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Question 0

How do cellular slime molds differ from plasmodial slime molds ?

Answer 0

Cellular slime molds have uninucleated cells

Question 1

Why would fungi likely grow on maple syrup

Answer 1

Fungi are able to tolerate high osmotic pressure environments, so they can survive in maple syrup, jams, jellies - which bacteria usually cannot

Question 2

Phyla that contains members that cause disease in humans

Answer 2

Ciliophora, apicomplexa. Euglenozoa

Question 3

In life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii, Humans serve as intermediate host

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Fungi that produce only asexual spores

Answer 4

Anamorphic fungi

Question 5

A protective structure formed by certain Protozoa under adverse conditions is called a

Answer 5

Cyst

Question 6

Where are Plasmodium gametocytes made?

Answer 6

Within the RBC

Question 7

How is malaria deadly?

Answer 7

Anemia can occur, and organ damage. Neurological damage depending on species of Plasmodium, and blood pH can be affected leading to respiratory problems

Question 8

Filaments of molds and fleshy fungi are

Answer 8

Hyphae

Question 9

What stage is malaria transmitted to humans by the mosquito

Answer 9

Sporozoite

Question 10

What part of the tapeworm attaches to the host

Answer 10

Scolex

Question 11

An arthropod that transmits pathogenic microbes to a host is a

Answer 11

Vector

Question 12

A protective structure formed by certain Protozoa under adverse conditions is called a

Answer 12

Cyst

Question 13

What are mycorrhizae

Answer 13

Symbiotic fungi that help plant roots absorb minerals and water from soil

Question 14

Aerobic fungi are molds

Facultative anaerobic fungi are yeasts

Answer 14

True

Question 15

What are unicellular , spherical (non-filamentous), facultative anaerobes

Answer 15

Yeasts

Question 16

________ is a budding yeast that invades deep tissues through pseuohypha

Answer 16

Candida albicans

Question 17

Fungal disease that is a dimorpic fungus that thrives in soil rich in nitrates because of bird and bad droppings.
Asymptomatic, like TB and 50 deaths/year

Answer 17

Histoplasmosis

Histoplasma capsulatum

Question 18

Dimorphic fungus that thrives in dry, alkaline soil like San Joaquin, CA.
Usually asymptomatic or Flu like symptoms, chest pain, fever, weight loss, increase bc HIV

Answer 18

Coccidioidomycosis

Question 19

Cryptococcosis

Answer 19

Yeast in pigeon dung and soil. Urban disease, inhaled then spread to CNS- chronic meningitis - increase to HIV

Question 20

Disease under skin due to infection by saprophytic soil fungi- results in skin ulcers and lymphatic lesions.

Answer 20

Subcutaneous mycoses

I.e. Sporotrichosis (gardeners disease) potassium iodide treatment

Question 21

Known as ringworm

Answer 21

Tineas.

Tinea pedis- athletes foot
Tinea cruris- jock itch
Tinea capitis- ringworm of scalp

Question 22

The leading cause of death in aids patients

Answer 22

Pneumocystis pneumonia

Question 23

How many species of Protozoa are pathogenic

Answer 23

Around 15 of 20,000

Question 24

Multiple fission in Protozoa

Answer 24

Schizogony - nucleus undergoes multiple divisions to make many daughter cells at once

Question 25

A fully developed virus particle that transfers the viral nucleic acid to another cell and initiates multiplication

Answer 25

A virion

Question 27

At completion of glycolysis, carbons from glucose are in

Answer 27

Pyruvic acid

Question 28

Completion of Krebs cycle, carbons from glucose are in CO2 (carbon dioxide)

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Energy from the oxidation of glucose is stored in

Answer 29

ATP

Question 30

For every NADH that is oxidized via electron transport chain, how many ATP are formed ?

Answer 30

3

Question 31

In fermentation, the electrons from NADH are passed to pyruvic acid to form reduced organic molecules

Answer 31

True

Question 32

In fermentation ATP is generated only in

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Glycolysis

Question 58

Biological oxidations are also called

Answer 58

Dehydrogenation reactions

Question 59

Glycolysis produces ATP through substrate phosphorylation

Answer 59

True

Question 60

During glycolysis electrons from oxidation of glucose are transferred to NAD+

Answer 60

True