1.1 Classification and Lab diagnosis of Fungi Flashcards
What fungi is unicellular?
Yeasts
What fungi is multicellular?
Mold
Cell wall of fungi is made of?
Chitin
Glucans
Mannans
What type of organisms is fungi?
a. chemoheterotroph
b. Heterotroph
c. Chemotroph
d. Thermotroph
a.
(Feeds on other organisms to gain energy)
Fungi is __________ because to secretes exoenzymes into the environment than absorb the digested nutrients
Absorptive
Fungi can metabolize complex carbohydrates
T or F
T
Fungi requires what type of oxygen requirement?
Aerobic
Facultative anaerobic
Fungi are motile
T or F
F
Fungi only do asexual reproductive cycles
T or F
F
Can perform sexual
Fungi are resistant to osmotic pressure
T
What pH for fungi to grow?
pH 5
A unicellular fungi with blastogenesis characterstics
Yeasts
What is the incubation temp for Yeast?
37
A multicellular fungi that can produce spores
MOlds
What is the temp require for molds?
22 (RT)
Hyphae (Mycelium)
Thallus (Aerial hyphae)
T or F
T
Example of Yeast fungi?
Candida
Cryptococcus
Example of Mold fungi?
Dermatophytes
Zygomytes
Aspergillus
Penicillium
Example of dimorphic (Can be yeast or Mold)
Sporothrix
Histoplasma
Blastomyces
Paracoccidiodes
Coccidioides
What do you call a hyphae that is submerge in the agar?
Vegetative hyphae
What do you call a hyphae that is Floating or above on the agar?
Aerial hyphae
What is the components/type of hyphae of mold for zygomycetes (Mucor, Rhizopus)
Coenocytic/Aseptate
What is the components of mold for Majority of fungi such as dermatophytes?
Septate
Fungi capable of sexual reproduction (Fruiting body)
Perfect Fungi (Telemorph)
Are formed from the fusion of nuclei from two opposite mating strains of the same species
Sexual spores
Example of sexual spores?
Ascospores
Basidiospores
Zygospores
Oospores
Fungi that lacks sexual reproduction?
More on identification
Fungi imperfecti (Anamorph)
Example of anamorph
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Most common bread mold?
Conjugation spore (sexual and asexual)
Zygomycota
What is the sexual spore for zygomycota?
Zygospore
What is the asexual spore for zygmycota?
Sporangiospore
What fungi have a hyphae with sparsely septate or aseptate and is known as conjugation fungi
Zygomycota
Part of zygomycota that is known as black bread mold?
Rhyzopus nigricans
Other examples of zygomycota:
Mucor
Absidia
Cunninghumella
Fungi with septate hyphae that is parasite for plants?
Ascomycota
Name of sac for ascomycota?
Ascus
Sexual spore for ascomycota
Ascospore
Asexual spore for ascomycota?
Conidiospore
A club fungi with septate hyphae that produces mushrooms
Basidiomycota
What is the sexual spore for Basidiomycota
Basidiospore
What is the asexual spore for Basidiomycota?
conidiospore