Taxonomy

Domain

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

Kingdom Protista

endosymbiosis

unicellular or multicellular

classification by mode of nutrition

Phylum Chlorophyta (green algae)

Phylum Rhodophyta (red algae)

chlorophyll a, photosynthesis

diatoms--unicellular with cell wall

flagellates--dinoflagellates, euglenoids, zooflagellates

Diatoms and dinoflagellates are important marine producers.

Protists with pseudopods--amoeboids, foraminiferans, radiolarians

The ciliates include all protists with cilia.

sporozoans--non-motile, spore-forming, pathogenic

slime molds--plasmodial and cellular

Phylum Oomycota (water molds)

Kingdom Fungi

saprophytic decomposers, nutrient cycling

multicellular or unicellular

hyphae

spores, sexual & asexual reproduction

Phylum Zygomycota

Phylum Ascomycota

ascus and ascospores

yeasts, molds, athlete's foot

Phylum Basidiomycota

mushrooms

fungal symbioses

lichens

mycorrhizae

Kingdom Plantae