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Overview
- Eukaryotic Eukaryote
- Organism
- Animal
- Land plant Embryophyte
- Fungus
- Natural group Clade
- Paraphyletic Paraphyly
- Single-celled
- Amoebae
- Ciliates
- Microalgae
- Flagellates
- Multicellularity
- Colonies Colony (biology)
- Cell types
- Slime molds
- Seaweeds
- Tissues Tissue (biology)
- Taxonomic Taxonomic rank
- Kingdom Kingdom (biology)
- Algae
- Protozoa
- Molecular phylogenetics
- Electron microscopy
- Supergroups Supergroup (biology)
- Archaeplastida
- Phototrophs
- Red Red algae
- Green algae
- Opisthokonta
Definition
- Land plants
- Fungi
- Paraphyletic
- Trophic levels Trophic level
- Modes of locomotion Protist locomotion
- Cellular structures Organelle
- Macroalgae
- Heterotrophic Heterotroph
- Myxozoans Myxozoa
- Aphelids Aphelida
- Rozellids Rozellida
- Microsporidians Microsporidia
- Opisthosporidians Opisthosporidia
- Eukaryotic algae
- Protistologists Protistologist
- Mycologists Mycologist
Morphology
- Giant kelp
- Slime molds Slime mold
- Prymnesium
- Cladococcus
- Naegleria
- Plasmodium
- Gephyrocapsa
- Stephanopogon
- Stentor Stentor (ciliate)
- Opalina
- Xenophyophore
- Flagella Eukaryotic flagellum
- Zooflagellates Zooflagellate
- Filter feeders Filter feeder
- Choanoflagellates Choanoflagellate
- Predators Predator
- Provorans Provora
- Phytoflagellates Phytoflagellate
- Dinoflagellates Dinoflagellate
- Cytoplasm
- Reticulose Pseudopodia
- Amoeba Amoeba (genus)
- Cercozoans Cercozoa
- Foraminifers Foraminifer
- Axopodia
- Microtubules Microtubule
- Heliozoa
- Radiolaria
- Amoeboflagellates Amoeboflagellate
- Nuclei Cell nucleus
Classification
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- Light microscopy
- Infusoria
- Invertebrates Invertebrate
- Otto Friedrich Müller
- Linnean system
- Binomial nomenclature
- Naturalist
- John Hogg John Hogg (biologist)
- Ernst Haeckel
- Kingdom of life
- Otto Bütschli
- Mastigophora
- Rhizopoda
- Ultrastructure
- Mastigonemes Mastigoneme
- Heterokont algae Ochrophyte
- Oomycetes Oomycete
- Cortical alveoli
- Ciliates Ciliate
- Mitochondrial cristae
- Kinetoplastids Kinetoplastid
- Euglenids Euglenid
- Euglenozoa
- Molecular phylogenetic
- SSU rRNA
- Single-cell sequencing
- Phylogenomics
- Monophyletic
- Amorphea
Biology
- Eukaryotic cells Eukaryotic cell
- Biology
- Autotrophs Autotroph
- Photosynthesize
- Organic molecules
- Freshwater
- Osmoregulate Osmoregulation
- Ion transporters Ion transporter
- Contractile vacuoles Contractile vacuole
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Spongiome
- Actin
- Acidocalcisomes Acidocalcisome
- Phosphorus
- Calcium
- Aerobic Aerobic organism
- ATP Adenosine triphosphate
- Oxygen
- Anaerobic Hypoxia (environmental)
- Microaerophilic
- Mitochondrion-related organelles
- Hydrogenosomes
- Electron transport chain
- Their DNA Mitochondrial DNA
- Krebs cycle
- Fermentation
- Pyruvate
- Hydrogen gas
- Mitosomes
Life cycle and reproduction
- Strategies Life strategy
- Model organisms Model organism
- Reproduce asexually
- Exponential population growth Exponential growth
- Genetic variation
- Mitosis
- Binary fission
- Budding
- Yeasts Yeast
- Schizogony
- Vegetative reproduction
- Fragmentation Fragmentation (reproduction)
- Propagules
- Meiosis
- Genetic recombination
- Syngamy
- Chromatin
- Ploidy
- Differentiates Cell differentiation
- Volvocine algae Volvocaceae
- Dictyostelids Dictyostelid
- Zygnematophytes Zygnematophyceae
- Conjugation Sexual conjugation
- Animals
- Labyrinthulids Labyrinthulid
- Micronucleus
- Alternating generations
- Sporophyte
- Spores
- Gametophyte
Habitats
- Soil
- Oceanic Ocean
- Plankton
- Sediment
- Prokaryotes
- Cercozoan
- Glissomonads Glissomonad
- Cercomonads Cercomonad
- Desiccation
- Myxomycetes Myxomycete
- Acrasids Acrasid
- Marine protists
- Photic zone
- Run-off Runoff (hydrology)
- Arctic Ocean
- Continental margins Continental margin
- Seaweeds Seaweed
- Parasitoids
- Syndiniales
- Beta diversity
- Floods Flood
- Golden algae
- Cryptophytes Cryptomonad
- Frontonia
- Galdieria sulphuraria
- Thermophiles Thermophile
- Psychrophiles Psychrophile
- Halophiles Halophile
- PH
- Alkaliphiles Alkaliphile
Ecological roles
- Earth's history
- Primary producers Primary producer
- Parasites Parasite
- Parasitoids Parasitoid
- Symbioses
- Biomass
- Fatty acids Fatty acid
- Benthic
- Phagotrophic Phagotroph
- Nitrogen
- NH3 Ammonia
- Rhizosphere
- Phyllosphere
- Necrophagy
- Decomposers Decomposer
