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Chapter 12: Eukaryotic Members Of Microbiology Flashcards

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1
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Photosynthetic organisms simple reproductive structure and no organized vascular system

A

Algae

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Animal, exoskeleton, insects and arachnids (are called), may act as a vector in disease transmission

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Arthropod

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Hetrotropic Eukaryotic organsim with a chitin-containing cell wall

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Fungus

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A worm, parasitic version have complex life cycle

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Helminth

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Organism in which a parasite undergoes sexual reproduction or matures into its adult form

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Definitive Host

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Organism in which a parasite undergoes asexual reproduction or is found only in its immature form

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Intermediate host

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7
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Disease caused by Fungal infection

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Mycosis

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Protist consist of (2)

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Algae & protozoa

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Organsim that takes in nutrients from dead or decaying matter

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Saprotroph

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Unicellular fungi that reproduce by budding

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Yeasts

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Why are Eukaryotic pathogens hard to treat?

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Their cell components are made of the same things as ours. So medication that targets them will target too

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12
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Study of fungi is called

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Mycology

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13
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Multicellular filamentous fungi

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Mold

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14
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Chitin is found (2)

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Cell wall fungi

Exoskeleton insects

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15
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2 targets for antifungal medication

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Glucan-cell wall

Ergosterol- provides fluidity in cell membrane like chlorestrol in eukaryotes

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Molds are characterized by thread like filaments called….

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Hyphae

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17
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A mass of visible hyphae is called

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Mycelium

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18
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Hyphae inside food called…

Outside

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Vegetative

Aerial

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19
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Asexual reproductive cells of most molds are called

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Conidia

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20
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Yeast reproduce asexually by…

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Budding

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21
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Type of Fungus that penicillin comes from and also the most known species come from this type

Aka sac fungus

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Ascomycota

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A fungal infection is called

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Mycosis

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23
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Carcinogenic toxin made by the Aspergillus species of mushrooms

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Aflatoxin

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Symbiotic relationship between certain fungi and roots of plants

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Mycorrhiza

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_____ fungi are important recyclers of carbon and other elements

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Saprotrophs

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Most fungi grow only as _____ but some also grow as ______ and some are dimorphic

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Mold / yeast

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27
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Hetrotrophic unicelular eukaryotes that are not fungi

Aka animal like

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Protozoa

28
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Vegetative feeding form of some protoza

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Trophozoite

29
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Infectious survival form of some protozoa

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Cyst

30
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Resistant zygote-containg structure that characterizes some protozoa

Coccidia

A

Oocyst

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Majority of protozoa are aquatic and make up ….

A

Zooplankton

32
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Slime molds are a protozoa that are aka

Scientist study for cell aggregation & multicellular development

A

Social amoebae

33
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Multinucleated form of slime mold

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Plasmodial slime mold

34
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An algal bloom (red tide) that discolors water due to (brevetoxin) in the water from this organsim

A

Dinoflagellates

35
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These are two species of phototrophic protist (algae)

A

Dinoflagellates & Euglenids

36
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Macroscopic algae are called ______ and have these structures that allow them to adhere to surfaces_____

A

Seaweed / holdfasts

37
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Algae make up a significant part of ______ , which are microorganisms that are plants

A

Phytoplankton

38
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Algae are limited by these nutrients

A

Nitrogen and phosphorus

39
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_____ are single cell organisms that are the most abundant algal type in aquatic environments

Silica-containing

External structure called: Frustules

A

Diatoms

40
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Kelp is an example of this multi-cellular algae

A

Brown

41
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Green algae uses chlorophyll a & B
______ is a green alga that forms colonies

A

Volvox

42
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Water mold or oomycetes are not photosynthetic and lack chloroplasts.
They are considered this _____

They are responsible for this historic famine _____

A

Protist

Potato

43
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Helminths are divided into 2 categories

A

Roundworm & flatworm

44
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Round worm: A helminth that has a cylindrical tapered body

Is aka

A

Nematode

45
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Flatworm: A helmith that has a flat body and can be further divided into tapeworms(cestodes) and flukes(trematodes)

Is aka

A

Platyhelminth

46
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Short, non segmented, bilateral flatworm.

A

Fluke (trematode)

47
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A helmith that has a segmented , ribbon shapped body

A

Tapeworm(cestose)

48
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Organsim in which asexual reproduction of an immature parasite occurs

A

Intermediate host

49
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Otganism in which sexual reproduction or the adult form of a parasite occurs

A

Definitive host

50
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Have a digestive track from mouth to anus and lay eggs in the small intestine

A

Roundworm (nematode) helmith

51
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Ribon shapped worm that has no digestive track, it sucks digestised nutrients straight from the host.

Has hooklets that attach to the small intestine

Up to 15 meters long

A

Tapeworms

52
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African sleeping sickness is caused by

A

Tsetse fly

53
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Asexual reproductive cells of most molds are called

A

Conidia

54
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Fungal classification relies on _____

A

Sexual form

55
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4 types of medically significant fungi

A

Superficial, subcutaneous, opportunistic, systemic

56
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Resistant zygote-containing structure that characterizes some types of protozoa

A

Oocyst

57
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– mycetes are this type of organism

A

Fungi

58
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In Fungus fusion of hyphae forms 2 nuclei called

A

Dikaryon

59
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These protozoa move via flagella with an apical complex at one end

A

Apicomplexans

60
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These protist have cilia and eat via an Oral Groove

A

Cilophora

61
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These Protist called Microspora move via

A

Polar filament

62
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The protozoa contain most diseases

A

Sacomastigophera

63
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Slime molds and water molds are this type of Eukaryotes

A

Protist

64
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Fungi and water molds are an example of _____ where organisms develope similar characteristics independently as they adapt to their environment

A

Convergent evolution

65
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Snails are the _____ host for Flukes (Schistosoma mansoni)

Reproduction takes place _____ the definitive host

A

Intermediate

Humans

66
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______ have a mouth and anus in the same opening

A

Flukes

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