FMB - Lecture 4 Flashcards

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1
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Refers to an increase in size of all part of the organism.

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Microbial Growth

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It can result from an increase in cell number, cell size, of the amount of substance surrounding cells.

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Microbial Growth

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An increase in the size of a give population.

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Unicellular Microorganisms / Microbial Growth

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It may be expressed as an increased in either the number of individuals or the total amount of biomass.

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Unicellular Microorganisms / Microbial Growth

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Division into two. Asexual reproduction. It has four stages.

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Binary Fission

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Four Stages in Binary Fission:

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  1. Parent Cell
  2. DNA Duplicates
  3. Cytoplasm Divides
  4. 2 Daughter Cells
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Form of asexual reproduction. There must be an outgrowth (bud) that develops on the parent cell.

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Budding

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8
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Division of _______ can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

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Budding

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9
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Standard bacterial growth curve.

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Phases of Growth

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Making new enzymes in response to new medium. No division is happening.

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LAG Phase

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Adaptation and there is no net increase in bacterial numbers, however, the cells are metabolically active.

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LAG Phase

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12
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Geometric progression.

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LOG / EXPONENTIAL Phase

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13
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Desired for production of products.

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Exponential / Logarithmic Growth

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Can occur for a limited time because of nutrient and gas depletion, waste accumulation, and decrease in ATP generation.

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LOG / EXPONENTIAL Phase

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15
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The time required for a cell to divide.

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Generation Time

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16
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Maintain logarithmic phase of bacteria.

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Chemostat

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17
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Is the continuous flow of media.

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Chemostat

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18
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The period of equilibrium.

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STATIONARY Phase

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19
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Microbial death balance production of new cells.

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STATIONARY Phase

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20
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Population is decreasing at a logarithmic rate.

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DEATH Phase

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21
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Assume a variety of unusual shapes.
- Pleomorphic
- Hard for the microbiologists to identify.

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INVOLUTION - Death Phase

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22
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Methods used to measure microbial growth:

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  1. Plate Counts (Serial Dilution, Pour/Spread Plates)
  2. Filtration
  3. Most Probable Number Method
  4. Direct Microscopic Count
  5. Flow Cytometry (FACS)
  6. Turbidity

Indirect Method
1. Dry weight
2. Metabolic Activity

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23
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Each colony on plate or filter arises from single live cell. Only count live cells.

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PLATE COUNT

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Small volume of liquid, diluted sample pipette on to surface of the medium and spread around evenly by a sterile spreading tool.

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SPREAD PLATE METHOD

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Fixed amount of inoculum (generally 1 ml) from a broth/sample is placed in the center of sterile Petri dish using a sterile pipette.

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POUR PLATE METHOD

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26
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Viable counts are expressed in __________________________ , rather than cells, per unit volume.

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COLONY FORMING UNITS (CFU)

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27
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Ideally only plates with _______ colonies are used.

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25 - 250

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28
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Heavy and confluent growth, greater than 300 colonies.

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TNTC (Too Numerous To Count)

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29
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Countable, 25 - 250 , 30 - 300 colonies.

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Medium Growth

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30
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Few/light growth of colonies. Less than 25 / 30 colonies (1-24).

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Too Few To Count (TFTC)

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31
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Because it is impossible to tell whether colonies are separates.

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Confluent

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32
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Selective / Differential media is used for this method. It has a membrane filter with 45-47 micro filter (utilizes a selectively-permeable membrane).

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Filtration

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33
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Count positive tubes and compare statistical ______ table.

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Most Probable Number (MPN) / Multiple Test Tubes

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34
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Can be used for microbes that will grow in a liquid medium; it is a statistical estimation of microorganisms and it is statistically significant.

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Most Probable Number (MPN) / Multiple Test Tubes

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35
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Need a microscope, special slides, and
high power objective lens. Counts live cells.

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Direct Microscopic Counts

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36
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What is the special slide used for direct microscopic counts?

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Petroff-Hausser cell counter

37
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Formula for Direct Microscopic Counts:

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Number of bacteria / mL = number of cells counted / volume of area counted

38
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It is computer generated. Counts live cells, death cells, and beads.

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Flow Cytometry / Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)

39
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Practical way of monitoring microbial growth. Growth Curve.

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Turbidity

40
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Cells act like large particles that scatter visible light. It also measure both live and dead cells.

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Turbidity

41
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A _____________ sends a beam of visible light through a culture and measures how much light is scattered.

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Spectrophotometer

42
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In turbidity, scales read in either __________ or ____________.

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Absorbance or % transmission

43
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Turbidity: The ____________ is used to plot bacterial growth.

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Absorbance

44
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Compares growth of microorganisms. It has particular estimate per standards.

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Mcfarland Standard

45
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A chemical solution of barium chloride and sulfuric acid. The reaction between these two chemicals results in the production of a fine precipitate, barium sulfate.

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Mcfarland Standard

46
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Used to standardize the approximate number of bacteria in a liquid suspension by comparing the turbidity of the test suspension with that of the ______________________.

