FORMS OF FUNGAL GROWTH Flashcards
Unicellular; produce moist, creamy, opaque, or pasty colonies
YEASTS
Reproduction: fission or budding
YEASTS
: parent cell produces
Budding
: parent cell elongates
Fission
Multinucleated; fuzzy or woolly appearance (mycelia)
MOLDS
: may switch between the 2 forms in response to environmental conditions
Dimorphic fungi
unicellular, filamentous or multicellular (thallic)
ALGAE
live in aquatic environments
ALGAE
Eukaryotic and most are photoautotrophs
ALGAE
(?) of multicellular algae usually consists of a stripe, holdfast and blades
Thallus (body)
Reproduce asexually by cell division and fragmentation
ALGAE
Many reproduce sexually
ALGAE
produce oxygen
Photoautotrophic algae
Classified according to their structures and pigments
ALGAE
produce neurotoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning
Dinoflagellates