(Midterms) Microbio Lec Quiz 4 Flashcards
Plants depend on symbiotic fungi
Mycorrhizae
Study of Fungi
Mycology
Produce both sexual and asexual spores
Teleomorphs
Mass of hyphae
Mycelium
non-filamentous; unicellular fungi
Yeasts
mostly filamentous
Molds
Cell filaments, mostly septate
Hyphae
Yeast-like at 37C, Mold-like at 25C
Dimorphic Fungi
Composed of the cells involved in catabolism and growwth
Vegetative structures
cross-walls hyphae found in molds
Septa/Septum
hyphae that lacks septa
Coenocytic hyphae
In Dimorphism, yeast-like produce by how?
Budding
yeasts that divide unevenly/asymmetrically
Budding yeasts
Two types of Asexual spores
- Conidiospore
- Sporangiospore
Produced in a chain in the end of a conidiophore
Conidia
also produced by Penicillium and Aspergillus
a unicellular or multicellular spore that is not enclosed in a sac
Conidiospore