Kingdom

Protista
By Aasher Antony Raj of 11J
Protista
• They are generally unicellular, microscopic eukaryotes.

• That can be purely phototrophic, which are generally called

algae, or purely heterotrophic, which are traditionally called
protozoan

• Some protists can be pathogens. Protists generally reproduce

asexually under favorable environmental conditions, but tend
to reproduce sexually under stressful conditions
 Some Examples of
Protists

Chrysophtes Din oflag g elate Eugl enoi ds

Slime moul ds Prot ozoans

Chrysophytes
• The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, golden-brown algae
or golden algae are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater.

• The "primary" cell of chrysophytes contains two specialized flagella.

• There walls are embebbed with silica.

• Chrysophytes include diatoms,golden algae and plankton.

Dinoflagellates
• Dinoflagellates are mostly marine plankton, but they
also are common in freshwater habitats.

• Dinoflagellates are unicellular and possess two

dissimilar flagella.

• The transverse flagellum is a wavy ribbon in which

only the outer edge undulates from base to tip.
Longitudinal flagellum is relatively conventional in
appearance.
Life that glows!!

Bioluminescence is light produced by a chemical reaction

within a living organism. Bioluminescence is a type of
chemiluminescence.

Bioluminescence requires two unique chemicals: luciferin

and either luciferase or photoprotein.

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The bioluminescent color is a result of the arrangement

of luciferin. Bioluminescent dinoflagellates causes the
the surface of ocean to sparkle.
 Euglenoids
• They are commonly found in freshwater, especially when it is
rich in organic materials, with a few marine members.

• Euglenoids are distinguished mainly by the presence of a type

of cell covering called a pellicle.

• The primitive mode of nutrition is phagocytosis.

• For euglenoids to reproduce, asexual reproduction takes place

in the form of binary fission, and the cells replicate and divide
during mitosis and cytokinesis.
Slime Moulds
• They are saprophytic protists and feed on bacteria
and fungi.
• Slime molds are usually found in soil, lawns, and on
the forest floor, commonly on deciduous logs. In the
tropics they are common on inflorescences and
fruits, and in tree canopies.
• They bear fruiting bodies and have spores at their
tips.
 Protozoan

Amoeboid protozoans
They live in fresh water,sea water,etc.They move by pseudopodia
and have silica on their surface.Eg;Entamoeba

Flagellated protozoans
These protozoans are free-livingand have flagella . They cause
diseases such as sleeping sickness.Eg:trypanosoma

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 Protozoan

Ciliated protozoans
These aquatic organisms have thousands of cilia on them.They
have a gullet that opens to the outside of the cell
surface.Eg;Paramoecium

Sporozoans
They have an infectios spore-like stage in their life cycle
plasmodium (a sporozoan) causes malaria in humans
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