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Kingdom Fungi
Protists we will explore include:
ciliates: paramecium
spirostonum
stentor
flagellates:
euglena
volvox
pseudopods:
amoeba
rotifer
potato cells
w/starch vesicles =
leucoplasts
rhizopus = black bread mold
Kingdom Plantae
red pepper cells with stored carotenoids in chromoplasts
Domain Bacteria
we'll be observing yeast
and rhizopus
we'll also look at:
potato, onion, red pepper
first up...saccharomyces = yeast
Kingdom Fungi
Domain Archae
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
onion cells
lack chloroplasts
but exhibit stored starch granules
Microscopic Organisms
nematode
red pepper
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Protista
we'll be observing Elodea
in addition to the structures found in animal cells, plant cells exhibit:
1. a cell wall
2. a large central water vacuole
3. chloroplasts (w/chlorophyll)