1. Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes

2. Archaebacteria Fungi Eubacteria Plantae Protista Animalia
Kingdoms
Archaebacteria
Fungi
Eubacteria
Plantae
Protista
Animalia

3. ARCHAE Major Characteristics
Formerly called “Archaebacteria”
Prokaryote
Unicellular (one celled)
Have cell wall (without peptidoglycan)
Autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual reproduction
Examples: Methanogens, Halophiles, Thermoacidophiles

4. BACTERIA Major Characteristics
Prokaryote
Unicellular (one celled)
Have cell wall (peptidoglycan)
Autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual reproduction
Helpful and harmful
Examples: E. coli,
Staphylococcus eschorichi

5. PROTISTA Major Characteristics
Eukaryote
Most unicellular
Some colonial, some multicellular
May have a cell wall
(cellulose)
Autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual or sexual reproduction
Example: Amoeba proteus,
Paramecium

6. FUNGI Major Characteristics
Eukaryote
Most multicellular,
some unicellular
Cell wall (chitin)
Heterotroph
Asexual or sexual reproduction
Example: Mushrooms, truffles, Athletes Foot

7. PLANTAE Major Characteristics
Eukaryote
Multicellular
Cell wall (cellulose)
Autotroph
Asexual or sexual reproduction
Examples: Ferns, Moss, Angiosperms!

8. ANIMALIA Major Characteristics
Eukaryote
Multicellular
No cell wall
Heterotroph
Sexual reproduction

9. Domain = most inclusive taxonomic category;
larger than a kingdom

10. What is this graphic?
A Cladogram (or phylogenetic tree)

11. Cladogram There are basic steps in the creation of a cladogram:
Choose a set of organisms
Determine similarities and differences between the organisms
Build a table listing the organisms and traits
Check off which organisms have specific traits
Use the table to create the cladogram

12. Cladogram For what purpose do we use a cladogram or phylogenetic tree?
Used to show ancestral relationships between organisms