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Opisthokonts made up by... |
Choanoflagellates, animals, and fungi |
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Common ancestor of fungi |
Protist with a flagellum |
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Fungi live by... |
Absorptive heterotrophy |
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species name of Yeast |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Fungi can decompose hard substances like... |
Hard substances like cellulose and lignin |
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What cycle would fail without fungi? |
Carbon cycle |
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Two types of parasitic fungi: |
Facultative and obligate |
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Facultative fungi can grow on... |
Living organisms or independently |
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Obligate fungi can grow on... |
Only their specific living host (parasitic) |
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Hyphae can enter through... |
Stomata, wounds, or by direct penetration of cell walls |
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Predatory fungi trap food by... |
Secreting sticky substances and hyphae grown into trapped prey |
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Fungal hyphae of lichen... |
Absorb mineral nutrients and provide a moist environment |
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Lichens are used to gauge... |
Air pollution to track pollutants and their effects |
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Mycorrhizae have a mutualistic association with... |
Have a mutualistic association of fungi and plant roots |
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Ectomycorrhizae... |
Wraps around cells but does not penetrate, expands surface area |
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Arbuscular mycorrhizae... |
Penetrate root cell walls, but outside plasma membrane |
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Plants that lack chlorophyll always... |
Have mycorrhizae |
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Endophytic fungi... |
Live in above ground parts, and does not harm plant |
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Six major groups of fungi |
Microsporidia Chytrids Zygospore Arbuscular mycorrhizae Ascomycota Basidiomycota |
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3 traits of Microsporidia |
Unicellular, obligate, no mitochondria |
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Chytrids |
Have flagella Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
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Zygospore sexual reproduction: |
1. Hyphae release signals and grow toward each other 2. Produce gametangia 3. Nuclei replicate 4. Gametangia fuse to form sporangium 5. Hap nuclei fuse to form diploid 6. Create single cell called zygospore |
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Ascomycota (sac fungi) |
Septate Brown/green molds Asexual reproduction by conidia |
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4 facts of Basidiomycota (club fungi) |
Saprobic Septate Molds Mushrooms |
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Arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi |
Coenocytic Asexual |
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Yeast is... |
Ascomycota Unicellular Evolved several times |