Lecture 13 Pathogenic Fungi And Viruses

Question 1

Are Viruses acellular or multicellular

Answer 1

Acellular

Question 2

What viruses consist of

Answer 2

DNA and RNA

Question 3

What is the DNA and RNA core of viruses surrounded by

Answer 3

Protein cut

Question 4

Viruses are only replicated when

Answer 4

They are living in a host cell

Question 5

the most common biological entities on earth are called

Answer 5

Bacteriophages

Question 6

Viruses are called what

Answer 6

Bacteriophages

Question 7

What type of parasite are Viruses

Answer 7

obligate intracellular

Question 8

Are Fungi Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes

Answer 8

Eukaryotes

Question 9

What is Fungi cell wall made of

Answer 9

Chitin

Question 10

What does fungi use for energy

Answer 10

Organic chemicals

Question 11

What do Fungi consist of

Answer 11

mycelia, networks of branched hyphae adapted for absorption

Question 12

The fungal disease Systemic mycoses affects

Answer 12

Deep within the body

Question 13

The fungal disease Subcutaneous mycoses affects

Answer 13

Beneath the skin

Question 14

The fungal disease Cutaneous mycoses affects

Answer 14

hair, skin, and nails

Question 15

The fungal disease Superficial mycoses affects

Answer 15

Localized, e.g., hair shafts

Question 16

Name the fungal toxin that inhibit protein synthesis

Answer 16

Tichothecene toxins

Question 17

Name the fungi that prevents phagocytosis

Answer 17

•Capsule

Cryptococcus neoformans- meningitis

Question 18

How does Unicellular fungi carry out cell division

Answer 18

By Budding

Question 19

What type of photosynthesis does Algae carry out

Answer 19

Oxygenic Photosynthesis

Question 20

Other than Chlorophyll what other pigments does algae contain

Answer 20

•Xanthophyll
•Carotenoids

Question 21

Are algae generally multi or unicellular

Answer 21

Unicellular

Question 22

Are Protozoa uni or multicellular

Answer 22

Unicellular organisms

Question 23

Do Protozoa have a cell wall

Answer 23

No cell wall

Question 24

Describe Protozoa

Answer 24

•Colourless
•Motile
•Don’t form spores or fruiting bodies

Question 25

What do Protozoa use to achieve motility

Answer 25

Cilia

Question 26

Name the simplest infectious agent

Answer 26

Prions

Question 27

What are Prions

Answer 27

slow-acting, virtually indestructible infectious proteins that cause brain diseases in mammals

Question 28

How do Prions propagate

Answer 28

by converting normal proteins into the prion version