BIOL 1002 Chapter : Chapter 20 Protists

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The group of protists represents an unusual mix of organisms. Euglenids & kinetoplastids: diplomonads & parabasalids, water molds, diatoms and brown algae, alveolates, dinoflagellates, apicomplexans and ciliates. Foraminiferans & radiolarians: rhizarians, ameobozoans, amoebas & slime molds, red algae, green algae. Protists are eukaryotes, so they have: nucleus (with a double membrane) Organelles: 2 or more chromosomes (dna + proteins, since the organisms of this group, protista, are made up of eukaryotic cells, they are clearly different from the bacteria and archaea, many are unicellular (like bacteria and archaea). Protista sounds like prokarya (careful!: past classifications of the protists organized them into three general groups based on nutritional methods: So, they ingest their food, absorb nutrients, or capture solar energy: phytoplankton is at the base of most aquatic food webs. Single-celled photosynthesizers that float on the top layers of the water.

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