Mycology Flashcards
The study of fungi; its genetics, biochemical properties, and taxonomy
Mycology
First saw the fungal spores
1588 - Giambatista Della Fort
The development of Mycology
Saw spores and induce growth into fungi
Pierre Antonio Michelis
Century when the ability of fungi to invade animals and plants were discovered
19th century
1st documented animal infection
Bassi
The fungi of the 1st documented animal infection
Beauveria bassiana
Created the specie Plantarum
1750’s - Carl Linnaeus
Established taxonomy of mushroom and the father of Mycology
1761-1836 - Hendrik Persoon
Development of Mycology in the 20th century
Antibiotics
Kingdom
Fungi
Nutritional type; requiring organic compounds for energy and carbon
Chemoheterothrophs
Multicellularity
All except yeast
Cellular arrangement
Unicellular
Filamentous
Fleshy
Reproductive feature
Sexual
Asexual
Food Acquisition
Absorptive (Saprophytic)
obtaining food by absorbing dissolved organic material
Saprophytic
Fungi does not produce _________ for food
Chlorophyll
Oxygen requirement
Aerobic
Facultative
Rarely anaerobic
Components of the cell membranes
Glucan
Mannan
Chitin
Where are sterols found in fungi
Cell membranes
Fungi benefits
Produces food and drugs
Have symbiotic relationship with other plants
Helps farming ants to digest
fungi that have a symbiotic relationship with the roots of many plants
Mycorrhizae
Means the catabolism and growth
Vegetative structure
Parts of Molds and Fleshy Fungi
Thallus
Hyphae
Mycelium
AKA the body; consist of long filaments
Thallus
The long filaments in thallus
Hyphae
internal walls that usually have little pores that are large enough to allow ribosomes, mitochondria and sometimes nuclei to flow among cells
Septa
Hyphae that are divided into cells are called
Septatehyphae
They are one long cell that is not divided into compartments
Coenocytic hyphae
Hyphae for nutrients
Vegetative hyphae
Hyphae for reproduction
Aerial hyphae
a network of fungal threads or hyphae that is visible to the unaided eye
Mycelium
Unicellular ascomycetes, non-filamentous fungi that are powder-like and typically spherical or oval-like molds
Yeast
saccharomyces forms protuberance the other surface and divides unevenly
Budding yeast
1 parent cell of yeast can produce _______ daughter cells
24
divides evenly to produce 2 offsprings
Fission yeast
Another name for Fission yeast
Schizosaccharomyces
The increase of yeast cells in fission yeast produces a colony similar to _______
Bacteria
Yeast metabolic classification
Facultative
Anaerobic
Yeast with oxygen
Performs aerobic respiration to metabolize CHO to carbohydrates
Yeast without oxygen
Ferments CHO to Ethyl Alcohol
CHO components
CO2 and H2O
The most pathogenic classification
Dimorphic fungi
Factors affecting dimorphic fungi
Temperature
CO2
Dimorphic Temperature yeast like
37 celsius
Dimorphic Temperature mold like
25 celsius
CO2 ________ _________ causes change in appearance of fungi
Concentration change
Asexual cycle where spore-producing branches break into fragments and releases spores for germination
For filamentous Fungi
These are called reproductive spores
Fungi spores
Sterols present in fungi
ergosterol
Chitin is also found in
Crustaceans shells
Clams
Synthesis of ergosterol
Squalene -> Lanosterol -> Ergosterol
Squalene -> Lanosterol enzyme
squalene epoxidase
Lanosterol -> Ergosterol enzyme
14α-demethylase
Formed from aerial hyphae
Spores
Reproduction produced by individual fungus and by mitosis and cell division
Asexual
2 types of Asexual spores
Conidiospores
Sporangiospore
These are asexual spores not enclosed in a sac
Conidiospores