Bio 11 Viruses and Protists

Viruses consist of …

Either Rna or Dna and Capsid

RetroVirus

Not true Rna viruses. carries its own reverse transcriptase

Lytic infection

Virus enters and replicates and lyses (breaks) the cell

Lysogenic Infection

Virus enters and it integrates itself into the host genome

Endosymbiotic Theory

Theory explaining how eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic cells

Zooflagellates

move using flagella, whip appnedage Ex) Giardia

Sarcodines

moves by pseudopods, finger like projections Ex) Ameoba

Ciliates

moves by using cilia (short hairs) Ex) Paramesium

Sporozones

Parasitic, cant move on their own. Ex) Plasmodium

Animal like protist (heterotrophic)

Single cell organism which exhibit animal characteristic like consuming other organism

Plant like protists (autotrophs)

Produce own food and exhibit plant like characteristics such as chlorophyll for photosynthesis.