Lecture 18 Flashcards
What is the basis for algal classification?
They are classified by their photosynthetic pigments
Green
Brown
Red
What are two diseases caused by algal toxins?
Brevetoxin - dinoflagallate “red tides” kill fish
Saxitoxin causes paralytic shellfish poisoning
What is the basis for protozoal classificiation?
Classified on motility
Flagellates
Amoebae
Ciliates
Sporozoa
What are 2 diseases caused by flagellates
Giardia, Leishmania
What causes dysentary?
Entamoeaba histolytica and Balantidium coli
Trypanosoma
Flagellates
Giardia
Flagellates
Leishmania
Flagellates
Malaria
Sporazoa
Toxplasma
sporazoa
Cryptosporidium
Sporazoa
What is the difference between trophozoite and cyst forms of protozoans?
Trophozoite: metabolically active form
Cyst: metabolically inactive cell
What is the basis for fungal classifications?
formation of sexual reproductive structures
Zygomyces
Ascomyces
Basidiomyces
What are dimorphic fungi?
molds under low temperature, yeast under high temperature. Cause the most serious human fungal diseases
What is Zygomyces
two mating types grow together to form a zygosporangium