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: Select all the correct statements about protists. they are all autotrophs | they are in the domain…

A: Protists are a very diverse group of Unicellular Eukaryotic Organisms that belong to the Kingdom…

Q: Protists, mostly those that live in the ocean, perform approximately half of the photosynthesis on…

A: A protist is an eukaryotic microorganism. These organisms are usually and mostly unicellular. These…

Q: what are distinguishes plasmodia and cellular slime molds? What are the ecological roles of…

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Q: A eukaryote with a single-celled body could be which of the following?  Choose all that apply. Group…

A: Eukaryotes include organisms that are single as well as multicellular. They include fungi, algae,…

Q: ) Protist diseases can be hard to treat because Group of answer choices   some use brown or red…

A: Answer :- protist disease caused by thoose microorganisms that belongs to fungi (called moulds) as…

Q: A) A major difference between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells is that eukaryotic cells…

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Q: The phylum Protista has often been referred to as a junk drawer of classification. Explain what is…

A: Classification of organism It is defined as the process in which scientists group together living…

Q: Which of the following does not belong to EUKARYA? O A) Plantae O B) Protista O C) Animalia

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Q: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all protists?a. Unicellularb. Cells containing…

A: Protozoa are free-living parasitic. They are different in shape and size. They live in a wide…

Q: Draw a simple cladogram illustrating the relationships among the following: Common ancestor of all…

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Q: If you were to create an evolutionary tree in which amoebas were included within the kingdom of…

A: Amoeba is a unicellular, aquatic organism having membrane-bound organelles. However, these…

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

A: Which of the following is monophyletic clade.

Q: Evolutionary evidence suggests fungi evolved from ________ that also gave rise to the fourth and…

A: The correct option is c  protists/Slime molds

Q: why current taxonomy divides these organisms into six different super groups rather than lumping…

A: Kingdom Protista is usually called dumping phylum because it has all kinds of organisms. There are…

Q: Give three examples of protists for which the classifications haverecently changed. In each case,…

A: Protozoa are free-living parasitic. They are different in shape and size. They live in a wide…

Q: What kinds of scientific evidence support the hypothesis that protists are a paraphyletic group?

A: Paraphyletic: The term paraphyletic is defined as the group which consists of common ancestor and…

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: What do biologists mean when they say that sex and reproduction are uncoupled in most protists?

A: they are unicellular or multicellular colonial organism they have a true nucleus they reproduce in…

Q: Which of the following plant-like protists exhibits behavior of both plants and animals? Group of…

A: Protists are single celled eukaryotic organisms. They are mostly aquatic organisms and have diverse…

Q: Which group of protists are scientists most likely to find as fossils? Which groups are least likely…

A: Protists are mostly unicellular eukaryotic microscopic organisms. Most of the protists are obligate…

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A: Introduction :- Most protist diseases in humans are caused by animal like Protists, or protozoa.…

Q: why is the kingdom protista not a valid group from an evolutionary perspective?

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

Q: For your protist, please answer the following questions: 1. What protist did you select? 2. What…

A: 1. My protist is Forams or foraminifera. 2. It belongs to Supergroup Rhizaria. 3. They catch their…

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: Which of the following belongs to protists? Check all that apply. Archaea cyanobacteria slime molds…

A: The term protista is derived from Greek word "protistos" meaning "the very first". The organisms are…

Q: hich of the following explains why protists are considered a paraphyletic group? O A Protists are…

A: A paraphyletic group is a group that consists of the most recent common ancestor and some of its…

Q: Protistans are the ancestors of; Plants Animals Fungi All of the answers listed here are correct

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Q: Explain the taxonomic kingdom ( Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archea, and Bacteria) If you…

A: The science that involves naming and classifying organisms is referred to as taxonomy. The…

Q: Except for the Plantae, what best describes the origin of chloroplasts in most other eukaryotes?…

A: Answer- Some eukaryotes apart from the plantae kingdom also do have chloroplast in them for example…

Q: Which protist group exhibits mitochondrial remnants with reduced functionality? a. slime molds b.…

A: The living organisms are classified majorly into 5 diverse kingdoms. The prokaryotic organisms are…

Q: Why are the protists considered paraphyletic?

A: A group is paraphyletic in taxonomy if it contains the group's latest common ancestor and the…

Q: Choose the letter of the phylogenetic branch the best matches the group listed in each question. 9.…

A: The evolutionary relationships between different organisms established by the help of a phylogenetic…

Q: If you are using the 5 kingdom system, in which kingdom would you classify the halophiles and…

A: Five kingdom classification system was given by Robert Whittaker in 1969. He divides the diverse…

Q: What Kingdom to the cells pictured below belong to? O Archaea O Protista O Fungi O Animalia

A: Introduction: In the field of microbiology, the staining agent methylene blue, which is also known…

Q: According to the phylogeny presented in this chapter, whichprotists are in the same eukaryotic…

A: The study of evolutionary history of a species is called phylogeny. The evolutionary relationships…

Q: Name 2 characteristics and 2 structures of organisms in each kingdom Please include some general…

A: Taxonomy is a branch of science involved with classification, particularly of organisms;…

Q: The green algae are protistans that are the direct ancestors to the land plants. The protist that is…

A: Protists are groups of eukaryotic organisms that are usually microscopic and unicellular with some…

Q: What are some of the criteria and tools biologists might  use to assign the different types of…

A: Previous classification takes into account three different types of taxonomic relationships, which…

Q: What feature do all ‘protists’ have in common that differentiates them from fungi, plants and…

A: R H whittaker gave the five system classification of organisms. It includes monera , protista ,…

Q: what are some themes in the structural and functional diversity of protists? Nutritional?…

A: Protist cells may have a single nucleus or several nuclei, and their size ranges from microscopic to…

Q: Which kingdom contains organisms that were originally considered to be plants?  Answers Plantae…

A: Kingdom Plantae is broadly constituted of four evolutionarily associated groups: bryophytes…

Q: What advantage do you think a protist would gain by having a unicellular, filamentous, or colonial…

A: Eubacteria is the prokaryote and the animalia, protista, plantae, fungi are eukaryotes. In…

Q: A scientist has discovered a new species and is tasked with identifying which of the kingdoms of…

A: Answer 1 is Option A is correct. Fungi are multicellular with nuclei. Cell wall containing chitin…

Q: A parasitic protist has been isolated and is on a microscope slide. How could you determine whether…

A: Protists are a diverse group of microscopic, eukaryotic organisms made up of a single cell.

Q: Which of the following groups is monophyletic? Select one: O A. Seedless vascular plants O B.…

A: Monophyletic is the condition in which a particular organism is considered to have only one…

Q: How are protists similar to plants and animals

A: Animals are defined as the multicellular eukaryotic organisms that will form and develop the…

Q: write in 5 paragraphs Protists are the most varied group of organisms that we studied this term.…

A: The Protista, are a kingdom of simple eukaryotic organisms, usually composed of a single cell or a…

Q: Why are the protists no longer considered a kingdom?

A: Protists are organisms that are not classified under plants, animals, or fungi. They are primarily…

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.