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Mcfarland Standard

47
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Indirect ways of estimating bacterial numbers are:

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  1. Metabolic Activity
  2. Dry Weight
48
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This method assumes that the amount of a certain metabolic product, such as acid or CO2, is in direct proportion to the number of bacteria present

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Metabolic Activity

49
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  • For filamentous organisms. Make use of Biomass.
  • The fungus is removed from the growth medium, filtered to remove extraneous material, and dried in a desiccator.
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Dry Weight

50
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FUNGI

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◼ Eukaryotic
◼ Aerobic or facultatively anaerobic
◼ Chemoheterotrophic - is the term for an organism which derives its energy from chemicals, and needs to consume other organisms in order to live.

51
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Study of Fungi

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Mycology

52
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Beneficial and important in Food Chain. They are decomposers and responsible to recycle vital elements.

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Fungi

53
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Forms of Fungi:

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  1. Yeast
  2. Molds
  3. Dimorphism
54
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◼ Unicellular fungi
◼ Fission _______ divide symmetrically
- Schizosaccharomyces octosporus
◼ Budding ______ divide asymmetrically
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Yeast

55
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Visible structure of molds.

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Hyphae

56
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Macro structure of molds.

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Mycellium

57
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Multicellular fungi.

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Molds

58
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Molds: The fungal thallus consists of ___________.

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Hyphae

59
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Molds: A mass of hyphae is a __________.

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Mycelium

60
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Molds: Nutrients are involved.

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Vegetative Hyphae

61
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Molds: Sexual reproductive.

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Aerial / Reproductive Hyphae

62
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Can change forms: Fungi or Yeast. Temperature dependent.

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Dimorphism

63
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Pathogenic dimorphic fungi are yeastlike at _________ and moldlike at _________.

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  • yeastlike at 37°C
  • moldlike at 25°C
64
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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

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  • Plasmogamy
  • Karyogamy
  • Meiosis
65
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Haploid donor cell nucleus (+) penetrates
cytoplasm of recipient cell (–). Union of Cytoplasm.

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Plasmogamy

66
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+ and – nuclei fuse (union or fusing of nucleus). Differences in genetic material.

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Karyogamy

67
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Diploid nucleus produces haploid nuclei (sexual spores).

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Meiosis

68
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Method of Sexual Reproduction:

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  1. Planogametic copulation
  2. Gametangial contact
  3. Gametangial copulation (gametangiogamy)
  4. Somatogamy
  5. Spermatization:
69
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Fusion of two flagellate gametes.

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Planogametic copulation

70
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Planogametic copulation

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  1. Isogamy
  2. Anisogamy
  3. Oogamy
71
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Same morphology, different physiology.

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Isogamy

72
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They are heterogamy.

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Anisogamy and Oogamy

73
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Female is bigger than the male. Both motile.

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Anisogamy

74
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Male is motile, Female is non motile.

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Oogamy

75
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Examples of the following:

  1. Isogamy -
  2. Anisogamy -
  3. Oogamy -
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  1. Isogamy - Synchytrium
  2. Anisogamy - Allomyces
  3. Oogamy - Monoblepharis
76
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Fertilization tube (to transfer nucleus). No Fusion, they will only attach to one another (magdidikit lang). Male - female.

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Gametangial contact

77
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Fusion of entire cell.

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Gametangial copulation (gametangiogamy)

78
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+,- strain of mycelia. Fusion of structures. Formation of hyphae (cells but not nucleus).

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Somatogamy

79
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Formation of spermatia, receptive hyphae. Non-motile gametes.

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Spermatization

80
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Examples of Gametangial contact:

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Albugo
Pythium

81
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Examples of Gametangial copulation:

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Mucor
Rhizopus

82
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Examples of Somatogamy:

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Agaricus
Peniophora

83
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Example of Spermatization:

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Puccinia

84
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Types of Fungi:

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  1. Chytridiomycota
  2. Zygomycota
  3. Basidiomycota
  4. Ascomycota
85
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Zygomycota

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◼ Conjugation fungi.
◼ Coenocytic.
◼ Produce sporangiospores and zygospores.
◼ Rhizopus, Mucor (Opportunistic, systemic mycoses)

86
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Ascomycota

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◼ Sac fungi.
◼ Septate.
◼ Produce ascospores and frequently conidiospores.
- Aspergillus (opportunistic, systemic mycosis)
- Blastomyces dermatitidis, Histoplasma capsulatum (systemic mycoses)
- Microsporum, Trichophyton (cutaneous mycoses)

87
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Basidiomycota

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◼ Club fungi.
◼ Septate.
◼ Produce basidiospores and sometimes conidiospores.
- Cryptococcus neoformans (systematic mycosis)

88
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Chytridiomycota

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◼ commonly known as chytrids
◼ Aerobic zoosporic fungi
◼ coenocytic
◼ Reproduce asexually by forming motile zoospores