Microorganisms Fungi Algae Protozoa Bacteria Viruses

Size (μm) 10 - 100 1 – hundreds of μm 5 - 250 0.2 - 10 less than 0.5

Shape Coccus
Unicellular algae such as [spherical] Different shapes
Chlamydomonas sp. and Paramecium sp is - spherical
multicellular algae such slipper shaped Spirillium - helix
as Spirogyra sp. have Ameoba sp does not [spiral] - polyhedral
Small Spheres chloroplasts which have a fixed shape. - complex
contain chlorophyll.- Bacillus [helix polyhedral]
[ rod]

Vibrio [comma]
Nutrition
Some fungi are Protozoa practice
saprophytes which different types of
obtain nutrients from nutrition.
dead and decaying Euglena sp carries out
organisms and some photosynthesis.
are parasites which Photosynthesis Ameoba sp obtain
obtain nutrients from nutrients through
their hosts phagocytosis. Ameoba
sp use projection of its
cytoplasm known as
pseudopodia to move. - -
Habitat Protozoa practice
Normally related to different types of
its nutrition. nutrition.
Live in places which Fresh water, salt water, Euglena sp carries out
contain a lot of moist soil and tree barks photosynthesis. Ameoba
decaying matter , that are exposed to sp obtain nutrients
faeces , animal skin sunlight. through phagocytosis.
and food. Also grow Ameoba sp use
in dark and moist
places.
projection of its
cytoplasm known as
pseudopodia to move
- -

Methods of Unicellular fungi

Reproduction such as yeast Chlamydomonas sp.
reproduce asexually normally reproduce Paramecium sp is fresh Can be found in
by budding. asexually by binary water air, water, soil
Multicellular fungi fission and sexually by Ameoba sp is moist soil, and all decaying
such as mucor conjugation. fresh water, sea water, organism and
reproduce asexually
by spore formation or
Spirogyra sp. reproduce
sexually by conjugation.
and its host. materials. -
sexually by
conjugation.
Basic Structures have firm cell Made up of nucleic
wall that gives acid threads
shape and deoxyribo nucleic
support to acid [DNA] or

- - -
bacteria.The cell ribonucleic acid
wall not made [RNA].
from cellulose Protein layer known
but is made of as capsid determine
amino acid and the shape of the virus.
polysaccharides
Special Characteristics Bacillus do not have living
anthracis form characteristic outside
endospores to their outside host

- - - withstand
extreme
because they do not
respire, excrete, grow
surroundings. and respond toward
Endospores stimulus.
spores formd in Virus only reproduce
bacterial cell by inflecting thecells
and strong of their host such as
protective coat. bacteria, animals