1. Euglenophyta
Brisson Lam 10B

2. What is it?
Euglenophyta is in the kingdom Protista, consisting of mostly unicellular aquatic algae. Most live in freshwater; many have flagella and are motile.
Possess both animal and plant characteristics.

3. The outer part of the cell consists of a firm but flexible layer called a pellicle, or periplast, which cannot properly be considered a cell wall.

4. Some euglenoids contain chloroplasts that contain the photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a and b; others are heterotrophic and can ingest or absorb their food.

5. Reproduction occurs by longitudinal cell division.
A good recipe for a medium in which to grow Euglenozoa is in the laboratory calls for boiling an extract of horse manure. 

6. The most characteristic genus is Euglena, common in ponds and pools, especially when the water has been polluted by runoff from fields or lawns on which fertilizers have been used.

7. Kinetoplastids: parasitic forms, e. g
Kinetoplastids: parasitic forms, e.g. Trypanosoma: Causes African sleeping sickness; transferred by tse-tse fly