Prostista

Kingdom Protista
 If you look at a drop of pond water under a

microscope, all the "little creatures" you
see swimming around are protists.
 All protists have a nucleus and are
therefore eukaryotic.
 Protists are either plant-like, animal-like or

fungus-like.
 Plant-like protists are autotrophs – they
contain chloroplasts and make their own
food.
 Animal-like and fungus-like protists and

are heterotrophs.
CLASSIFICATIONS
OF PROTIST
1. Protozoans are animal-like protists
(heterotrophs) grouped according to how
they move.
 The word protozoa means "little animal."

They are so named because many species
behave like tiny animals—specifically, they
hunt and gather other microbes as food.
 All protozoa digest their food in stomach-
like compartments called vacuoles <vac-
you-ohls>. As they chow down, they
make and give off nitrogen, which is an
element that plants and other higher
creatures can use.
 Protozoa range in size from 1/5,000 to

1/50 of an inch (5 to 500 µm) in diameter.
They can be classified into three general
groups based on how they move.
GROUPS OF PROTOZOA
1. 1. Amoebae of the phylum Rhizopoda. -
- which can be subdivided into the
testate amoebae, which have a shell-like
covering, and the naked amoebae, which
don't have this covering.
 Amoebae ooze along by means of

pseudopodia (false feet) engulfing food as
they go.
 Amoebae live in water or moist
places.
 They have a cell membrane but no

cell wall.
1. 2. Flagellates of the phylum
Zoomastigina.
- generally the smallest of the protozoa
and have one or several long, whip-like
projections called flagella poking out of
their cells.
 Flagellates use their flagella to move.
 It is a flagellate in the intestines of

termites which enable them to eat wood.
Both organisms benefit…..what kind of
relationship do they have?
Giardia
1.3 Ciliates from the phylum Ciliophora.
These are generally the largest protozoa.
 They are covered with hair-like projections

called cilia and they eat the other two
types of protozoa as well as bacteria.
 Ciliates are found in every aquatic habitat.

1.4 The last of the Protozoans come from
the phylum, Sporozoa.
 These are parasitic and nonmotile.
 For example……
2. Algae – are plant-like protists
- eukaryotic autotrophs.
 They produce much of Earth’s oxygen.

 There are three unicellular phyla of algae:
 Phylum Euglenophyta
 Phylum Bacillariophyta
 Phylum Dinoflagellata
2.1 Euglenophyta - are both plant-like and
animal-like.
 Euglena are autotrophs since they make

food from sunlight and
 Heterotrophs since they ingest food from

surrounding water.
2.2 Bacillariophyta - are photosynthetic
autotrophs.
 They have shells of silica.
 They make up a large portion of the

world’s phytoplankton which is Earth’s
largest provider of oxygen.
DIATOMS
2.3 Dinoflagellata - are a major component
of marine phytoplankton.
 These algae have at least two flagella set

at right angles to each other and thick cell
walls made of cellulose plates.
 Blooms of dinoflagellates cause “Red

Tide.”
 Multicellular algae are classified by color.
 Rhodophyta are red seaweeds.
 They are found in warm or cold marine

environments along coast lines in deeper
water.
 They absorb green, violet, and blue light

waves. These light waves are able to
penetrate below 100 meters.
 Phylum Phaeophyta is made up of the
brown algae.
 They are found in cool saltwater along rocky

coasts.
 Giant Kelp are the largest and most complex

brown algae. They have hold fasts and air
bladders.
 The last of the multicellular algae are the
green algae from the Phylum chlorophyta.
 Most green algae are found in fresh water

habitats.
A Volvox is a hollow boll composed of
hundreds of flagellated cells in a single layer.
Chlamydomonas are actually unicellular and
flagellated.
3. Fungus-like protists, Myxomycota and
Oomycota are decomposers.
 Phylum Myxomycota are made up of

plasmodial slime molds.
 Phylum Oomycota is made up of water

molds and downy molds.
 Water molds from the Phylum Oomycota
are classified as protists because they
have flagellated reproductive cells.
 Downy mildews parasitize plants and are

decomposers in freshwater ecosystems.

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Kingdom Protista

 If you look at a drop of pond water under a

 Protists are either plant-like, animal-like or

 Animal-like and fungus-like protists and

 The word protozoa means "little animal."

 Protozoa range in size from 1/5,000 to

 Amoebae ooze along by means of

 They have a cell membrane but no

 Flagellates use their flagella to move.

 It is a flagellate in the intestines of

 They are covered with hair-like projections

 Ciliates are found in every aquatic habitat.

 These are parasitic and nonmotile.

 They produce much of Earth’s oxygen.

 Euglena are autotrophs since they make

 Heterotrophs since they ingest food from

 They have shells of silica.

 They make up a large portion of the

 These algae have at least two flagella set

 Blooms of dinoflagellates cause “Red

 They are found in warm or cold marine

 They absorb green, violet, and blue light

 They are found in cool saltwater along rocky

 Giant Kelp are the largest and most complex

 Most green algae are found in fresh water

 Phylum Myxomycota are made up of

 Phylum Oomycota is made up of water

 Downy mildews parasitize plants and are

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