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Lecture 19 Fungi Flashcards

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How are the fungi, slime molds, and water molds grouped together phylogenetically?

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  • They are grouped together based on 18S rRNA sequence comparisons.
  • Organisms are grouped together based on the molecular phylogeny of their nuclear SSU rRNA genes and the type of mitochondrial cristae present.
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What makes a “true” fungi, well.. “true”?

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  • Eukaryotic
  • Spore-bearing
  • Chemoorganoheterotrophs with absroptive metabolism
  • Reproduce sexually and asexually
  • Belong to kingdom Fungi (Eumycota) within domain Eucarya.
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Define mycology.

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The study of fungi

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Define mycologists.

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Scientists who study fungi

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Define mycotoxicology.

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The study of fungal toxins and their effects.

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Define mycoses.

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Diseases caused by fungi.

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Where are fungi mostly found?

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  • Mostly terrestrial. There are few aquatic species
  • Many are pathogenic in plants or animals
  • Some form associations
    • Mycorrhizae: associations with plant roots
    • Lichens: associations with algae or cyanobacteria
  • They are obligatoryily tied to terrestrial environments.
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Define mycorrhizae.

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Fungi that form associations with plant roots.

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Define lichens.

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Fungi that form associations with algae or cyanobacteria.

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What are the beneficial importance of fungi?

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  • Decomposers
  • Industrial fermentations
    • Fermented foods and beverages
    • Steroids, antibiotics and other drugs
    • Research
      • Model eukaryotic organisms
  • An abundance of our antibiotics come from fungi because they natrually produce (they are in a constant battle with bacteria to claim food sources)
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What are the detrimental importances of fungi

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  • Major cause of plant diseases
  • Cause of many animal, including human, diseases
  • Plants tend to be very very susceptible to fungal infections due to the lack of an immune system.
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Define thallus.

[Fungi]

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  • Body or vegetative structure of a fungus
  • Cell walls usually composed of chitin
    • Polysaccharide consisting of N-acetyl glucosamine residues
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List and describe the two body forms fungi can take.

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Yeasts

  • Unicellular fungi
  • Reproduce asexually, often by budding
  • Reproduce sexually by formation of spores.

Molds

  • Filamentous fungi
    • Hyphae
      • The filaments of a mold
      • May be coenocytic (no cross walls) or have septa (cross walls)
    • Mycelium: bundles or tangled masses of hyphae
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Define hyphae.

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The filaments of a mold. May be coenocytic (no cross walls) or have septa (cross walls).

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Define mycelium.

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Bundles or tangled masses of hyphae.

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What is dimorphism?

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  • Ability to exhibit multiple forms
    • Typical of pathogens
  • Some fungi change from yeast (Y) to mold form (M)
    • YM shift
  • In animals, Y in host and M outside host
  • In plants, M in host and Y outside host

Different fungal forms depending on the organism they are colonizing.

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Define saprophytes.

[Fungi]

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  • Fungi that obtain nutrients from dead organic material.
  • Secrete hydrolytic enzymes.
18
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Describe the nutrition and metabolism of fungi.

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  • Vast majority of fungi are saprophytes
  • Chemoorganoheterotrophs
  • Glycogen is their primary storage polysaccharide
  • Most are aerobic
    • Some are facultative anaerobes
    • Obligate anaerobic fungi are found in rumen in cattle
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Describe the asexual reproduction of fungi.

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  • Both sexual and asexual forms
  • Asexual reproduction
    • Transverse fission: typical division into daughter cells.
    • Budding
20
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Describe the spore formation method of reproduction in fungi.

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  • Spore formation:
    • Fragmentation via pseudospores (arthrospores)
    • Surrounding by thick cell walls prior to relese (chlamydospores)
    • May form within sacks (sporangiospores)
    • Produced at the tips of hyphae (conidiospores)
    • Produced from a vegetative mother cell by budding (blastospores)
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Describe the sexual reproduction method of fungi.

