Archaebacteria (1000x)
- Genus/Species:
- Domain: Archaea
- Kingdom: Archaea
- Phylum/Division:
- Common Name:
- Structures of Importance:
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Extremophiles (halophiles, thermophiles, alkaliphiles, acidophile); may be methanogenic.
Amoeba proteus (100x)
- Genus/Species: Amoeba proteus
- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Amoebozoa
- Phylum/Division: Tubulinea
- Common Name:
- Structures of Importance: pseudopodia
- Significance (Medical/Environmental):
Anabaena (400x)
- Genus/Species: Anabaena
- Domain: Bacteria
- Kingdom: Bacteria
- Phylum/Division: Cyanobacteria
- Common Name: blue-green bacteria
- Structures of Importance: heterocysts, lamellae
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): fix nitrogen, photosynthesis
Aspergillus (400x)
- Genus/Species: Aspergillus
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum/Division: Ascomycota
- Common Name: Mold
- Structures of Importance: Conidia
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Aspergillosis, Food Mold
Candida albicans (1000x)
- Genus/Species: Candida albicans
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum/Division: Ascomycota
- Common Name: Yeast
- Structures of Importance: ascospores, budding
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): thrush, diaper rash, vaginitis
Ceratium (400x)
- Genus/Species: Ceratium
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Dinoflagellate
- Common Name: Dinoflagellate
- Structures of Importance: horns, chromatophores, theca
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): photosynthesis, red tide
Diatoms (400x)
- Genus/Species: Diatoms
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Basillarophyta
- Common Name: algae, phytoplankton
- Structures of Importance: chloroplasts, frustule (cell wall)
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Photosynthesis
Euglena (400x)
- Genus/Species: Euglena
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Euglenophyta/Euglenozoa
- Common Name: Euglenid
- Structures of Importance: chloroplasts, contractile vacuole
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): photosynthesis
Fasciola hepatica (10x)
- Genus/Species: Fasciola hepatica
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Platyhelminthes
- Common Name: Liver fluke
- Structures of Importance: Adult flat worm
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Fascioliasis
Giardia lamblia trophozoite (1000x)
- Genus/Species: Giardia lamblia
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Archeazoa
- Common Name: Diplomonads
- Structures of Importance: trophozoite, flagella, ventral groove, nuclei, adhesive disc
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): no mitochondria, giardiasis
Paramecium caudatum (100x)
- Genus/Species: Paramecium caudatum
- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Chromalveolata
- Phylum/Division: Ciliophora
- Common Name:
- Structures of Importance: macronuclei
- Significance (Medical/Environmental):
Penicillium (400x)
- Genus/Species: Penicillium
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum/Division: Ascomycota
- Common Name: Mold
- Structures of Importance: Conidia, conidiophores
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Penicillin
Peridinium (400x)
- Genus/Species: Peridinium
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Dinoflagellata
- Common Name: Dinoflagellata
- Structures of Importance: Chloroplasts
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Photosynthesis
Planaria (20x)
- Genus/Species: Planaria
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Platyhelminthes
- Common Name:
- Structures of Importance: Regeneration abilities
- Significance (Medical/Environmental):
Plasmodium falciparum (1000x)
- Genus/Species: Plasmodium falciparum
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Apicomplexa
- Common Name: Sporozoa
- Structures of Importance: ring stage, merozoite, trophozoite, gametocyte
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Malaria
Rhizopus (400x)
- Genus/Species: Rhizopus
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum/Division: Zygomycota
- Common Name: Mold
- Structures of Importance: sporangia, sporangiophore/sporangiospore, columella
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Bread Mold
Saccharomyces (1000x)
- Genus/Species: Saccharomyces
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum/Division: Ascomycota
- Common Name: Yeast
- Structures of Importance: Ascospores, Budding
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): baker's/bread yeast
Spirogyra (100x)
- Genus/Species: Spirogyra
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Chlorophyta
- Common Name: Green algae
- Structures of Importance: Chloroplasts
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Photosynthesis
Taenia (20x)
- Genus/Species: Taenia
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Platyhelminthes
- Common Name: Tapeworm
- Structures of Importance: hooks, scolex, proglottids, suckers
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Taeniasis
Trichinella spiralis (100x)
- Genus/Species: Trichinella spiralis
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Nematoda
- Common Name: Roundworm, whipworm
- Structures of Importance: larvae
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Trichinosis
Trichiuris trichiura (400x)
- Genus/Species: Trichiuris trichiura
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Nematoda
- Common Name: Roundworm, whipworm
- Structures of Importance:
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Trichuriasis
Trichomonas vaginalis (1000x)
- Genus/Species: Trichomonas vaginalis
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Metamonada
- Common Name:
- Structures of Importance: Trophozoite
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): Trichomoniasis
Trypanosoma gambiense (1000x)
- Genus/Species: Trypanosoma gambiense
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Protist
- Phylum/Division: Euglenozoa
- Common Name: Trypanosomes
- Structures of Importance: Trypomastigotes
- Significance (Medical/Environmental): African Sleeping Sickness