Introduction to Fungi 1 Flashcards
<p>What can fungi infect?</p>
<p>Plants</p>
<p>Insects</p>
<p>Amphibians</p>
<p>Mammals</p>
<p>What is fungas?</p>
<p>A chemo-organotrophic eukaryoate that lacks chlorophyll and forms spores</p>
<p>What does the cell wall of fungus contain?</p>
<p>Polysaccharides</p>
<p>Often chitin or glucan which absorbs nutrients</p>
<p>What is the classification based on?</p>
<p>Morphology (shape)</p>
<p>What do we informally refer to fungi as?</p>
<p>Moulds, yeasts or mushrooms</p>
<p>What are the 3 groups of fungus?</p>
<p>Basidomycetes</p>
<p>Ascomycetes</p>
<p>Zygomycetes</p>
<p>What is the sexual and asexual spore of basidomycetes?</p>
<p>Sexual spore is basidospore</p>
<p>Asexual spores is conidum</p>
<p>What is the sexual and asexual spore of ascomycetes?</p>
<p>Sexual spore is ascospore</p>
<p>Asexual spore is conidium</p>
<p>What is the sexual and asexual spore of zygomycetes?</p>
<p>Sexual spore is zygospore</p>
<p>Asexual spore is sporangiospore</p>
<p>What are examples of basidomycetes?</p>
<p>Mushrooms</p>
<p>What are examples of ascompycetes?</p>
<p>Neurospora</p>
<p>Saccharomyces</p>
<p>What are examples of zygomycetes?</p>
<p>Bread moulds</p>
<p>What are examples of basidiomycete pathogens?</p>
<p>Mucor</p>
<p>Rhizopus</p>
<p>What are examples of ascompycete pathogens?</p>
<p>Cryptococcus</p>
<p>Malassezia</p>
<p>What are examples of zygomycete pathogens?</p>
<p>Candida</p>
<p>Histoplasma</p>
<p>What is in the structure of a basidiomycete?</p>
<p>Basidospores</p>
<p>Sterigmata</p>
<p>Septum</p>
<p>Hypha</p>
<p>What is contained in ascomycetes and where?</p>
<p>Ascospores contained within a sac</p>
<p>What is the structure of a zygomycete?</p>
<p>Rough walled zygote, contains one or more zygospore</p>
<p>What are yeasts?</p>
<p>Fungi that favours a unicellular habit</p>
<p>What are examples of non-fetal diseases caused by fungi?</p>
<p>Athletes foot (caused by epidermophyton)</p>
<p>Thrush (caused by candida spp)</p>
<p>Pityriasis versicolor (caused by malassezia spp)</p>
<p>What is athelete's foot caused by?</p>
<p>Epidermorphyton</p>
<p>What is thrush caused by?</p>
<p>Candida spp</p>
<p>What is pityriasis versicolor caused by?</p>
<p>Malassezia spp</p>