Protists

This page last updated June 08, 2009

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	Check with your instructor for the specific information you are required to know for your particular lab section. Because of changes in classification of protists, you should check with your instructor to make sure that you know the most up-to-date classification system.
	The pictures below may include some organisms you didn't view in lab - since we run this lab every semester, the organisms that get viewed can change from time to time. You are only required to know the information for organisms you actually had available.

Spirogyra - this algae consists of long strands of cells. Each cell contains a coiled strand of chloroplasts. In this picture, you can see the chloroplasts and the cell walls.

Spirogyra - here is a magnified view of a single cell.

Scendesmus - another algae, this organism consists of small aggregates of cells with distinctive spikes sticking off of them.

Paramecium caudatum - this picture shows a Paramecium. Note the presence of several vacuoles as well as the feeding groove.

Paramecium caudatum - another view of this organism.

Amoeba proteus - this image shows an an amoeba with several pseudopodia extended. The nucleus is visible as a dark circle in the center.

Euglena

Navicula

Click here to view a picture of Navicula

Synedra

Click here to view a picture of Synedra

Dinoflagellates

Click here to view some dinoflagellates

Endamoeba histolytica cysts (400x)

Foraminifera at 250x

Radiolarians at 250x

Diatoms at 400x

Volvox

Eudorina

Pandorina - a type of photosynthetic algae.

Trypanosoma gambiense at 400x

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