Unit 10: Taxonomy

\

Archaea

• Archaea nucleus - prokaryotic
• Archaea number of cells - unicellular
• Archaea level of organization - cell
• Archaea cell wall - uncommon lipids
• Archaea mode of nutrition - Both(Chemo-Synthetic Autotrophs)
• Archaea reproduction - asexual
• Archaea motility/mobility - N/A
• Archaea other - <100 species, Contain introns
• Archaea examples - Thermophiles(Hot), Methanogens(Produce methane), Halophiles(Salty)

\

Bacteria

• Bacteria nucleus - prokaryotic
• Bacteria number of cells - unicellular
• Bacteria level of organization - cell
• Bacteria cell wall - Peptidoglycan
• Bacteria mode of nutrition - Both(Photo and chemical synthetic Autotrophs)
• Bacteria reproduction - asexual
• Bacteria motility/mobility - Some are motile
• Bacteria other - 5000+ species, No introns, gave rise to eukaryotes
• Bacteria examples - E-coli(Rod-shaped), Streptococcus(Spherical)

\

Protista

• Protista nucleus - Eukaryotic
• Protista number of cells - (Mostly) Unicellular
• Protista level of organization - (Mostly) Cell
• Protista cell wall - Pectin or none (Green algae = cellulose)
• Protista mode of nutrition - Both
• Protista reproduction - (Mostly) Asexual
• Protista motility/mobility - Some are motile
• Protista other - Haploid organisms; Have unique cell organelles: gullet, oral groove, food vacuole, anal pore, contractile vacuoles, eyespots, pseudopodia, flagella and cilia (some bacteria have these last two)
• Protista examples - Algae, Diatoms(used in toothpaste), Amoebas(Pseudopods), Euglena(Flagellum),- Euglena is greena and has a flagena Paramecium(Cilia)

\

Fungi

• Fungi nucleus - Eukaryotic

• Fungi number of cells - (Mostly) Multicellular

• Fungi level of organization - Tissues

• Fungi cell wall - Chitin

• Fungi mode of nutrition -

  Heterotrophs

• Fungi reproduction - Both

• Fungi motility/mobility - (Mostly) non-mobile

• Fungi other - Diploid; multinucleated, act mostly as decomposers

• Fungi examples -

\

Plantae

• Plantae nucleus - Eukaryotic
• Plantae number of cells - Multicellular
• Plantae level of organization - Systems
• Plantae cell wall - Cellulose
• Plantae mode of nutrition - Autotrophic
• Plantae reproduction - Sexual
• Plantae motility/mobility - Non-mobile
• Plantae other -
• Plantae examples -

\

Animalia

• Animalia nucleus - Eukaryotic
• Animalia number of cells - Multicellular
• Animalia level of organization - Systems
• Animalia cell wall - None
• Animalia mode of nutrition - Heterotrophs
• Animalia reproduction - Sexual
• Animalia motility/mobility - Mobile
• Animalia other - No cell wall
• Animalia examples -

\