Fungi / Protozoa Flashcards
found nearly everywhere on earth
Fungi
can live on organic material in water and soil
Fungi
used in cheese beer wine and antibiotic
Fungi
Fungi is a ____ cell
Eukaryotic
yeast and moulds
Fungi
are decomposers
fungi
are classified on how they reproduce
fungi
how do fungi reproduce
budding 🌱
hyphal extension ↔️
spores 💨
yeast are __cellular
uni
how do yeast reproduce
budding (some spores)
bud forms on the outside of the parent cell then nucleus divide and goes to bud
budding
fluffy looking
mould
fungi that’s used as an antibiotic
mould
first antibiotic discovered
Penicillin
What fungi is penicillin
Penicillium notatum
who discovered Penicillin
Alexander Fleming
When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin
1928
Mould are ____cellular
Multi
they are filamentous or made up of fine threads called hyphae
Mould
What does filamentous mean
made up of fine threads
What does the fine threads that’s found in moulds
Hyphae
reproduced by spores either sexually or asexually
moulds
mushrooms , puffballs, toadstools are called
fleshy fungi
fungal infection that occur on the outer part of the body
superficial fungal infection
tinea pedis (athlete’s foot)
Superficial fungal infection
tinea corporis (ringworm)
superficial fungal infection
Athlete’s foot
Tinea pedis
Ringworm
Tinea corporis
fungal infection deep within the body
systemic fungal infection
aspegillosis (affect respiratory system)
systemic fungal infection
Aspergillosis
Aspergillus spp.
caused by fungi that are normally harmless
Opportunistic fungal infection
vaginal / oral thrush
fungal opportunistic infection
vaginal / oral thrush (scientific name)
Candida albicar
is a eukaryotic cell like fungi
Protozoa
most are unicellular free living organism
Protozoa
classified on how they move / mode of locomotion
Protozoa
Protozoa mode of locomotion
Flagella
Cilia
Pseudopodia
No Mobile stage
whip like tail that propel
Flagella
hair like appendages which move in synchronized waves
Cilia
false foots; large cells that surrounded by a membrane
Pseudopodia
needs a host to carry it
No mobile stage
causes malaria
Plasmodium
Protozoan Disease
Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
Giardiasis (Giardia intestinalis)
Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasma gondii
found in gut; passed by feces
Giardiasis
giardiasis
Giardia intestinalis