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| Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya |
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-- prokaryotes that live in harsh environments and have
characteristics to suit those environs
-- includes thermophiles, halophiles and methanogens
-- in the 5 Kingdom system are known as the Archeaobacteria of the
Kingdom Monera
-- lipid bilayer, of cell membrane, composed of branched
hydrocarbon tails bonded to glycerol backbone via ether (not
ester) bonds. Phosphates, sulfates or sugars compose the
polar portions of these lipids
-- some have histone proteins
-- ribosomes same size as bacteria but, shape is highly variable |
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-- all of the classic bacteria --> bacilli, cocci, spirochetes
-- includes pathogens (to humans, plants, insects, etc.)
-- includes the cyanobacteria (blue green algae):photosynthetic
bacteria |
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-- limited to all of the eukaryotes
-- defined by having nuclei and membrane bound organelles |
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| Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, Monera, Euglenozoa, Alveolata, Strmenopila, Rhodophyta, Clorophyta |
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| multicellular organism that usually perform cyclic photophosphorylation and carbon fixation of CO2. |
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unicellular or multicellular heterotrophs; multicellular is dikaryotic;
digest then ingest; chitinous cell walls; generate asexual and sexual spores
-- about 80,000 species, many are decomposers
-- includes the molds, mildews, yeasts, cup fungi, shelf fungi, gilled
mushrooms, stink horns, morels, truffles |
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multicellular heterotrophs without cell walls, most have nerve & muscle
tissue and undergo gastrulation |
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-- the sponges
-- no true tissues so, simplest animals |
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-- the jellyfish
-- corals & anemones (polyp body style)
-- corals secrete CaCo3, feed with tentacles, many have
dinoflagellate symbionts |
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| includes: snails, clam, and mussels, squids, octopi, and nautiluses |
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| Includes earthworms, leeches, and marine worms |
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| exclusively marine, includes: sea stars sea urchins and sand dollars |
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obscure invertebrates with notochord, gills, and a
dorsal, tubular nerve cord; also includes the vertebrates |
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| a primitive ancestral character state shared with other taxa. |
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| a derived character state of taxon that has evolced only within the taxon in question. |
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| a derived character shared by two or more taxa. |
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