Common name: yeast

Saccharomyces cereviceae Eukaryotic

Unicellular
Cell wall made of chitin
Heterotrophic decomposer
Asexual reproduction by
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6,275 genes
In nature, found on plants,
fruits, and grains
Used to make bread, beer,
and wine
Contributor: Gordon Beakes University of Newcastle
upon Tyne image courtesy Centre for Bioscience, the
Higher Education Academy, ImageBank
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/
 Prokaryotic
Thermotoga maritima
Unicellular
Heterotrophic
scavenger
Thermophilic
Gram-negative
Anaerobic using sulfur
instead of oxygen
Found in deep sea
http://www.palaeos.com/Kingdoms/Prokaryotes/Images/
vents and non-marine
Thermotoga.GIF
hot springs
1,879 genes
 Escherichia coli Prokaryotic
Unicellular
Rod-shaped
Heterotrophic
Gram-negative
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Found in the intestinal
tract
Asexual reproduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EscherichiaColi_NIAID.jpg
by binary fission
4377 genes
 Methanococcus Prokaryotic
Unicellular
Autotrophic
Mesophilic
Cocci-shaped
Gram-negative
Anaerobic
Produces methane
Found in the deep sea
vents, marshes, and
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/images/thumb/2/22/M
ethanococcus_6.gif/300px-Methanococcus_6.gif intestinal tract
Sulfolobus sulfataricus Prokaryotic
Unicellular
Thermophilic
Chemotrophic or
heterotrophic using
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sulfur
Found in volcanic
areas with low

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 Synechococcus elongates
(previously known as Prokaryotic
Anacystis nidulans) Unicellular
Autotrophic
cyanobacteria
Primary producer
Quic kTime and a
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freshwater
environments
Has one circular
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Synechoc
chromosome and two
occus_TEM.jpg
plasmid
 Thermococcus Prokaryotic
Unicellular
Obligate heterotroph
using sulfur
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Thermophilic
Highly motile with
multiple flagella

Thermococcus Image by K.O.Stetter & R.Rachel,

Univ.Regensburg.
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Thermococ
cus
 Homo sapiens Common Name: John
and Jane Doe, etc
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Heterotroph
Aerobic
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Not motile, but highly
mobile
Sexual Reproduction
Mesophilic
Found in all terrestrial
environments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Skeleton_diagram.svg
 Common name: Maize
Zea mays
Eukaryotic
Autotrophic
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~6,500 BC
Used as food for
human and animal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Zea_mays.jpg The photo is

image number K8712-1 at the USDA Agricultural Research
Service, by Keith Weller.