Can you name the Microbes and Protists?

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protists with cellulose cell walls and the yellow pigment phaeophytin
helical or spiral cell shape, Gram-
prokaryotic Domain (usually) with peptidoglycan cell wall
kingdom of oxygenic photoautotrophs using chloroplasts
oxygenic photoautotrophs, largest of all bacteria
unicellular protists that move by cell crawling
Gram-, chemo- or photosynthetic, important N cyclers, usually in soils
found in sulfur-rich volcanic pools of hot acid
Gram +, some lack cell walls, mostly free-living
prokaryotic Domain with joined phospholipid bilayers and genes that have introns
a paraphyletic group that is between domains
unicellular protists with micro and macronuclei
single-celled heterotrophic protists that use pseudopodia to ingest food
genus of the organism that causes malaria
Gram-, obligate intracellular parasites
protists with a life stage bearing a 'hairy' flagellum and another normal flagellum
protists with chlorophyll as the main pigment
protists with small sacs just beneath the cell membrane
use methane (CH4) gas as food
usually asexual protists with silicate frustule for protection
chemoautotrophs in hypersaline pools
protists protected by theca made of cellulose
protist phylum with cellulose and phycoerythrin
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Microbes and Protists Quiz

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  • Created Jan 31, 2012 in Science
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