Protists Small in Size, Enormous in Diversity
Taxonomy Review What are the different groups a species is classified into? Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
At first… Scientists only classified organisms into one of two kingdoms Plant Animal This wasn’t enough to explain all the diversity of life
Taxonomy Over the Years Eventually scientists made five kingdoms: Monera (bacteria) Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes Eukaryotes have their genetic material contained within a nucleus Prokaryotes do not have their genetic material contained within any sort of structure
Recent Taxonomy
Eukaryota Contains four kingdoms: Animals Plants Fungi Protists