MICR 106 - EX3 - Prokaryotic taxonomy

Mucoromycota

conjugation fungi

Microsporidia

lack mitochondria and microtubules

Ascomycota

sac fungi

Basidiomycota

club fungi

Brown algae

seaweeds and kelps

Red algae

found at greatest ocean depths (agar derives from red algae)

green algae

similar to terrestrial plants but lack tissue differentiation

Diatoms

unicellular algae with silica and pectin in cell wall

Dinoflagellates

free-floating organisms

Oomycota

decomposing algae, found as white, cottony mass on dead freshwater organisms

Diplomonad

excavata with 2 nuclei, 4 flagella, and no mitochondria

Parabasalid

excavata with undulating membrane

Euglenozoa

excavata with mitochondria and flagella, some photoautotrophs

Amoebozoa

move via pseudopods

Apicomplexa

organelles at apexes contain enzymes that penetrate host cells

Ciliophora

Ciliates

Trematodes

flukes-have a flat, leaf-shaped body

Cestodes

tapeworms-intestinal parasites

Pinworms

egg-infective nematodes

Hookworms

larva-infective nematodes