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The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists
Chapter 16 The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists
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PROKARYOTES 16.7 Prokaryotes have inhabited Earth for billions of years Prokaryotes are the oldest life-forms And remain the most numerous and widespread organisms Colorized SEM 650 Figure 16.7
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Three Domains – Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
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16.8 Bacteria and archaea are the two main branches of prokaryotic evolution
Domains Bacteria and Archaea Are distinguished on the basis of nucleotide sequences and other molecular and cellular features
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Differences between Bacteria and Archaea
Table 16.8
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16.9 Prokaryotes come in a variety of shapes
Prokaryotes may be shaped as Spheres (cocci) Rods (bacilli) Curves or spirals (vibrio or spirochaete) Colorized SEM 12,000 Colorized SEM 9,000 Colorized SEM 3,000 Figure 16.9A–C
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16.10 Various features contribute to the success of prokaryotes
External Structures Cell wall Pili Flagella Reproduction and adaptation Specialized internal structures Form colonies Varied methods of obtaining food
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Is one of the most important features of nearly all prokaryotes
External Structures The cell wall Is one of the most important features of nearly all prokaryotes Is covered by a sticky capsule Colorized TEM 70,000 Capsule Figure 16.10A
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Stick to their substrate with pili
Some prokaryotes Stick to their substrate with pili Colorized TEM 16,000 Pili Figure 16.10B
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Motility Many bacteria and archaea
Are equipped with flagella, which enable them to move Flagellum Plasma membrane Cell wall Rotary movement of each flagellum Colorized TEM 14,000 Figure 16.10C
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Reproduction and Adaptation
Prokaryotes Have the potential to reproduce quickly in favorable environments
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Some prokaryotes can withstand harsh conditions By forming endospores
TEM 34,000 Endospore Figure 16.10D
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Internal Organization Some prokaryotic cells
Have specialized membranes that perform metabolic functions Respiratory membrane Thylakoid membrane TEM 45,000 TEM 6,000 Figure 16.10E
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16.11 Prokaryotes obtain nourishment in a variety of ways
As a group Prokaryotes exhibit much more nutritional diversity than eukaryotes
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Types of Nutrition Autotrophs make their own organic compounds from inorganic sources Photoautotrophs harness sunlight for energy and use CO2 for carbon Chemoautotrophs obtain energy from inorganic chemicals instead of sunlight
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Heterotrophs obtain their carbon atoms from organic compounds
Photoheterotrophs can obtain energy from sunlight Chemoheterotrophs are so diverse that almost any organic molecule can serve as food for some species Figure 16.11A
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Nutritional classification of organisms
Table 16.11
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Metabolic Cooperation In some prokaryotes
Metabolic cooperation occurs in surface-coating colonies called biofilms Colorized SEM 13,000 Figure 16.11B
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Salt lakes, acidic hot springs, deep-sea hydrothermal vents
16.12 Archaea thrive in extreme environments (extremophiles) — and in other habitats Archaea are common in Salt lakes, acidic hot springs, deep-sea hydrothermal vents Figure 16.12A, B
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Archaea are also a major life-form in the ocean
Plankton dispersal Phytoplankton
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16.13 Bacteria include a diverse assemblage of prokaryotes
Bacteria are currently organized into several subgroups, including Proteobacteria Chlamydias Spirochetes LM 13,000 Colorized TEM 5,000 Figure 16.13A, B
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Gram-positive bacteria
Cyanobacteria, which photosynthesize in a plantlike way Colorized SEM 2,800 LM 650 Photosynthetic cells Nitrogen-fixing cells Colorized SEM 2,8000 Figure 16.13C, D
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CONNECTION 16.14 Some bacteria cause disease
Pathogenic bacteria cause disease by producing Exotoxins or endotoxins SEM 12,000 Spirochete that causes Lyme disease “Bull’s-eye”rash Tick that carries the Lyme disease bacterium SEM 2,800 Figure 16.14A, B
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CONNECTION 16.15 Bacteria can be used as biological weapons
Bacteria, such as the species that causes anthrax Can be used as biological weapons Figure 16.15