- Lytic Lysis
- Enzymes Enzyme
- Thraustochytrids Thraustochytrid
- Labyrinthulomycetes
- Nucleariid
- Parasitic
- Chytrid
- Ecological niche
- Phytomyxids Phytomyxea
- Labyrinthulids Labyrinthulidae
- Phytomonas
- Human pathogens Human pathogen
- Amoebic meningoencephalitis
- Sleeping sickness
- Leishmaniasis
Evolution and fossil record
- Origin and evolution Eukaryogenesis
- Fossil record
- Million years ago
- Molecular clock
- Archean eon
- Traits Trait (biological)
- Stem-group
- Siderian
- Rhyacian
- Orosirian
- Statherian
- Calymmian
- Ectasian
- Stenian
- Tonian
- Cryogenian
- Late Ediacaran Ediacaran
- Cambrian
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Triassic
- Jurassic
- Cretaceous
- Paleogene
- Neogene
- Quaternary
- Shuiyousphaeridium
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.Protist
Nodes612
Edges611
Triples326
Avg. degree2
Density0.003268
Components1
How this topic connects Entity context
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Protist
Top relations
related to Phanerozoic diversifications and major events · 25
Protist → After, At, Both, Cambrian, Cangweulla, Devonian, Following, Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, In, Late Devonian, Ma, Mesozoic, Mirroring, Moyeria, Mya, Ordovician, Ordovician Plankton Revolution, Palaeoleptochlamys, Paleozoic, Precambrian
related to history · 23
Protist → Antonie, Bütschli, During, Ernst Haeckel, However, Infusoria, John Hogg, Leeuwenhoek, Linnean, Mastigophora, Otto Bütschli, Otto Friedrich Müller, Protista, Protists, Protoctista, Protophyta, Protozoa, Rhizopoda, Sporozoa, Starting
related to Modern classification and diversity · 22
Protist → Alveolata, Amoebozoa, Amorphea, Archaeplastida, Cryptista, Diaphoretickes, Discoba, Disparia, Excavata, For, Haptista, Malawimonadida, Metamonada, Most, Opisthokonta, Outside, Protists, Rhizaria, SAR, Stramenopiles
related to Neoproterozoic expansion · 20
Protist → After, Amoebozoa, As, Bangiomorpha, Bicellum, Cercozoa, Cryogenian, Fossils, Gaskiers, Heterotrophic, Late Ediacaran, Mya, Other, Ourasphaira, Proterocladus, Protolagena, Some, Stem, The, Tonian
related to Mitochondria and respiration · 17
Protist → Amoebidium, Apicomplexans, ATP, Besides, Chromera, DNA, For, In, Krebs, Mitochondrial, Mitosomes, Monocercomonoides, Most, MROs, One, The, These
related to Radiation of crown eukaryotes · 15
Protist → CRuMs, Diaphoretickes, Early, Firstly, Following LECA, In, Lastly, LECA, Mesoproterozoic, Paleoproterozoic, Proterozoic, SAR, Secondly, The, These
related to Cytoskeleton · 11
Protist → At, Attached, B1, B2, It, Microtubules, R1, R4, SR, The, This
related to Extreme habitats · 11
Protist → Arctic Ocean, Cyanidioschyzon, Echinamoeba, Eukaryotic, In, Lesser-known, Most, Other, Protists, This, While
related to Evolution and fossil record · 9
Protist → Archean, As, Because, Estimations, Eukaryotic, LECA, Mya, Paleoproterozoic, Prior
related to External links · 9
Protist → Biology, EukaryotesTsukii, Hosei University, Laboratory, Life, March, Protist Information Server, UniEuk Taxonomy AppTree, Updated
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
protists algae animals eukaryotes fungi amoebae known plants ciliates also many eukaryotic bacteria red diversity groups life cells like cell
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| amoebae | instance of | exhibiting a wide range of forms | 0.80 | text |
| ciliates | instance of | exhibiting a wide range of forms | 0.80 | text |
| thick-walled microalgae and | instance of | exhibiting a wide range of forms | 0.80 | text |
| more commonly | instance of | exhibiting a wide range of forms | 0.80 | text |
| flagellates | instance of | exhibiting a wide range of forms | 0.80 | text |
| bacteria | instance of | Protist cells tend to host symbionts | 0.80 | text |
| archaea | instance of | Protist cells tend to host symbionts | 0.80 | text |
| usually to support their metabolism | instance of | Protist cells tend to host symbionts | 0.80 | text |
| nutrition | instance of | Protist cells tend to host symbionts | 0.80 | text |
| corals | instance of | Some form mutualistic relationships with other protists or animals | 0.80 | text |
| termites | instance of | Some form mutualistic relationships with other protists or animals | 0.80 | text |
| malaria | instance of | Pathogenic protists cause many well-known human and animal diseases | 0.80 | text |
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