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What are hyphae?

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Tubes with two types coenocytic hyphae and septate have walls between each nuclei coencytic don’t

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What are spores?

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Haploid cells (gametes) can be produced sexually or asexually. Dispersed by water or wind

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Asexual fungal life cycle?

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Mycelium - spore producing structure - spores - germination

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What is sexual fungal life cycle?

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Mycelium, plasmogamy, dikaryotic stage, karyogamy , diploid stage, meiosis, spore producing structure spores, germination.

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What are the environmental roles of fungi?

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Decomposers-breakdown dead stuff
Symbionts- mutualism with other species
Pathogens/parasites- feed off living organisms

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What makes fungi good decomposes?

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Their hyphae penetrate large items and have enzymes to breakdown lignin meaning they can break down wood. Also means they release nutrients for other organisms.

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What is an example of symbionts?

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  • mycorrhiza
  • lichens
  • ants/termites
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What is mycorrhiza?

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You get ecto- and endo- mycorrhiza which supply plant with nutrients and plant supplies with carbohydrates.

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What are lichens?

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The symbiosis of fungi and green algae/Cyanobacteria. Algae provides nutrients fungi supplies a stable environment to live.

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What are the two types of parasites?

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Obligate and opportunistic

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What are obligate parasites?

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Can not fulfill their lifecycle without a host

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What are opportunistic parasites?

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Normally not parasitic but make use of the opportunity

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What are entomopathogenic fungi?

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Fungi that land on insects and use them to grow

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What fungi can be used recreationally?

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Basidiomycota ( magic mushrooms) active ingredients psilocybin and psilocin.

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Name three types of ways fungi are used in agriculture?

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Nemophatagous fungi
Crop yields boosting
Mycorrmediation

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What are nemophatagous fungi?

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Fungi used to control how much nematodes attack the roots of plants

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What are crop yield boosting fungi?

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Mycorrhiza increase crop yield

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What is mycorrmediation?

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Use fungi to decontaminate environments such as heavy metals pesticides wood as they absorbed them and break them down

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How was penicillin discovered?

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Discovered through there being inhibition zones around fungi colonies on Petri dishes evolved so they can compete against bacteria

20
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Name a poisonous fungi species?

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Amanita species which contains Amatoxins.

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What are amatoxins?

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They are toxins that inhibit RNA pol2 which prevent metabolism leading to cell lysis

22
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What do alkaloids effect?

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Nervous system and vascular system.

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How do alkaloid effect the nervous system?

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Muscle spasms, fever, hallucination, nausea, seizures, vomiting and death

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How do alkaloids effect the vascular system?

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Violent burning, shooting pains in fingers toes.

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What is the treatment for alkaloids?

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Nitroprusian and nitroglycerin

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Name a tree pathogen?

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Dutch elm disease

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What is the vector for Dutch elm disease?

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Bark beetles

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What is candidiasis?

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Dimorphic (yeast/filament) that break down cellulose and lignin. Treated with fungicides can cause thrush.

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What is Dermatophytosis?

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This is the fungus that causes athletes foot through spores. Can be carried by cats and dogs.

30
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What is aspergillosis?

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A fungus caused by spores and forms aspergilloma ( fungus balls) in the lungs

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What is cryptococcosis?

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A fungus that when breathed in infects the lungs and CNS can cause meningitis or meningeocephilitis

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What are microsporidia?

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A phylum if single celled eukaryotes, that are obligate parasites

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What is the structure of microsporidia?

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Eukaryotes with one or two nuclei that have small projections to increase surface area. They have lots of ribosomes but no mitochondria.

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T

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What is microsporidia host range?

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Infect wide range of organisms except plants

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Microsporidia in humans?

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12 types that infect humans. Most opportunistic parasites to immune-suppressed individuals

37
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Two ways to get energy?

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Heterotrophs

Autotrophs

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What is a heterotroph?

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Animals that eat or consume in order to get building blocks for life

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What is an autotroph?

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Animals that produce they’re own food

40
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What trophs are humans?

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Chemoorganoheterotroph

41
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What are the two types of chemotrophs?

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Chemoorganotrophs

Chemolithotrophs

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What are chemoorganotrophs?

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Gain energy and electrons from organic compounds

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What are chemolithotrophs?

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Gain energy and electrons from inorganic compounds

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What are phototrophs?

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Gain energy from sunlight (plants and Cyanobacteria

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What are limitations of lab cultivation?

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  • poor mimic of physiological and ecological conditions

- not all genetic traits are shown by lab conditions

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