Universal Common Ancestor (DNA, Ester Bonds)

Bacteria

Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli

Contains Peptidoglycan in cell wall

Ether Linkages

Archaea

Methanobrevibactor Smithii

Methanobrevibactor Smithii

Histones Present (Archae and Eukaryotes)

Membrane Bound Organelles and Nucleus

Eukarya

Protists

Chlorophytes

Primary Plastids

Archaeplastida

Rhodophytes

Rhodophytes

Magnolia

Magnolia

Unikonta

Movement with pseudopodia

Pseudopodia that extend like tubes or flat lobes

Amebozoa

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Pseudopodia that extend like tubes or flat lobes

Slime mold

Slime mold

Black Bread Mold (>Rhizopus stolonifer)

Black Bread Mold (>Rhizopus stolonifer)

Single posterior flagellum on swimming cells

Opisthokonta

American Black Bear

American Black Bear

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

SAR Clade

Tripartite flagellar hair (Stramenopila)

Stramenopila

Giant Kelp

Giant Kelp

Diatoms

Diatoms

Secondary or Tertiary Plastids

Membranous Vesicles on the cell membrane

Alveolata

dinoflagellate

dinoflagellate

movement with pseudopodia

Filose Pseudopodia

Rhizaria

foraminifera

foraminifera

Radiolarians

Radiolarians

Feeding Groove

Secondary Plastids

Excavata

Euglenoids

Euglenoids