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CONNECTION 16.16 Prokaryotes help recycle chemicals and clean up the environment Bioremediation Is the use of organisms to clean up pollution
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Prokaryotes are decomposers in
Sewage treatment and can clean up oil spills and toxic mine wastes Liquid wastes Outflow Rotating spray arm Rock bed coated with aerobic bacteria and fungi Figure 16.16A, B
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PROTISTS 16.17 The eukaryotic cell probably originated as a community of prokaryotes Eukaryotic cells Evolved from prokaryotic cells more than 2 billion years ago
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The nucleus and endomembrane system
Probably evolved from infoldings of the plasma membrane Mitochondria and chloroplasts Probably evolved from aerobic and photosynthetic endosymbionts, respectively
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Endosymbiotic Theory A model of the origin of eukaryotes Figure 16.17
Cytoplasm Ancestral prokaryote Plasma membrane Endoplasmic reticulum Nucleus Nuclear envelope Cell with nucleus and endomembrane system Membrane infolding Aerobic heterotrophic prokaryote Ancestral host cell Endosymbiosis Mitochondrion Chloroplast Photosynthetic eukaryotic cell Photosynthetic prokaryote Some cells A model of the origin of eukaryotes Figure 16.17
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16.18 Protists are an extremely diverse assortment of eukaryotes
Are mostly unicellular eukaryotes Molecular systematics Is exploring eukaryotic phylogeny LM 275 Figure 16.18
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How are Protists classified?
16.19 A tentative phylogeny of eukaryotes includes multiple clades of protists The taxonomy of protists Is a work in progress Diplomonads Euglenozoans Dinoflagellates Apicomplexans Ciliates Water molds Diatoms Brown algae Amoebas Plasmodial slime molds Cellular slime molds Fungi Choanoflagellates Animals Red algae Green algae Closest algal relatives of plants Plants Alveolates Stramenopila Amoebozoa Ancestral eukaryote Figure 16.19
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16.20 Diplomonads and euglenozoans include some flagellated parasites
The parasitic Giardia Is a diplomonad with highly reduced mitochondria Colorized SEM 4,000 Figure 16.20A
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Euglenozoans Include trypanosomes and Euglena Figure 16.20B, C
Colorized SEM 1,300 Figure 16.20B, C
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16.21 Alveolates have sacs beneath the plasma membrane and include dinoflagellates, apicomplexans, and ciliates Dinoflagellates Are unicellular algae SEM 2,300 Figure 16.21A
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Apicomplexans are parasites Such as Plasmodium, which causes malaria
Red blood cell Apex TEM 26,000 Figure 16.21B
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Cilliates Use cilia to move and feed Cilia Macronucleus Figure 16.21C
LM 60 Figure 16.21C
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Fungus-like water molds
16.22 Stramenopiles are named for their “hairy” flagella and include the water molds, diatoms, and brown algae This clade includes Fungus-like water molds Figure 16.22A
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Photosynthetic, unicellular diatoms
LM 400 Figure 16.22B
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Brown algae, large complex seaweeds
Figure 16.22C
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16.23 Amoebozoans have pseudopodia and include amoebas and slime molds
Move and feed by means of pseudopodia LM 185 Figure 16.23A
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A plasmodial slime mold is a multinucleate plasmodium
That forms reproductive structures under adverse conditions Figure 16.23B
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Cellular slime molds Have unicellular and multicellular stages 45
Slug-like aggregate 45 LM 1,000 15 Amoeboid cells Reproductive structure Figure 16.23C
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16.24 Red algae and green algae are the closest relatives of land plants
Contribute to coral reefs Figure 16.24A
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Green algae May be unicellular, colonial, or multicellular
Chlamydomonas Volvox colonies LM 80 LM 1,200 Figure 16.24B
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The life cycles of many algae
Involve the alternation of haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte generations Mitosis Male gametophyte Gametes Spores Meiosis Fusion of gametes Female gametophyte Zygote Sporophyte Haploid (n) Diploid (2n) Key Figure 16.24C
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16.25 Multicellularity evolved several times in eukaryotes
Multicellularity evolved in several different lineages Probably by specialization of the cells of colonial protists Unicellular protist Colony Early multicellular organism with specialized, interdepen- dent cells Later organism that produces gametes Food- synthesizing cells Locomotor cells Somatic cells Gamete 1 2 3 Figure 16.25
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Multicellular life arose over a billion years ago
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