Mycology Flashcards
*Eukaryotic
*Unicellular or Multicellular
Fungi
fungi are:
- chemoheterotrophs
- saprophytes
- parasites
microbes that use organic chemical substances as sources of energy and organic compounds as the main source of carbon.
chemoheterotrops
a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter.
saprophyte
culture media used in the cultivation of fungi
saboraud dextrose agar
who formulated SDA
raymond sabouraud in 1892
ingredients of SDA
- dextrose
- peptone
- agar
gm/liter of dextrose
40.0
gm/liter of peptone
10.0
gm/liter of agar
15.0
final pH (at 25C) of SDA?
5.6±0.2
incubation period of fungi
long
growth requirements of fungi
o Moist environment
o Temperature of 20 – 30 °C
o Basic nutritional requirements
basic nutritional requirements of fungi
- carbon
- nitrogen
- Sulfur, phosphorus, potassium and
magnesium
SOME FUNGI OF INTEREST YEAST
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Candida
- Others