Important Points of NCERT : All the unicellular eukaryotes | ARIHANT BOOKS

Important Points of NCERT :

All the unicellular eukaryotes are placed in Kingdom Protista.
Histone protein is absent in chromosome of dinoflagellates, due to this reason dinoflagellates are called mesokaryote.
Pigments present in dinoflagellates are Chl 'a' and Chl 'c'.
Stored food of dinoflagellates is starch.
Cell wall of diatoms is made up of cellulose + silica.
Pigments present in diatoms are Chl 'a' and Chl 'c'.
Stored food of diatom is leucosin and fats.
Mixotrophic nutrition is present in Euglenoids.
Stored food of Euglenoids is paramylum and fat.
Slime moulds are also called fungus animal.
At the time of reproduction slime moulds have cell wall.
Mode of nutrition is absorptive in fungi
Cell wall of fungi is made up of chitin.
In fungi the stored food remains in the form of glycogen and oil.
Mycelium of class phycomycetes is coenocytic aseptate.
Phytophthora infestans causes late blight disease in potato. This disease is known as "Famine of Ireland".

Mycelium of class - ascomycetes is uninucleate septate.
Class ascomycetes is known as "Sac fungi".
A. Flemming obtained the antibiotic penicillin from Penicillium notatum.
Fungus Neurospora is known as "Drosophila of Plant Kingdom".
Yeast is unicellular or non mycelial fungi.
Mycelium of class - basidiomycetes is septate and uni or binucleate.
Basidiomycetes is known as club fungi.
Special type of septa are found in mycelium of class basidiomycetes which are known as dolipore septum.
Clamp connection are formed during reproduction in basidiomycetes.
Puccinia is rust fungus, it causes rust disease in wheat.
Starting of rust disease (Primary infection) on wheat plants takes place through aeciospores.
Deuteromycetes is known as Fungi Imperfecti.