CH. 12 THE EUKARYOTES Flashcards
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the study of fungi
Mycology
Saprobes
decompose dead organic matter
living organic matter
Parasite
defining cellular characteristics of kingdom fungi?
EUKARYOTIC
CHITIN
SEXUAL OR ASEXUAL SPORES
HETEROTROPHIC
Differentiate saprobe and parasite
Sabrobe derive nutrients from dead organic matter
parasites derive their nutrients from living host
Know primary type of respiration?
AEROBIC or
FACULATIVE ANAEROBE
thallus is the ?
body
hyphae are the ?
filaments
a mass of hypahae is ?
mycelium
contain cross-walls?
do not contain septa?
Septate hyphae
Coenocytic hyphae
Differentiate role of aerial and vegetative hyphae?
Vegetative hyphae obtain nutrients while aerial hyphae are involved with reproduction
Differentiate budding and fission in yeasts
Budding yeasts divide unevenly
Fission yeasts divide evenly
dimorphic ?
two growth patterns
Yeastlike at 37°-C and moldlike at 25°-C
Ex. Candida albicans
Differentiate sexual and asexual spore formation
Asexual spores
Produced via mitosis and cell division; formed by the hyphae of one organism
Fusion of nuclei from two opposite mating strains
meiosis
Nutritional Adaptations?
Grow better at pH of 5
Grow in high sugar and salt concentration; resistant to osmotic pressure
Can grow in low moisture content
Can metabolize complex carbohydrates
Mycosis
fungal infection
Systemic mycoses
deep within the body
Subcutaneous mycoses
beneath the skin
Cutaneous mycoses
affect hair, skin, and nails
Superficial mycoses
localized (e.g., hair shafts)
outermost layers of the body
Opportunistic mycoses
fungi harmless in normal habitat but pathogenic in a compromised host
defining characteristics of diatoms?
Pectin and silica cell walls
Unicellular or filamentous
Store oil
Produce domoic acid—cause neurological disease
defining characteristics of dinoflagellates
Cellulose in plasma membrane
Unicellular
Neurotoxins (saxitoxins) cause paralytic shellfish poisoning
health risks associated with blooms of algae?
saxitoxin which causes paralytic shellfish poisoning
causes paralysis and even death