Domain Bacteria Archaea Eukarya

Kingdom Bacteria Archaea Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia

• Can be beneficial • Cell walls • Cell walls • Cell walls • NO Cell walls
(photosynthesize, • Heterotroph • Autotroph • Heterotroph • Heterotroph
decompose, consume oil..) • Sexual reproduction •Sexual reproduction • Sexual reproduction • Sexual reproduction
or harmful • Oldest kingdom • 1st organisms to colonize • Mycelium: main body • All are multicellular
• Mostly unicellular (ex: land • Hyphae: make up the • They get carbon and energy
plasmodium (malaria), slime • Base of the food web: all mycelium from the tissues of other
molds) organisms depend on plants • Spores: reproductive cells organisms they eat
• Can be multicellular (ex: • Have cell walls • Different mating types • They have tissues
slime molds) • Digest food externally then • Cnidarian: 1st animal group
• 1st sex/reproduction absorb the nutrients to evolve tissues0
• Cause diseases • Good decomposers
because they grow through
the decomposed food
• Dangerous parasites
• Have cell walls
• Some are mutualist

Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
• Are microscopic, unicellular organisms • The cytoplasm contains organelles (tiny structures) with specialized functions
• No nucleus • Have a nucleus
• Have cell walls but Bacteria and archaea have cells walls of • DNA is in the nucleus
different materials • Several linear and very long DNA molecules: chromosomes
• Single circular DNA that floats in cytoplasm •
• Reproduce quickly
• Can resist harsh environments, e.g. inside boiling hot springs
(thermophiles) or extreme saline environments (halophiles)
• Some can use iron or ammonia to produce energy
• Have ribosomes
• Autotroph or heterotroph
• Aerobe or anaerobe