Introduction to the Diversity of Microbes, Fungi and Protists
Life is classified into three domains—Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya—based on rRNA analysis. This text examines prokaryotic diversity, eukaryotic origins, protists, and fungi, highlighting their evolutionary relationships and ecological roles.
Topics
- aerobic
- African sleeping sickness
- algae
- archaebacterium
- Ascomycota (sac fungi)
- ascus
- baccilli (rod-shaped)
- Basidiomycota (club fungi)
- Chagas disease
- Chytridiomycota (chytrids)
- Clare Patterson
- cocci (spherical)
- coral bleaching
- Deuteromycota (imperfect fungi)
- downy mildew
- Dutch elm disease
- Ectomycorrhizae
- ergotism
- eubacterium
- Eumycota
- giant puffball mushroom
- Glomeromycota
- Gram-positive
- histoplasmosis
- honey mushroom
- Irish potato famine
- leaf-cutting ant
- malaria
- mitochondrion
- MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
- nutrients
- obligate anaerobe
- pilus
- plague of Athens
- plague of Justinian
- polyphyletic
- powdery mildew
- pseudopeptidoglycan
- spirilla (spiral-shaped)
- Zygomycota (conjugated fungi)
- chitin
- cilium
- endosymbiosis
- flagellum
- phagocytosis
- fermentation
- binary fission
- spore
- basidium
- decomposer
- fungus
- hypha
- lichen
- mold
- mycelium
- mycetismus
- mycorrhiza
- mycotoxicosis
- saprobe
- thallus
- capsule
- biotechnology
- Amoebozoa
- Archaeplastida
- Chromalveolata
- Excavata
- Opisthokonta
- pathogen
- pellicle
- plastid
- Protista
- Rhizaria
- trypanosome
- anaerobic
- anoxic
- biofilm
- bioremediation
- Black Death
- chemotroph
- conjugation
- cyanobacteria
- epidemiologist
- extremophile
- foodborne disease
- hydrothermal vent
- microbial mat
- pandemic
- peptidoglycan
- phototroph
- stromatolite
- transduction
- zoonosis
- transformation
- nematode
- polyp
- cutaneous
- bacteriophage
- septum
- yeast
- mycosis
- botulism
- Gram-negative
- antibiotic
- parasite
- Plasmodium
- prokaryote
- commensalism
- epidemic
- cellulose