Lab 11

Question 1

Fungal slide culture

Answer 1

mostly terrestrial decomposers
eukaryotic microbes, single or multi celled
cell wall is chitin (polysaccharide)
use ergosterol

Question 2

Yeasts

Answer 2

single celled

Question 3

molds, mildews, mushrooms

Answer 3

mutli-celled

Question 4

most fungi are saprophytes

Answer 4

decompose dead organisms
secrete exoenzymes to break down larger molecules

Question 5

mycoses

Answer 5

cause infection

Question 6

Fungi divisions

Answer 6

Chytridomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota

Question 7

hyphae

Answer 7

mycelium
one or more cells surrounded by a tubular cell wall

Question 8

septate

Answer 8

hyphae are divided into cells by internal corss-walls called septa

Question 9

coenocytic

Answer 9

hyphae aren’t divided

Question 10

instructions

Answer 10

lactopheal cotton blue on slide
tape to grab culture then tap to slide

Question 11

Rhizopus stolonifer

Answer 11

BSL-1
black mold

Question 12

Syncephalastrum racemosum

Answer 12

BSL-1
soil fungus

Question 13

Penicillium chrysogenum

Answer 13

BSL-1
makes penicillin, found in blue cheese