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Introduction to Protists
Origin of Eukaryotes
• First eukaryotic organism thought to
have evolved about 1.5 billion years
ago
• Protozoans possible evolved from the
1st eukaryotes by Endosymbiosis
• Endosymbiosis – process where one
prokaryote lives inside another
becoming dependent upon each other
Origin of Eukaryotes
Eukaryotic cell more complex than prokaryotic cell:
• Membrane-bound nucleus and organelles
• Chromosomes consist of DNA and histone
proteins and occur in pairs.
• Protists, fungi, plants & animals are
composed of eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic
Cells
Eukaryotic Animal Cell
Typical Animal Cell
Eukaryotic Plant Cell
Typical Plant Cell
Animal
Vacuole Functions
• Storage
• Support
• Water Regulation
vacuole
Plant
mitochondria
chloroplasts
Both cell types have
membrane-bounded
organelles
Origin of Eukaryotes
Endomembrane infolding
Infolding of membrane
system forming nucleus
and ER
Origin of Eukaryotes
Evolution of eukaryotic cellEndosymbiosis
• Theory proposed by Mereschkovsky
and refines by Margulis- serial
endosymbiosis
• Mitochondria and plastids were
prokaryotes that invaded larger cells
• Endosymbiont, ancestral
mitochondria:
Aerobic, heterotrophic & prokaryotic
Origin of Eukaryotes
• Ancestral chloroplasts were
photosynthetic, prokaryotes that
became endosymbionts
• Relationship began as parasitic or
undigested prey
• Assumed here that endomembrane
infolding evolved first, i.e., cell
already evolved nucleus, ER, …
Endosymbiosis Hypothesis
A
A prokaryote ingested some aerobic bacteria. The
aerobes were protected and produced energy for
the prokaryote
A
Aerobic bacteria
C
B
Mitochondria
D
Cyanobacteria
Chloroplasts
N
N
N
Plant cell
Prokaryote
N
Animal Cell
Endosymbiosis Hypothesis
Over a long period of time the aerobes
became mitochondria, no longer able to
live on their own
B
A
Aerobic bacteria
C
B
Mitochondria
D
Cyanobacteria
Chloroplasts
N
N
N
Plant cell
Prokaryote
N
Animal Cell
Endosymbiosis Hypothesis
C
Some primitive prokaryotes also
ingested cyanobacteria, which contain
photosynthetic pigments
A
Aerobic bacteria
C
B
Mitochondria
D
Cyanobacteria
Chloroplasts
N
N
N
Plant cell
Prokaryote
N
Animal Cell
Endosymbiosis Hypothesis
Cyanobacteria became chloroplasts,
unable to live on their own
D
A
Aerobic bacteria
C
B
Mitochondria
D
Cyanobacteria
Chloroplasts
N
N
N
Plant cell
Prokaryote
N
Animal Cell
Secondary Endosymbiosis and
Origin of Algal Diversity
Algae AB
N
N
Secondary endosymbiosis
N
Heterotroph C
Algae ABC
Many membrane layers
Fig. 28-02-2
Secondary Endosymbiosis
Plastid
Dinoflagellates
Secondary
endosymbiosis
Cyanobacterium
Apicomplexans
Red alga
Primary
endosymbiosis
Stramenopiles
Heterotrophic
eukaryote
Over the course
of evolution,
this membrane
was lost.
Secondary
endosymbiosis
Plastid
Euglenids
Secondary
endosymbiosis
Green alga
Chlorarachniophytes
LUCA model places
the archaea as
more closely
related to
eukaryotes than
they are to
prokaryotes.
Common ancestral community of
primitive cells model
• All three domains
seem to have
genomes that are
chimeric mixes of
DNA that was
transferred across
the boundaries of
the domains.
