Question

A microbiologist is in the process of classifying a newly discovered organism. Its characteristics include:

· eukaryotic
· unicellular
· has a cell wall
· autotrophic

Which type of organism is it most likely to be?
paramecium
amoeba
diatom
slime mold

Answer 1

The microbiologist will classify the organism under fungi. The fungi are mainly eukaryotic organisms and can produce sporangia. Fungi contain both multicellular or unicellular organisms. The spores produced by multicellular fungi undergo mitosis to reproduce multicellular individuals.