lecture 5

Question 1

118. All fungi use external digestion to obtain nutrients. What is external digestion?

Answer 1

obtain food by secreting digestive enzymes into their surroundings and then absorbing back into the fungus the organic molecules

Question 2

119. Which statement describes a type of carnivorous fungi discussed in lecture?

Answer 2

Pleurotus Ostreatus prey on nematodes & excrete something that paralyzes them.

Question 3

120. Which statement does not describe a way humans can use the metabolic pathways of fungi to their benefit?

Answer 3

Yeast is a type of fungi - you can use them to make things like beer, wine, cheese, or any other commercial product.
A lot of medicine is made from fungi/ Penicillium

Question 4

122. Fungi are the principal __________ (along with bacteria) since they return substances locked in living and dead organisms to circulation in the ecosystem. Fill in the blank.

Answer 4

decomposers

Question 5

124. What are lichen?

Answer 5

a relationship between either fungi or some type of algae

Question 6

125. Which statement describes the relationship between mycorrhizae and plant roots?

Answer 6

It increases the surface area, beneficial (plus, plus)

Question 7

126. Which statement describes the fungi found within the Phylum Microsporidia?

Answer 7

Intracellular parasites of many different animal species (especially insects)

Question 8

127. Which statement describes the fungi found within the Phylum Chytridiomycota?

Answer 8

Aquatic, flagellated fungi

Question 9

129. Which statement describes the fungi found within the Phylum Neocallimastigomycota?

Answer 9

Anaerobically digest cellulose and lignin in ruminant herbivores, lack true mitochondria and instead use hydrogenosomes to produce atp.

They have the potential to make biofuels