Micro: Kornitzer Mycology

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coenocytic means

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aseptate

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a fungal vacuole is like ___ but bigger

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lysosome

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pseudohyphae are ___ where the ___ remain attached

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yeasts
daughter cells

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all fungi are ___, but under ___ conditions can ___

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aerotolerant
anaerobic
ferment

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fungi usually prefer a ___ pH

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low

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T/F: fungi digest nutrients inside their membrane

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false: outside cell wall, before uptake

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T/F: pathogenic fungi are usually easy to grow in vitro and have simple nutritional requirements

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true

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you can only measure generation time efficiently for ___

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yeast form

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fungi use ___ to compensate for the relative weakness of the cell wall at the growing tip

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actin

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T/F: C. albicans leaves its old mycelium as it grows

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true

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asexual reproduction by yeasts is done with ___

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budding

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asexual reproduction by molds is done with ___ aka ___

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conidia
spores

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4 ways molds form conidia

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sporangium
direct budding from hypha
conidiophore
arthroconidia

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3 phases of sexual reproduction:

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plasmogamy (fusion of cytoplasm)
karyogamy (fusion of nuclei)
meisosis (reduction of ploidy)

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In contrast to animals which have short ___ phase and miniscule ___ phase, fungi have long ___ phase and short ___ phase.

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haploid
dikaryotic
haploid
diploid

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most pathogenic fungi are ____, i.e. they have no ___

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deuteromyctes
sexual reproduction

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In contrast to ___, ____ can be used for fungal classificaation

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conidia
sexual spores

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3 phyla of fungi, based on sexual structures

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zygomycota
ascomycota
basidiomycota

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deuteromycota are thought to have started as ___ and lost ___ over time

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ascomycota
basidiomycota
the ability to reproduce sexually

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zygomycota use ___, which are created when 2 ___ meet. It is a ___ cell which immediately ___s.

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zygospores
gametangia
diploid
undergoes mitosis

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ascomycota use ___, which are ___s allowing the isolation of ___.

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asci
bags
4 cells created by single meiosis

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___ cells can mate with cells from their own ___. ___ cells can only do it with cells from others.

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homothallic
mycelium/colony
heterothallic

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basidiomycota are commonly ___, i.e. their 2 nuclei don't ___

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dikaryotic
fuse

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T/F: recombination occurs in fungal sexual reproduction

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true

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cryptococcus in an infection is only in a ___ mode. outside the body it can ___ with ___.

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asexual
reproduce sexually
the non pathogenic a type

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clamp connections allow ___

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proper segregation of maternal & paternal nuclei