1. Kingdom Diversity

2. 3 Domains
Domain Archae – contains members of the Kingdom Archaebacteria
Domain Bacteria – contain members of the Kingdom Eubacteria
Domain Eukarya – Contain members of the Kingdoms Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

3. Kingdom Archaebacteria

4. Archaebacteria Prokaryotes Live in extreme environments
Halophiles – salt
Thermoacidophiles – heat, acidic environments
Methanogens – swamps, intestines of cows
No layer of peptidoglycan in cell wall
Biochemically more related to eukaryotic cells.

5. Kingdom Eubacteria

6. Kingdom Eubacteria Prokaryotes Layer of peptidoglycan
Classified as gram + or gram –
Eubacteria cause most bacterial infections
Strep throat
Lactobacillus (yogurt bacteria)

7. Kingdom Protista

8. Kingdom Protista Most diverse kingdom’
Eukaryotic
Multicellular and unicellular organisms
Photosynthetic or heterotrophic
Catch all group of eukaryotic organisms that are not animals, plants or fungus
Amoebas, paramecium, algae

9. Kingdom Fungi

10. Kingdom Fungi
Saprotrophic – externally break down food and absorb it, heterotrophic
Feed on dead and decaying material
Can cause disease – ring worm, yeast infections
Cell walls contain chitin (polysaccharide)
Mushrooms, truffles, yeast

11. Kingdom Plantae

12. Kingdom Plantae Autotrophic – make their own food
Cell walls contain cellulose
Non-motile
Nonvascular – moss
Vascular seedless – ferns
Gymnosperms – pine trees
Angiosperms – flowering plants

13. Kingdom Animalia

14. Kingdom Animalia Heterotrophic No cell wall Motile
Most recent on the evolutionary time line!