Chapter 12 - Eukaryotes

Question 1

What are the 3 eukaryotic microbes of clinical interest

Answer 1

Protozoa
Fungi
Parasitic helminths

Question 2

Do Protozoa have a cell wall

Answer 2

No

Question 3

What kind of environment do Protozoa require

Answer 3

Moist

Question 4

How do most Protozoa reproduce

Answer 4

Asexually only

Question 5

What do all Protozoa produce

Answer 5

Trophozoites

Question 6

What do some Protozoa produce

Answer 6

Cysts

Question 7

Some Protozoa have contractile vacuoles that do what

Answer 7

Actively pump water from cells, protecting them from osmotic lysis

Question 8

What are 3 significances of fungi

Answer 8

Produce antibiotics
Mycoses
Spoil fruit, pickles, jams

Question 9

What % of fungi cause diseases of plants, animals and humans

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

What is a thallus

Answer 10

A nonreproductive body of fungus

Question 11

What are the long, branched, tubular filaments called in a thallus

Answer 11

Hyphae

Question 12

Fungi that produce 2 types of thallium are called _____________

Answer 12

Dimorphic

Question 13

Defined mycelium

Answer 13

Tangled mass of hyphae

Question 14

What’s % of fungi have some means of asexual reproduction

Answer 14

100%

Question 15

How do most fungi reproduce

Answer 15

Sexually