Get Permissions. Cite Icon Cite. Table 1. Cyanobacteria Photosynthetic single-celled organisms without nuclei and with a thin layer of peptidoglycan in their cell walls. Example: Anabaena spp. Methanogens Single-celled organisms without a nucleus that feed off hydrogen and release methane gas and lack peptidoglycans in their cell walls.
Example: Methanopyrus kandleri. Halophiles Single-celled organisms without a nucleus that live, grow, and reproduce in environments with high salt concentrations and that lack peptidoglycans in their cell walls. Example: Halococcus dombrowskii. Example: Thermus aquaticus. Ciliates Single-celled organisms with a complex internal structure that move by the beating of many short hair-like projections on the surface of the cell.
Example: Paramecium spp. Flagellates Single-celled organisms with internal organelles that possess one or more long, slender flagella used for locomotion. Example: Trypanosoma gambiense. Conifers Large, multicellular photosynthetic organisms with needle-like leaves, whose reproductive structures are often in the form of cones. Example: White pine, Pinus strobus. Angiosperms Multicellular photosynthetic organisms that reproduce through structures called flowers.
Example: Virginia rose, Rosa virginiana. Mushrooms Multicellular organisms that absorb nutrition through mostly dead organisms and reproduce by producing cells called spores. Example: Portobello mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. Mold Microscopic organisms that are made up of filaments called hyphae and that reproduce by producing cells called spores that are distributed by air, water, or insects.
Example: Penicillium spp. Mammals Multicellular organisms that ingest their food, have hair and mammary glands, and breathe air. Example: domestic cat, Felis catus. Arthropods Multicellular organisms that ingest their food and have jointed appendages and exoskeletons made of chitin.
Example: cockroach, Periplaneta americana. View Large. Working in their groups, have them rearrange the new pictures under the kingdom headings. Blackwell, W. Is it kingdoms or domains?
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Monterey Pine P. Bishop Pine P. Santa Cruz Island Pine P. Whitebark Pine P. Limber Pine P. Beach Pine P. Lodgepole Pine P. Western White Pine P. Knobcone Pine P. Bristlecone Pine P. Foxtail Pine P. Four-Leaf Pinyon P. Two-Leaf Pinyon P. One-Leaf Pinyon P. Ponderosa Pine P. Coulter Pine P. Digger Pine P. Torrey Pine P. Jeffrey Pine P. Sugar Pine P. Another species left image called the Washoe Pine P.
In addition, the Beach and Lodgepole Pines are now recognized as subspecies of P. According to R. Lanner Conifers of California , , there may be other significant changes in the pines of California.
Allozyme studies in two-leaf pinyons Pinus edulis of the New York Mountains indicate that these populations are biochemically and genetically consistent with nearby one-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla , and that P. The unusual New York Mountains population appears to be a 2-needle variant of P. According to Lanner, the latter species has five needles per fascicle and occurs in San Diego County.
The hybrid hypothesis might explain the perplexing variation in needle number for P. Foxtail pines Pinus balfouriana on the 11, ft m slopes of Alta Peak. The 13, ft. Left: Seed cones of cypress Cupressus from groves in southern California. Tecate cypress C. Sargent cypress C. Piute cypress C. Cuyamaca cypress C. Smooth-bark Arizona cypress C. Rough-bark Arizona cypress C. Right: Seed cones of cypress from groves in central and northern California.
Monterey cypress C. Gowen cypress C. Santa Cruz cypress C. Mendocino cypress C. Macnab cypress C. Modoc cypress C. Male pollen cones of the Piute cypress Cupressus nevadensis [syn. Each scalelike leaf bears a dorsal gland that exudes a resin droplet red arrow.
Interior cypress species such as this one typically have glaucous, resinous foliage, presumably an adaptation to dry, arid habitats. Foliage and pollen cones of the Smooth-bark Arizona cypress Cupressus glabra [Syn. Foliage of the Tecate cypress C. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria differ most noticeably in the environments they are able to inhabit. Eubacteria encompass the vast majority of bacteria that come into contact with humans.
The bacteria that live within and around humans, such as Escherichia coli and those of the genus Salmonella , are Eubacteria. Archaebacteria live in much harsher conditions, such as in acidic hot springs and at depths of a mile below the arctic ice.
These groups were later renamed to Bacteria and Archaea , which might lead to some confusing situations, as the common use of the word "bacteria" in the English language originally simply refers to prokaryote microorganisms , or in other words monerans.
After the discovery of microscopy , attempts were made to fit microscopic organisms into either the plant or animal kingdom. In Ernst Haeckel proposed a three kingdom system which added Protista as a new kingdom that contained most microscopic organisms.
Haeckel's Moneres subcategory included known bacterial groups such as Vibrio. Haeckel's Protista kingdom also included eukaryotic organisms now classified as Protist. It was later decided that Haeckel's Protista kingdom had proven to be too diverse to be seriously considered one single kingdom. The other three kingdoms in his system were the eukaryotic Fungi, Animalia, and Plantae.
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