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Taxonomy and Classification

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no peptidoglycan
peptidoglycan
proteobacteria
gram-positive bacteria
cyanobacteria
spirochetes
chlamydias
chemosynthetic bacteria
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
bacteria that eat dead organisms
animal like protist; unicellular, asexual, aka ameobas, use pseudopods, phagocytosis for eating
animal like protist; marine, calcium carbonate (CaCo3) shell, symbiotic relationship with algae
animal like protist; pseudopodia, divisions are heliozoans and radiozoans
animal like protist; parasites, spread in sprozoite form, require two hosts, plasmodium causes malaria
animal like protist; heterotrophic, flagella, trypanosoma causes African sleeping sickness
animal like protist; cilia, water, two types of nuclei, paramecium
fungus like protist; heterotrophic, plamsodial slime molds, produce spores, clumps called plasmodium, phagocytosis
fungus like protist; callular slime molds, eat alone unless scarce and clump
fungus like protist; water mold, parasitic or sprobes, move by hyphae, cell wall of cellulose
plant like protist; two perpendicular flagella, unicellular, aquatic food chains
plant like protist; chysophyta, flagella
plant like protist; bacillarophyta, asexual, cell walls of silica
plant like protist; phaeophyta, multicellular, marine, kelp and seaweed
plant like protist; rhodophyta, color from phycobilin, multicellular
fungus; coencytic, land dwelling, bread mold, sexual
fungus; club shaped, eat decomposing wood, mushrooms and rusts
fungus; saprobic; live in symbiotic relationship called lichen, yeast and mildew
symbiotic relationship bound by fungal hyphae and algae
fungus; mold, asexual
fungus; unicellular, candida causes infections in humans, sexual or asexual
sponges
jellyfish and coral
flatworms
Tiny filter feeders. Pseudocoelomates with complex, complete digestive systems.
roundworms
snails, slugs, ocotpuses, squids
segmented worms
sea stars
fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals
methanogens
thermacidophiles
halophiles

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