Diversity of Microbes, Fungi, and Protists
This pathway provides an in-depth look at prokaryotic diversity, eukaryotic origins, protists and fungi. The pathway also provides vocabulary support for these topics, as well as opportunities for learners to self-assess their understanding by analyzing figures and answering questions.
Topics
- Amoebozoa
- anaerobic
- anoxic
- Archaeplastida
- Ascomycota
- Basidiomycota
- biofilm
- bioremediation
- Black Death
- botulism
- capsule
- Chromalveolata
- Chytridiomycota
- commensalism
- conjugation
- cyanobacteria
- Deuteromycota
- endosymbiosis
- epidemic
- Excavata
- extremophile
- foodborne disease
- Glomeromycota
- Gram-negative
- Gram-positive
- hydrothermal vent
- hypha
- lichen
- microbial mat
- mold
- MRSA
- mycelium
- mycorrhiza
- mycosis
- Opisthokonta
- pandemic
- parasite
- pathogen
- pellicle
- peptidoglycan
- phototroph
- plastid
- pseudopeptidoglycan
- Rhizaria
- saprobe
- septum
- stromatolite
- thallus
- transduction
- transformation
- yeast
- Zygomycota