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Study Questions:
1. Describe the diverse ways that bacteria metabolize.
2. Why do some decomposers produce antibiotics? Think about decomposition and competition.
3. Describe three groups of Eubacteria in terms of their relationship with oxygen.
4. Where do Archaeans live?
5. What ecologically important roles do bacteria play in the environment?
6. What characteristics distinguish the protists?
7. What is the endosymbiont hypothesis? What genetic evidence supports this hypothesis?
8. Name three human protist parasites and describe their phylogenetic relationships.
9. Draw the life cycle of a basidiomycete fungus.
10. What is the difference between a gamete and a spore?
11. What ecological roles do fungi perform in the environment?