1. + Unikonta KK Newsham, Liv Kelly, Emma Flannery, Gavin Briggs-Perez AP Bio Period 4

2. + Features of Unikonta Animals, plants, some fungi BIGGEST group! Most free-living, some parasitic Amoebozoans: Lobe or tube shaped pseudopodia Move by the means of internal cytoplasmic flow Common in soils and aquatic habitats Do not form microtubule-supported structures except during mitosis Opisthokonts: A single posterior flagellum Highly variable

3. + Common Species of Unikonta Amoebozoans- Amoeba, Slime Mold, Gymnamoeba, Entamoeba Opisthokonts- nucleariids, choanoflagellates, animals, fungai Plasmodial “sporangia” (slime mold) forms a plasmodium mass Act as decomposers, engulfing food by phagocytosis Entamoeba histolytica causes amebic dysentery in humans Infection of the intestines

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6. + Ecological & Evolutionary Significance May have been the first group of Eukaryotes to diverge from other Eukaryotes, not widely accepted