cells

mostly multicellular

Eubacteria obtaining energy type

Autotroph or heterotroph

Archaea obtaining energy type

Autotroph (chem) or heterotroph

Protista obtaining energy type

Autotroph, heterotroph, or mixotroph

Fungi obtaining energy type

Saprotrophic

Eubacteria cell wall

Cell walls made of peptidoglycan

archaea cell wall

Cell walls made without peptidoglycan (various materials—carbohydrates)

Protista cell walls

Some have cell walls of cellulose or chloroplasts; vaned

Fungi cell walls

Cell walls of chitin

Plantae cell walls

Cell walls of cellulose; chloroplasts

Animalia cell walls

No cell wall

Bacteria that we interact with daily

Eubacteria

They can live in extreme environments

Archaea

If multicellular, cells not specialized. Junk drawer of all the kingdoms

Protista

Digest food outside of body and absorb nutrients

Fungi

Plantae special characteristics

Photosynthetic, sessile

Eubacteria examples

Strep, e. coli, salmonella

Archaebacteria examples

 Thermophiles, halophiles (salt beds), methanogens (methanes)

Protista example

 Amoeba, giant kelp, slime mold

Fungi examples

Mushrooms, mold, yeast