Piliata

Piliata are photo-autotrophic organisms, which are mostly mobile. They use photosynthesis as means to gain energy and possess light-sensitve organs and chemo-receptors as well as long filaments resembeling pili to anker themselves in favorable postitions. Their name stemms from the pili-like philaments, which together with their multiple flagelli and the existence of chloroplasts (probably stemming from an endosymbiosis with C. Anni ) makes them distinct from the other Primakaryota super-groups. Piliata normally reproduce asexually through division, but under favorable conditions free swimming Piliata will conjugate and exchange DNA.

Domain: Primakaryota
Sub-Domain: Piliata