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| Arthropods | Insects, spiders, scorpions, crustaceans, centipedes, millipedes, ticks, and mites |
| Ciliate | The ciliates do not photosynthesize. Some ciliates multiply not only by cell division (usually transverse), but also by sexual conjugation. |
| Cytosome | Describing the mouth of a microbe who creates movement and a current that brings in food. Often the movements of these currents are clearly visible because bacteria and other materials are present in the water. The cytosome is connected to a food vacuole within the organism. |
| Diatoms | From the category of Algae, but consisting of a hard armored shell, who do not propel by the means of a flagella. Their outer covering is called a frustule, and it is made of silica. |
| Flagella | Means of propulsion in a microbe, either a swishing tail, hair life obtrusions around the body or in front of the organism |
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Fungi |
Fungi is the kingdom of organisms composed of eucaryotic cells which, lacking chlorophyll, live mostly on dead organic matter produced by other organisms. The kingdom evolved from protista and is represented by the sac fungi, conjugation fungi, club fungi (mushrooms), and yeasts. Except for the yeasts, fungi are multicellular, composed of structures called hyphae. When conditions are right, the hyphae can form a larger mass called a mycelium, which can sometimes be seen without magnification. |
| Micrometer / Micron | A micrometer or micron is one millionth of a metre, or equivalently one thousandth of a millimeter or one thousand nanometers. It can also be written in scientific notation as 1×10−6 m, meaning 1⁄1000000 m. The limits of visual acuity for the human eye is often cited as objects 50 micrometers in diameter, about the size of a dust speck. The average width of a human hair is 80 micrometers. The building blocks that make up every living thing, the cell, have sizes in the micrometer range. A typical bacterial cell has a width of 1-10 micrometers, while a red blood cell has a diameter between 6-8 micrometers. A strand of spider-web has an average width of 4-5 micrometers. Typical eukaryotic (non-bacterial) cells have a diameter of 7 micrometers. |
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