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  • Involves union of compatible nuclei followed by formation of sexual spores
  • May be self fertilizing
  • Often has a dikaryotic stage with 2 haploids after cytoplasmic fusion.
  • Zygote formation:
    • Several mechanims
      • Fusion of gametes
      • Fusion of gametangia: gamete-producing bodies
      • Fusion of hyphae
  • Spores often very small for easy dispersal
    • Very resistant to environmental degradation
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List the characteristics of Division Zygomycota.

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  • Zygomycetes
  • Form coenocytic hyphae containing numerous hapoid nuclei
  • Most are saprophytes
    • A few are plant and animal parasites
  • Some of industrial imrpotance
    • Foods (Rhizopus), antibiotics and other drugs, meat tenderizer, and food coloring.
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List the characteristics of Division Ascomycota.

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  • Ascomycetes - sac fungi
    • During sexual reproduction produce ascus containing haploid ascospores.
  • Considerable human impact
    • Food spoilage and plant diseases
    • Edible mushrooms, and food and beverage production
    • Produces LSD!! (ala witch trials)
    • Research
  • Can be filamentous or yeast form
    • Filamentous forms have septate hyphae and asexual reproduction by conidiospores.
  • Includes our friend yeast
    • Most fall within the Ascomycetes due to mode of sexual reproduction
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List the characteristics of Division Basidiomycota.

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  • Basidiomycetes - club fungi
    • Includes smuts, jelly fungi, puffballs, etc.
  • During sexual reproduction form basidium.
  • Human impact
    • Decomposers
    • Edible mushrooms
    • Pathogens of humans, other animals, and plants
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List the characteristics of Division Deuteromycota.

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  • Deuteromycetes - Fungi Imperfecti
    • No known sexual reproduction
    • Mostly a JUNK TAXON; when sex is evidenced usually move to a new Division.
  • Most are terrestrial; a few are aquatic
  • Most are saprophytes or plant parasites
    • Some parasitic on other fungi
    • Some predatory
  • Human impact:
    • Some human pathogens (ringworm, athlete’s foot, histoplasmosis)
    • Production of antibiotics (e.g. penicillin), foods (Roquefort cheese), and organic acids (e.g. citric acid)
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List the characteristics of Division Chytridiomycota.

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  • AKA the chytrids
  • The simplest of the fungi
  • Microscopic fungi that take different forms
    • Single celled
    • Multinucleate mass
    • True mycelium
  • Reproduce asexually by form of flagellated zoospore
  • Sexual reproduction often involves formation of resting spore or sporangium
  • Terrestrial or aquatic
    • Some saprophytic
    • Some parasites of algae, other fungi, and plants
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What are slime molds and water molds?

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Have some resemblance to fungi. Alas, are phylogenetically distinct…

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List the characteristics of Division Mycomycota (slime molds)

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  • AKA acellular slime molds
  • Plasmodial slime molds
  • During portion of life cycle exist as plasmodium
    • Multinucleated protoplasm
    • Lacks cell wall
    • Exhibits amoeboid movement

Unlike other fungi that come together and form an aggregate, these guys arise from the single zygote. These guys tend to want to reproduce with someone else.

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List the characteristics of Divison Acrasiomycota.

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  • AKA Cellular Slime molds
  • Exist as individual feeding myxamoebae
  • Under certain codnitions aggregate to form a pseudoplasmodium
  • Eventualy sorus (sorocarp) is formed
    • A mature fruiting body
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List the characteristics of Division Oomycota.

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  • AKA oomycetes or water molds
  • Filamentous like fungi
    • Cellulose in cell walls rather than chitin
    • Tubular mitochondrial cristae rather than lamellar cristae
  • Usually saprophytic in freshwater habitats
    • Important decomposers
    • Some parasitic on plants and fish
  • Reproduce sexually
    • Form large egg cell, which is fertilized by small sperm cell or smaller antheridium
    • Zygote germinates to form asexual, flagellated zoospores.

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