Characteristics of viruses, bacteria, fungi and protoctista.

Characteristics of viruses, bacteria, fungi and protoctista.

1. Protoctista

   • Examples
     • Malaria
     • Giardiasis
   • Reproduction
     • Asexually
       • Conjugation
   • Does not mutate
   • Nucleus
     • Prokaryotic
   • Nutrition
     • Hetrophic
   • Size
     • 10 micrometres - 10 millionths of a metre

2. Fungi

   • Examples
     • Atheletes foot
     • Ringworm
     • Candidiasis
     • Sporotrichosis
   • Nutrition
     • Hetrophic
   • Reproduction
     • Sexually
     • Asexually
     • Spores
   • Nucleus
     • Eukaryotic
   • Does not mutate
   • Size
     • 5 micrometers - 50 micrometers

3. Bacteria

   • Examples
     • Salmonella
     • Cholera
     • Ecoli
     • T.B
   • Reproduction
     • Asexually
       • Binary Fission
   • Mutates
   • Nucleus
     • Prokaryotic
   • Nutrition
     • Hetrophic
   • Size
     • 10 micrometers - 10 millionths of a meter

4. Viruses

   • Examples
     • HIV
     • Common cold
     • Shingles
     • Verucca
   • Reproduction
     • Only inside host cells
   • Mutates
   • Nucleus
     • Prokaryotic
   • Size
     • 10 nanometers - 300 nanometers
   • Nutrition
     • Neither hetrophic or autrophic