Tropical+Rain+Forest+Facts

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Monerans are single-celled organisms that have no nucleus or organelles.

**//Ag////robacterium tumefaciens//** Rod-shaped //Agrobacterium tumefaciens// connect themselves to the cells of many different types of plants. ​

//**Micrococcus luteus**// Cocci-shaped

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Kingdom Protist: have nucleus and organelles, mostly single-celled organisms

 * A protozoan is any of a large group of single-celled, usually microscopic organisms with no cell walls. **

//** Entamoeba histolytica **// // Micrococcus luteus// is found in dust, air, water, and humans' mouths.

//Entamoeba histolytica// is a protozoan that causes a disease called amoebiasis. It is found in tropical rainforests worldwide. The common name is Montezuma's revenge.

//Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii//
===  === //Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii// is a type of algae in tropical rainforests. //Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii// is found on bark and leaves. Its common name is bluegreen algae.  Fungi are multi-celled, have no chlorophyll, and absorb nutrients.

Ascomycota: cup-shaped


Common name: Cup Fungi Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Order: Pezizales Family: Pyronemataceae Genus: //Scutellinia// Species: //scutellata//
 * Scientific name: //Scutellinia scutellata//**

Zygomycota: thread-like spore at end of filament
Common name: Bread mold fungus Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Mucoraceae Genus: //Rhizopus// Species: //stolonifer//
 * Scientific name: //Rhizopus stolonifer//**

//Pleurotus nidfformis// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Pleurotaceae Genus: //Pleurotus// species: //nidfformis// Common Name: Ghost Fungus //Pleurotus nidfformis// lives near the bottom of tree trunks in rain forests.

The king fern lives on the banks of dark rainforest streams.
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The whisk fern can be found on the ground in sunlight areas.
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//Triturus helveticus// lives in forests near mosses.
The phylum Anthropoda include invertebrates that have an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.