MYCO Flashcards
FUNGI
- Eukaryotes: ___, ___, ___
Prokaryotes: ___, ___, ___
FUNGI
- Eukaryotes: multicellular, nucleated, membrane-bound organelles
Prokaryotes: unicellular, anucleated, non-membrane-bound organelles
FUNGI
* “___” = ___ - macroscopic fungi
* ___ - ___ nuclei, ___
FUNGI
* “spongos” = MUSHROOM - macroscopic fungi
* THALLOPHYTES - true nuclei, heterotrophic
Cell Structure - Fungi
Cell Type:
Cell Wall:
Cell Membrane:
Spores:
Cell Structure - Fungi
Cell Type: Eukaryotic
Cell Wall: Glucan, chitin
Cell Membrane: Ergosterol
Spores: Reproductive
Two Phases of Fungi:
1. YEAST
* ___
* grows at:
* colony:
- MOLD
* ___
* grows at:
* colony:
Two Phases of Fungi:
1. YEAST
* unicellular
* grows at 37degC body temp
* creamy, resembles bacterial colony
- MOLD
* multicellular
* grows at 20-25 degC room temp
* cottony, mycelial mass
MOLDS
MYCELIUM
* ___
* ___
HYPHAE
* ___
* ___
MOLDS
MYCELIUM
* collection of hyphae
* intertwining structured
HYPHAE
* fundamental unit of fungi
* web, tubelike / filaments
Parts of Hyphae:
AERIAL (REPRODUCTIVE)
* ___
* produces ___ - ___
VEGETATIVE (THALLUS)
* ___
* ___
Parts of Hyphae:
AERIAL (REPRODUCTIVE)
* above the surface
* produces conidia / SPORES - reproduction of fungi
VEGETATIVE (THALLUS)
* extends downwards
* absorbs water & nutrients
Types of Hyphae:
SEPTATE HYPHAE
* ___ cross walls
* example/s:
SPARSELY SEPTATE HYPHAE / ___ HYPHAE
* ___
* ___ cross walls
* example/s:
Types of Hyphae:
SEPTATE HYPHAE
* frequent cross walls
* ALL except Zygomycetes
SPARSELY SEPTATE HYPHAE / COENOCYTIC HYPHAE
* aseptate
* few cross walls
* Zygomycetes
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
CONIDIA - ___
A. MACROCONIDIA
B. MICROCONIDIA
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
CONIDIA - singly or multiply in long chains or clusters
A. MACROCONIDIA - large multicellular
B. MICROCONIDIA - small unicellular
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
BLASTOCONIDIA
* daughter cells ___
* ___
* example
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
BLASTOCONIDIA
* daughter cells bud off the mother cell and is pinched off
* budding off yeast
* Candida
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
CHLAMYDOCONIDIA
* ___ formed from ___
* end/tip:
* side:
* within:
* Examples:
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
CHLAMYDOCONIDIA
* thick-walled resistant spores formed from rounding up and enlargement of terminal hyphal cells
* end/tip: TERMINAL
* side: SESSILE
* within: INTERCALARY
* P. brasiliensis, C. albicans, Microsporum
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
ARTHROCONIDIA
* ___
* __ spores
* Examples:
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
ARTHROCONIDIA
* simple fragmentation of the mycelium
* jointed, barrel-shaped spores
* Coccidioides, Geotrichum, Trichosporon
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
SPORANGIOSPORES
* ___ that are produced ___
* Example:
Spores Involved in Asexual Reproduction:
SPORANGIOSPORES
* sporangia or sacs that are produced terminally on sporangiophore or aseptate hyphae
* Zygomycetes
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
ASCOSPORES
* ___
* ___
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
ASCOSPORES
* Wine skin / bladder
* saclike ascus
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
BASIDIOSPORES
* ___
* ___
* ___
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
BASIDIOSPORES
* Base / pedestal
* club-shaped basidium
* clamp connections
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
ZYGIOSPORES
* ___
* fusion of:
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
ZYGIOSPORES
* Yoke / join
* fusion of two identical cells from the same hyphae
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
OOSPORES
* ___
* fusion of:
Spores Involved in Sexual Reproduction:
OOSPORES
* Egg
* fusion of cells from two separate, non-identical hyphae