Fig. 28.8
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Five Supergroups
Excavata
Chromalveolata
Rhizaria
Archaeplastida
Unikonta
Euglenoids
Dinoflagellates, diatoms, golden and
brown algae
Forams and radiolarians
Red and green algae
Slime molds
Kingdom Protista
Plantae Fungi Animalia
eukaryotic
Protista
prokaryotic
Monera
Kingdom Protista
• Eukaryotic
• Mostly unicellular
• A very heterogeneous group include both
heterotrophic and photoautotrophic forms
• 11 phyla
• Lots of disagreements
• Whittaker = “leftovers”
Reproduction:
• binary fission splits into two asexually
• multiple fission producing more than two
individuals
• sexually by conjugation (opposite mating
strains join & exchange genetic material)
Kingdom Protista
3 informal groups
Animal-like protists
Fungus-like protists
Plant-like (algal) protists
Misleading: some change
~ 45,000 species
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Fungi
Chlorophyta
Phaeophyta
Rhodophyta
Chrysophyta
Euglenophyta
Myxomycota
Ciliophora
Mastigophora
Sarcomastigophora
Apicomplexa
Pyrrophyta
Kingdom Protista
Animal-like Protists
Amoeba
Cilliates
Flagellates
13,000 species
Animal-like Protists
• Classified by the way they move
cilia
flagella
pseudopodia
• Heterotrophs ingest small food particles
& digest it inside food vacuoles
containing digestive enzymes
Animal-like protists
• Sarcomastigophora (amoebas,
forams, radiolarian)
• Ciliophora (paramecium)
• Zoomastigophora (trypansoma)
• Apicocomplexa (Sporozoa)
Animal-like Protists
Phylum Sarcomastigophora
“Amoeba”
Shell-like glass or
calcium carbonate
structures
Radiating projections
13,000 species
Note:
glass projections
Foraminifera
Tropics = beaches
Most have symbiotic algae
Foramenifera:
Globigerina ooze
Covers about 36%
of the ocean floor
Animal-like Protists
Phylum Ciliophora (“ciliates”)
Largest, most homogeneous
Share few characteristics
with others
Movement coordinated
Sex: 8 mating types
8,000 species
Paramecium
Diatoms
Plant-like Protists
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Dinoflagellates
Diatoms
Euglena
Cocolithophore
Green algae
Brown Algae
Red algae
Dinoflagellates
Cocolithophore
Radiolarian
Plant-like Protists
Phylum Pyrrophyta (“dinoflagellates”)
Marine and Freshwater
Some live in corals
Cause “red tide”
1,100 species
Zooxanthellae in Coral Polyp
Bioluminescence
Pyrocystis fusiformis
Plant-like Protists
Phylum Chrysophyta (“diatoms &
golden algae”)
Link to green algae
13,000 species
Plant-like Protists
Phylum Euglenophyta (“euglenoids”)
800 species
Division Chlorophyta
“Green algae”
Most freshwater or terrestrial
Some marine
7,000 species
Chlorophyta: Green Algae
Halimeda opuntia
Codium edule
Caulerpa sertularioides
Caulerpa racemosa
Dictyosphaeria
cavernosa
Division Phaeophyta
“Brown algae”
Marine habitats
Example:
giant kelp forests
1,500 species
Example of complex
morphology:
Macrocystis
a. holdfast - attaches
to substrate
Blade
b. stipe
c. blade - main organ
of photosynthesis
d. bladder - keeps
blades near the
surface
Bladder
Stipe
Holdfast
Laminaria Life Cycle
Phaeophyta: Brown Algae
Padina japonica
Hydroclathrus
clathratus
Turbinaria
ornata
Sargassum polyphyllum
Sargassum
echinocarpum
Division Rhodophyta
“Red algae”
Most in marine
habitats
4,000 species
Rhodophyta: Red Algae
Acanthophora
spicifera
Galaxaura
fastigiata
Ahnfeltia
concinna
Hypnea
chordacea
Asparagopsi
s taxiformis
Acanthophora
Gracilaria
Hypnea
Avrainvillae
Halimeda opuntia
Kappaphycus
Eucheuma
Super Sucker
Inquiry
1. Identify 2 organisms that have a mutualistic
symbiotic relationship with an other
organism.
2. Read pages 510 – 514 Chpt 20
3. Alternation of Generations ( two examples)