Fungus-like Protists… Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Protista Phylum: there are four 1. Myxomycota 2. Dictyostelida 3. Oomycota 4. Chytridiomycota

Phylum: Myxomycota Plasmodial Slime mold Very cool organisms that are really just one giant cell Can grow to be several square meters Move along forest floors & consume decaying materials as food through endocytosis

Phylum: Dictyostelida Cellular slime molds Much like the plasmodial slime mold EXCEPT is made up of many individual cells! Plasmodial: huge unicellular mold Cellular: multicellular mold

Phylum: Oomycota Phylum: Chytridiomycota Water molds Parasitic organisms that attack fish Phylum: Chytridiomycota Water molds Scientists think that these may be the link between the Protista kingdom & the Fungi kingdom

Humans & Protists Protists are used for food: Asian cultures & Great Britain mostly Has just begun to enter American market (sushi, health food stores) But has been used as a thickener in ice cream for decades! Protists are used in products: Detergents, paint removers, toothpaste

Malaria-spread by the mosquito The protist enters the bloodstream & moves to the liver where it can cause massive damage Symptoms: high fever, severe chills, headache & liver damage Giardiasis - spread through contaminated drinking water Caused by Giardia lamblia Also known as “Montazuma’s Revenge” Severe diarrhea, abdominal cramping

Sleeping Sickness: this protist is spread by the TseTse fly TseTse flies live only in Africa When the fly bites, it passes on the protist Symptoms include: headache, fever, swollen lymph nodes, coma & death

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