Human disease and fungi

Question 1

Harmless spores can cause opportunistic infections in

Answer 1

AIDs patients

Question 2

Fungal cell walls give off substances that cause

Answer 2

allergies

Question 3

What can be an outcome of toxins produced by poisonous mushrooms?

Answer 3

Death

Question 4

Produces a potentially lethal poison to animals who eat contaminated grain

Answer 4

Aspergillus flavus

Question 5

What are the main items that rot due to fungi?

Answer 5

Corn and grin

Question 6

Fungi rot fresh produce during

Answer 6

shipping

Question 7

What are the benefits of fungi?

Answer 7

1. Essential decomposers: decompose organic matter. Example: sewage.
2. Form stable associations with plant roots. Increase ability to absorb water and nutrients.
3. Engineered to produce large quantities of antibiotics(penicillin), alcohol, enzymes, organic acid, and vitamins
   *Saccharomyces or Yeast in beer, wine, bread
4. Production of drugs: Taxymocyes produces taxol Some fungi are eaten or used to impart flavoring to food.
   Edible mushrooms

Question 8

acquire nutrients from a wide variety of organic substrates

Answer 8

Heterotrophic

Question 9

Obtain nutrients from the remnants of dead plants and animals in soil or aquatic habitats

Answer 9

Saprobic

Question 10

Grow on the bodies of living animals or plants, although very few require a living host

Answer 10

Parasitic

Question 11

Fungus penetrates the substrate and secretes enzymes that reduce it to small molecules that can be absorbed by cells.
TRUE or FALSE

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Fungi thrive in what type of environment?

Answer 12

• Nutritionally poor or adverse environments, and those with high salt or sugar content.