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 -