Microbiology
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| Explain the difference in meaning of heterotroph and saprobe | all fungi are heterotrophs--use living or dead organic material nutritionally. Saprobes--fungi that require their nutrients com specifically from dead organic material
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| List an important nonmedical role of fungi | break down organic material into forms that are reusable by other living things
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| Buds | round cells that grow on the side of the mother cell until they are ready to divide as new cells
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| Hyphae | long chains of connected cells
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| Mycelia | fuzzy masses of hyphae (mold)
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| Yeast | have single, round cells
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| Molds | grow in long chains
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| Mushrooms | often seen on dead or decaying organic material--have a slender stem and a rounded head with spores on top of it
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| How do septate and adeptate hyphae differ? | septate--have cross-walls separating individual cells---aseptate--lack cross-walls
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| What is the main function of fungal spores? | allow widespread dessemination of the organisms
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| What is the composition of fungal cell walls? | composed of the polysaccharide chitin
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| what is the major lipid of fungi that is usually not present in prokaryotic or human cells? | ergosterol
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