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Algae/Arthorpods
Dr. O Test 3 Chapter 12
Question | Answer |
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Algae | Contain chlorophyll, found in fresh and saltwater, both uni- and multicellular, do not directly cause human disease, red algae (seaweed)=agar |
Gynodinium breve | Produces breve toxin, hand and feet tingling, hot and cold feeling reversal (Dinoflagellates-red tides) |
Gonyaulax | Produces neurotoxin (saxiton and gonyautoxins), from shellfish who feed on dinoflagellates, causes paralytic shelfish poisoning (cooking does not kill toxins) |
Arthropods act as... | vectors for disease |
Fleas carry... | plague |
Mosquitos carry... | malaria |
Lice carry... | trench fever, epidemic typhus, relapsing fever |
Ticks carry... | Rocky Mountain spotted fever, lyme disease |
Mites carry... | scabies |
Dust mites are responsible for... | allergies and asthma |