Lecture 11 Flashcards
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What is the study of Fungi called?
Mycology
These are chemoheterotrophs, requiring organic compounds for energy and carbon. They are aerobic or facultatively anaerobic. Only a few anaerobic are known.
Fungi
These are nonfilamentous, unicellular fungi that are typically spherical or oval
Yeasts
Frequently found as a white powdery coating on fruits and leaves
Yeast
A general, imprecise term for any fungus which forms a visible layer of mycelium and/or spores on the surface of foods, walls, etc…but does not form macroscopic fruiting bodies
Mold
Multicellular fungi are identified on the basis of physical appearance, including what 2 things?
Colony characteristics and reproductive spores
An entire microscopic fungus is called
Thallus
The thallus (body) of a mold or fleshy fungus consists of long filaments of cells joined together; these filaments are called ____________
hyphae, (singular hypha).
The plant body is called
Thallo
In most molds, the hyphae contain cross-walls called __________, which divide them into distinct, uninucleate (one nucleus) cell-like units. These hyphae are called ________ _______
septa (singular septum), septate hyphae
In a few classes of fungi, the hyphae contain no septa and appear as long, continuous cells with many nuclei. These are called _________ _________
coenocytic hyphae
Hyphae grow and elongate at what point?
the tips
In the laboratory, fungi are usually grown from fragments obtained from a ______ _______. The portion of a hypha that obtains nutrients is called the ______ ______.
fungal thallus,vegetative hypha
The portion of hypha concerned with reproduction is the reproductive or ______ _______. So named because it projects above the surface medium on which the fungus is growing.
aerial hypha
When environmental conditions are suitable, the hyphae grow to form a filamentous mass called a ________, which is visible to the unaided eye.
mycelium
Filamentous fungi can reproduce _________ by fragmentation of their _______.
asexually, hyphae
Both sexual and asexual reproduction in fungi occurs by the formation of ________
spores
fungi are usually identified by ________
spore type
Are fungal spores asexual or sexual or both?
Both
Are asexual or sexual fungal spores formed by the hyphae of one organism?
Asexual - When these spores germinate, they become organisms that are genetically identical to the parent.
Do asexual or sexual fungal spores result from the fusion of nuclei from two opposite mating strains of the same species of fungus.
sexual
What occurs more frequently asexual or sexual?
Asexual
Organisms that grow from ______ spores will have genetic characteristics of both parental strains
sexual
Asexual spores are produced by an individual through _______ and subsequent cell division; there is no fusion of the nuclei of cells
mitosis