FUNGUS-LIKE -decompose -reproduce with spores -can cause disease in plants -Examples: *slime mold *mildew unicellular OR multi-cellular ANIMAL-LIKE -eat other organisms for food -can cause disease -classified by how they move -Examples: *Ciliates*Flagellates *Pseudopods*Non-movers 3 Types Live in damp, or wet environments Reproduce: 1. Asexually by regeneration or binary fission 2. Sexually by sex cells combining PLANT-LIKE -Make food with photosynthesis -Examples: *Algae *Diatoms *Dinoflagellates *Euglenoids PROTIST eukaryotic
HELPFULHARMFUL *Algae (plant-like protists) provide oxygen for the water and atmosphere *Provide food sources for other organisms-seaweed, plankton, algae, kelp *Cause red tide- red algae over grows and takes nutrients from the water *Cause disease in humans- animal-like protists can cause diseases: -African sleeping sickness -Malaria -dysentary *Cause disease in plants- Slime mold can weaken plants
Why are plant-like protists important? Red Tide in Maine Seaweed Salad…mmm!
PLANT-LIKE PROTISTS 1.DIATOMS (Unicellular) Look like glass shapes 2. DINOFLAGELLATES (Unicellular) Some glow in the dark (bioluminescent) *Red tide 3. EUGLENOIDS (Unicellular) Move towards light 4. RED ALGAE (Multicellular) Live deep in the ocean
5. BROWN ALGAE (Multicellular) Live in middle ocean *Kelp – food source 6. GREEN ALGAE (Unicellular or Multicellular) Close to surface *Lots of chlorophyll *Release O 2 into the air
DIATOMS!
EUGLENOIDS!
DINOFLAGELLATES!
GREEN ALGAE!
BROWN ALGAE/KELP!
RED ALGAE! Live deep at 200m
1.CILIATES *ParameciumCilia to move 2. FLAGELLATES *Proterospongia Flagella to move Live in stomach of termites Can cause African sleeping sickness ANIMAL-LIKE PROTOZOANS (All unicellular)
3.PSEUDOPODS *Amoeba Use “false feet” 4.NON-MOVERS *parasites *Plasmodium, causing malaria Move by living on other organisms Parasites Can cause malaria
Disease causing protozoans… Plasmodium causes malaria and is passed by mosquitos Under the microscope Mosquito carrier (female Anopheles mosquito) -Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like swamps -Rainy season in African countries -Mosquitoes become resistant to pesticides
Prevention -Anti-malarial medicine -Cover bare skin -Use repellent -Mosquito netting Treatment Is treatable and curable with prescription medicine when caught early Symptoms -Fever, flu symptoms -Chills, muscle aches -Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea -Yellow coloring of eyes and skin
1.SLIME MOLDS Live on decaying plants Can move with false feet 2.WATER MOLDS Wet places Mildew Can kill plants FUNGUS-LIKE PROTISTS