Organisms

Phototrophs

Phototrophs

Plants

Cyanobacteria

Algae

Chemotrophs

Humans

Some bacteria

Some archaea

Autotrophs

Plants

Some bacteria

Algae

Heterotrophs

Humans

Thiomargarita Namibiensis

Proteobacteria: can be seen with naked eye, largest bacterium

Helicobacter Pylori

Proteobacteria: causes stomach ulcers

Trepanema Pallidum

Spirochetes: Causative agent syphilis

Borrelia Burgdorferi

Spirochetes: causative agent of lyme disease

Sterptomy spp.

Gram-positive: Found in soil, used to develop antibiotics

Bacillus anthracis

Gram-positive: anthrax

Strepococcus Pyogenes

Gram-positive: Strep throat, necrotizing fasciitis

Giardia Lamblia

Diplomonadida: causes of Giardiasis, an intestinal infection

Trichomonas Vaginalis

Parabasalia: STD

Trypanosoma Brucei

Kinetoplastida: African sleeping sickness, lives in blood streams of vertebrates

Phytophthora infestans

Stramenopiles/Oomycetes (SAR): potato late blight fungus

Noctiluca

Alveolates/dinoflagellates (SAR): sea sparkle

Gymnodinium

Alveolates/dinoflagellates (SAR): toxic blooms (red tide)

Plasmodium Spp.

Alveolates/Apricomplexa (SAR): Causes malaria

Paramecium

Alveolates and ciliates

Paulinella

Rhizarians/cerozoans: Chromatophore, contains peptidoglycan and allowed for photosynthesis

Nori

Archaeplastida/red algae: dried japanese seaweed (porphyra)

Pediastrum

Archaeplastida/green algae: pond algae, forms colonies

Ulva

Archaeplastida/green algae: sea lettuce

Caulerpa

Archaeplastida and green algae

Chlamydomonas

Archaeplastida/green algae: zygotic meiosis

Slime molds

Unikonta/amoebozoans: producing fruiting bodies

Dictyostelium

Unikonta/amoebozoans: slug-like aggregate that is an entire organism

Entamoeba histolytica

Unikonta/Amoebozoans: pathogenic in human, causes amoebic dysentery

Rozella allomycis

Crytomycetes: parasite of other fungi and some protist

Nosema ceranae

Microsporidians: honeybee parasite, has led to destruction of hives

Entomophthora muscae

Zoopagomycetes: fly death muscae

Rhizopus stolonifer

Mucoromycetes: black bread mold

Amoeba proteus

Eukaryote and protist, phylum amoebozoa

Sulfolobus Acidocaldarius

Domain Archaea can withstand high temps and low pH

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Domain Bacteria

Pyocyanin

Gram negative

Tremella Mesenterica “witches butter”

Kingdom fungi

Edible greasy and slimy

Aseroe rubra “anemone stinkhorn”

Basidiomycete

Brown slime attracts insects for spore dispersal