Why is 'protists' considered a polyphyletic grouping? Why do biologists still use it?

Q: Which of the following statements correctly describes how different evolutionary groups obtain…

A: Protists are the unicellular organisms having eukaryotic cell i.e. they have a prominent nucleus and…

Q: What are the different Pre-zygotic and Post-Zygotic Reproductive Barriers?

A: Acvording to our guideline we can answer only the first question with three subparts. You hava…

Q: What includes kingdom protista?

A: Eukaryotes belong to the domain Eukaryota or Eukarya. Eukaryotes are majorly classified into four…

Q: What Kingdom does the pictured organism belong to? O Archaea O Protista O Plantae Animalia

A: Introduction :- Protists are eukaryotic organisms that are neither plants, animals, nor fungi but…

Q: How do we know that fungi are eukaryotes rather than prokaryotes?

A: The largest and broadest category of all groups in the classification of life is known as domain. At…

Q: Systematists prefer to recognize monophyletic taxa rather than paraphyletic taxa. Why?

A: Phylogenetic tree is a branching diagram that clearly depicts the evolutionary relationship between…

Q: What is meant by a system of taxonomy that isphylogenetic? Why does such a system changefrequently?

A: The scientific study of characterization, classification, identification, the naming of organisms is…

Q: Scientists discover a new characteristic in some organisms in Kingdom X. They decide this…

A: Taxonomy is the classification, naming and defining of biological organisms into discrete groups…

Q: What are the advantages of using domains, rather than kingdoms, as the highest rank of…

A: Taxonomy is the science of classification of organisms based on their morphology, biochemical…

Q: When DNA sequence date became widely available, it was revealed that (select all that annly)

A: the correct  option is 3 Plants are more closely related to animals than to fungi.Plant is more…

Q: Which group forms a clade (monophyletic)?   Group of answer choices   Flagellates   Green…

A: Which of the following is monophyletic clade.

Q: Can you answer all the parts of this question about this picture  A: This organism is a member of…

A: BASIC INFORMATION ANIMAL KINGDOM  It is among one of the five kingdom classified by R.H. Whittaker.…

Q: Which taxon would have a more recent common ancestor, a phylum or an order?

A: A Phylum is a more recent taxon than a common ancestor and an order.

Q: introduction of systematics

A: Environmental Biology is a branch of science that is the junction of environmental science, ecology,…

Q: what is the relationship between systematics and taxonomy?

A: Introduction The field of science concerned with studying and understanding the diversification of…

Q: How are species arranged into taxonomic order?

A: Carolus Linnaeus is well known as the father of taxonomy. He gave birth to the classification…

Q: Explain why protists are not considered a clade.

A: Clade denotes are some group of organisms thought to create all evolutionary descendants of a single…

Q: Which of the following is a monophyletic group? Group of answer choices protists algae bryophytes…

A: Monophyletic is a term used to describe a group of organisms that are classified under the same…

Q: Why do you think öomycetes and labyrinthulids were formerly considered fungi?

A: Fungi are heterotrophic, filamentous organisms that exhibit great diversity in morphology. Some…

Q: Does the biological species concept apply to lichens? Should lichens be given species names? On what…

A: Lichens are symbiotic association between  fungi and blue green algae(cyanobacterium).The fungal…

Q: What are various requisites of systematics?

A: Biological diversity is the presence of variability of life on Earth. It measures the genetic…

Q: Protists and fungi belong to which domain of life?

A: The tree of life comprises  of three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. First two are…

Q: What is taxon? Give a few example.

A: Taxonomy is the branch of biology, which deals with the science of naming, defining and classifying…

Q: What is a monophyletic clade? What is its difference between paraphyletic and polyphyletic clades?

A: Cladograms or phylogenetic trees refer to branched tree-like diagrams that are used to represent the…

Q: Is algae a unicellular organization

A: Algae are photosynthetic, nucleus containing organism that doesnot contain true root,stem and leaves…

Q: Correctly label the following parts of a mature sperm. Tail Midpiece Mitochondrion Head Nucleus…

A: Reproductive system:The sex of the fetus is decided at the time of fertilization. However, by the…

Q: Where on the cladogram would you place the common ancestor of brown algae and water molds? The…

A: A cladogram is a diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships between organisms. It is used to…

Q: or the cactus (eukarotic) and the e coli bacteria (prokarotic) i want you to: Classify them based…

A: With the aid of dichotomous keys, it is possible to recognize patterns more easily. It helps to…

Q: What do you mean by domain archae? Explain it briefly.

A: The domain, in the three-domain system, is the highest taxonomic rank. The tree of life consists of…

Q: Blue green algae have been included under the group Monera and not under Plantae. Why?

A: Algae have since been reclassified as protists, and the prokaryotic nature of the blue-green algae…

Q: What group of protists did biologists find were growing in the mama virus and mivirus ?

A: protists: protists are unicellular eukaryotic organisms usually living in areas with moisture. They…

Q: Which of the following is NOT a direct descendant of the endosymbiotic event that produced the…

A: This theory states that eukaryotic cells are evolved from prokaryotic organisms.

Q: Why don't we consider protists to all be in 1 kingdom together anymore? Group of answer choices:…

A: Robert Whittaker was the one who was the founder of the five-kingdom classification. It…

Q: What is the correct order of taxonomic ranks from most general to most specific? domain, kingdom,…

A: Taxonomic group of any rank is called taxon. Taxonomic group contains a certain number of organisms.

Q: hat are one of the main traits that make bacteria and archae unique in comparison to protists,…

A: Bacteria are a diverse group of single-celled microorganisms that can be found in nearly every…

Microbial Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of naming, classifying, and describing organisms. The taxonomy will include all the plants, microorganisms, and animals on this planet. Carl Linnaeus coined the taxonomy term. He is known as the father of taxonomy. Microbial taxonomy is a criterion of grouping microorganisms into groups based on their similarities and past relatedness. Microorganisms belonging to the same group are differentiated from the others via grouping into categories. This differentiation makes the study of microorganisms easy. There are different types of microbial taxonomies like Numerical and Molecular taxonomy. The study of microorganisms is known as microbiology. Microbiology is a broad term that takes into account microbial cultures, taxonomic studies, evolutionary relationships. Microbial interaction and diversity are huge data that needs to be compiled under the subject of microbiology. Microbiology covers various organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, animals, etc.