MICROPARA 3

• Chlorophyll a - the primary pigmentation responsible for the green color in most algae
• DINOFLAGELLATES - releases neurotoxin (paralytic shellfish poisoning)
• Cilia - the hair-like short cell organelle extending from the cell surface
• Cilia bearing protozoan is Paramecium
• Flagella - are long, slender, thread-like cell organelle present on the surface of a cell
• Protozoa obtain their foods by Ingestion of solid food particles
•  Pseudopodia - primary mode of locomotion in protozoa?
• UBIQUITOUS – virtually everywhere
• Akaryotes - no nucleus
• Evolution - accumulation of changes that occur in organisms as they adopt to their environment
• Microbes are deeply involved in the flow of energy and food through the earth’s ecosystem.
• oxygenic photosynthesis - formation of oxygen
• anoxygenic photosynthesis - executed by bacteria, no oxygen formed
• Decomposition - this is breaking down of dead matter and waste into simple compounds that can be directed back to into the natural cycles of living things
• Nutrient recycling - other term for decomposition
• microorganisms are the main forces that drive the structure and content of the soil, water and atmosphere