Universal Common Ancestor (DNA, Ester Bonds)
Bacteria
Escherichia coli
Contains Peptidoglycan in cell wall
Ether Linkages
Archaea
Methanobrevibactor Smithii
Histones Present (Archae and Eukaryotes)
Membrane Bound Organelles and Nucleus
Eukarya
Protists
Chlorophytes
Primary Plastids
Archaeplastida
Rhodophytes
Magnolia
Unikonta
Movement with pseudopodia
Pseudopodia that extend like tubes or flat lobes
Amebozoa
Slime mold
Black Bread Mold (>Rhizopus stolonifer)
Single posterior flagellum on swimming cells
Opisthokonta
American Black Bear
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
SAR Clade
Tripartite flagellar hair (Stramenopila)
Stramenopila
Giant Kelp
Diatoms
Secondary or Tertiary Plastids
Membranous Vesicles on the cell membrane
Alveolata
dinoflagellate
movement with pseudopodia
Filose Pseudopodia
Rhizaria
foraminifera
Radiolarians
Feeding Groove
Secondary Plastids
Excavata
Euglenoids